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Huge Roman Silver Hoard Unearthed in Augsburg, Germany
... 15 kg (33 pounds) of silver coins, is the largest single ancient Roman silver hoard find in Bavaria. A massive stash ... 15 kg (33 pounds) of silver coins, is the largest single ancient Roman silver hoard find in Bavaria. The treasure was ... saying, “This amount of money must have been enormous by ancient standards. It is certainly not owned by someone who ...
Sahir - 17/11/2021 - 17:53
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Band Posters of the Renaissance: How Medieval Music Fans Showed off Their Taste
... finds earliest known piece of polyphonic music Sweet Ancient Melodies of the Ney: One of the Oldest Musical ... hope that your friends thought you looked a bit like the ancient mythological musician Orpheus. According to the myths ... the walls of your study decorated with pictures of the ancient music-making god Apollo and his Muses . Inhabitant of ...
ancient-origins - 27/05/2017 - 23:03
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Did a Sultan Find Medusa’s Sarcophagus in the Basilica Cistern?
... just 490 feet (149 meters) from the Hagia Sophia, lies an ancient cistern that may have been the final resting place of ... just 490 feet (149 meters) from the Hagia Sophia, lies an ancient cistern that may have been the final resting place of ... the Yerebatan Cistern, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that sit under the city of Istanbul, ...
Mark Brophy - 26/09/2022 - 14:55
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Humans Have Been Making New Year’s Resolutions for Over 4,000 Years
... are generally personal goals for self-improvement. The ancient Babylonians , on the other hand, made promises to ... their resolutions than most modern people are because the ancient people of Mesopotamia believed that a kept promise ... New Year’s Traditions around the World and Their Origins Ancient Romans kept with the tradition of making yearly ...
Joanna Gillan - 31/12/2022 - 21:52
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Secret Stonehenge: Mounds, Artifacts, and Intrigue
... are very intriguing and challenge our understanding of ancient Britain. My research has located documented evidence ... Golden Lozenge of Stonehenge Outside the Circle: The Ancient Stonehenge Landscape – A Wider Perspective Are ... of early excavators. Village rumors had hinted that the ancient round barrows housed gold, and so shepherds, farmers ...
mariaw - 19/11/2021 - 00:48
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Rare orichalcum metal said to be from the legendary Atlantis recovered from 2,600-year-old shipwreck
... ingots were made from orichalcum, a rare cast metal which ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote was from the legendary ... has ever been found.” He added, "We knew orichalcum from ancient texts and a few ornamental objects.” According to a ... found and mined in many parts of the legendary Atlantis in ancient times. Plato wrote that , the three outer walls of ...
aprilholloway - 22/05/2018 - 18:02
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School Got it Wrong? Thinking Critically about History
... were in the Americas a hundred years before Columbus, that ancient Egyptians were in contact with Native Americans, and ... Join author Ken Jeremiah as he returns in a fascinating Ancient Origins Premium webinar – School Got it Wrong? ... is a translator and author who has written about ancient history, religions, mummification, and spirituality. ...
ancient-origins - 15/03/2017 - 13:32
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Forensic Facial Reconstruction: The Journey to Connect with our Ancestors
... reconstructions allow us to look eye to eye with our ancient ancestors and relate to them in a way that skeletal ... reconstructions allow us to look eye to eye with our ancient ancestors and relate to them in a way that skeletal ... mean it has never been easier to reconstruct faces from ancient remains , but the field has been around for a ...
Sarah P Young - 25/02/2019 - 13:57
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Archaeologists Date Prehistoric Temples in Hawaii to establish origins of First Kingdom
... islands where the archaeological landscape of an entire ancient district is still intact, not disturbed either by ... part of ensuring political consolidation by the chiefs. Ancient rulers of Hawaii increased religious authority by ... it is believed that a surge of religious construction in ancient Hawaii occurred within a relatively short period of ...
lizleafloor - 05/02/2015 - 01:08
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Pre-Historic Island Hopping ‘Hobbits’ in the South Pacific
... ‘a Europoid race’, populated the country ever since ancient times. Meeting of Settlers and Maoris at Hawke's Bay, ... on the north island of Auckland, he says, are proof of ancient Celtic artists. The year 2012 saw the release of the ... coffee, you get this and all the other great benefits at Ancient Origins Premium. And - each time you support AO ...
jim willis - 21/02/2020 - 02:42
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Genetic ‘Adam and Eve’: All Humans are Descendants of One Man and Woman Who Lived Over 100,000 Years Ago
... who lived approximately 135,000 years ago, and that this ancient man was alive at the same time as the woman who his ... the ‘mother of all women’, providing evidence for an ancient ‘Adam and Eve’, popularly known as Y-chromosomal ... mitochondria can therefore reveal the maternal lineage to ancient ‘Eve’, who is believed to have lived in Africa ...
aprilholloway - 29/07/2017 - 22:37
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Numa Pompilius: The Legendary Second King of Rome
... tribe, who later got assimilated by the Latin Romans. Ancient legends tell us that Numa Pompilius was chosen to be ... , but even so it remained in use for many centuries. Ancient Vanishings: The mysterious and supernatural ... disappearance of Romulus Keepers of the Sacred Flame from Ancient Rome to India A Just King with a Sense of Duty That ...
Aleksa Vučković - 25/06/2023 - 14:58
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Chan Chan – Among the Largest Mud-Brick Cities in the World
... little attention in the exploration of the country’s ancient history. The Inca civilization is one of the most ... little attention in the exploration of the country’s ancient history. One of these civilizations is the Kingdom ... Planedia . By Ḏḥwty References Brogan, A., 2014. The Ancient Chimu City of Chan Chan. [Online] Available at: ...
dhwty - 10/07/2020 - 00:03
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The Mysterious Monolithic Tiahuanaco Sun Gate in Bolivia
... at an altitude of 3,825 meters (12,549 ft), lies the ancient city of Tiahuanaco. Also known as Tiwanaku, this was ... at an altitude of 3,825 meters (12,549 ft), lies the ancient city of Tiahuanaco. Also known as Tiwanaku, this was ... believed to have been one of the most important cities of ancient America. Within the ruins of its enormous courtyard, ...
ancient-origins - 23/02/2022 - 01:01
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Remembering Numantia: Videogame Reminds Us of Brave Warriors and Their Blood on Roman Hands
... of Numantia by releasing a videogame that narrates the ancient conflict between Rome and the city of Numantia, in a ... of Numantia by releasing a videogame that narrates the ancient conflict between Rome and the city of Numantia, in a ... by most historians as some of the most important wars in ancient history. For all the terror and catastrophe caused by ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 11/12/2017 - 13:55
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Hieroglyphics Deciphering The Origin Of The One God
... be seen in the kangaroo with a joey in its pouch, on the Ancient Egyptian ‘ Two Dog Palette’ stone now in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and images of the Ancient Egyptian dwarf god, Bes which has the same ... coffee, you get this and all the other great benefits at Ancient Origins Premium. And - each time you support AO ...
Calumy - 25/05/2020 - 19:10
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Instructions of Shuruppak: 4,600 Years Ago, A Sumerian King Instructed His Son on How to Behave
... son, which essentially set out how he should behave. The ancient inscriptions were engraved in cuneiform script on ... Hymn Praises Enlil, Ruler of Gods A Unique Form of Ancient Communication: The Whistling Island of La Gomera The ... the Sunset Land of the Sumerians? The Eagle Huntress: Ancient Traditions, and Evidence for Women as Eagle Hunters ...
dhwty - 04/01/2017 - 03:51
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“International” Shrunken Head From Ecuador Returns Home
... human heads that served as war trophies and in rituals in ancient Ecuador and Peru, where they were an important part ... story that will appear in a new research paper about the ancient warrior’s head that is set to published this week. The shrunken heads of Jivaro Head on a Platter: The Ancient Practice of Headhunting Paper coauthor, Dr Craig D. ...
ashley cowie - 14/05/2021 - 02:01
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For Centuries Pilgrims Visited the Wrong Tomb of China’s Emperor Wen
... by the South China Morning Post . “After checking ancient literature, we can conclude that the grave cluster in ... to Xi'an City in northwestern Shaanxi Province, whose ancient capital Xi’an was a starting point for the Silk ... was the hub and center of political power and patronage in ancient China, across multiple empires and time periods. In ...
Sahir - 20/12/2021 - 18:00
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Epic Jurassic Era Fossil Shows a Predator in Action Being Preyed Upon
... a large predatory fish (perhaps the Hybodus ), or an ancient crocodile , or a shark itself, but this isn’t, at ... Balls Has Geologists and Fringe Scientists Butting Heads Ancient Sea Monsters: Misidentified Fossilized Skeletons Now ... era fossil shows the predator squid becoming prey to an ancient shark-like creature. Source: Swiss ...
Sahir - 12/05/2021 - 18:52