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The Exotic Menagerie: The Wild Animals Slaughtered in Gladiator Games
... these games that often goes overlooked: the use of exotic animals. From lions and tigers to elephants and bears, these ... excitement to the games. But what was life like for these animals, and how were they transported and kept? This is the fascinating and often disturbing world of exotic animals in Roman gladiator games. A History of Animals and ...
Robbie Mitchell - 22/06/2023 - 22:52
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Strange But Serious Medieval Animal Trials Were No Kangaroo Court!
... the more unusual aspects of the Medieval world was that animals could be put on trial like human beings. Yes, there ... of the more unusual aspects of the Medieval world was that animals could be put on trial like human beings. Yes, there ... without doubt that some of them took place. All kinds of animals could be brought before a secular or ecclesiastical ...
dhwty - 31/05/2019 - 18:54
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Complex Elevator and Trap Door System for Raising Wild Animals into the Colosseum Reconstructed
... and other arenas of the ancient Roman empire. Innumerable animals killed and were killed in the blood-thirsty games, ... wolves and jaguars, was so bad that populations of some animals dropped precipitously in some of their ranges. ... The incredible system invented by the Romans to raise animals into the arena was reconstructed for the U.S. Public ...
Mark Miller - 08/06/2015 - 22:08
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1000s of Neolithic Engravings Reveal Egyptians' Ancient Reverence For Animals
... Ancient Egyptians had a remarkable relationship with the animals, who they respected and revered. An astonishing ... have found a vast number of engravings on rocks, mainly of animals, at an important Neolithic site. Many of these ... are demonstrating that the Egyptians’ regard for animals was very ancient. A team of archaeologists, working ...
Ed Whelan - 14/05/2019 - 22:57
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What Makes Us Human? How Ancient Thinkers Saw the Human-Animal Divide
... antiquity – to Greek and Roman views about humans and animals. The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322) first argued the human stands out from all other animals through the presence of logos (“speech” but ... Public Domain ) And yet, above all, the argument that animals lack logos continued to resonate. In classical ...
ancient-origins - 15/03/2024 - 14:08
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The Whimsical Legend of How the Chinese Zodiac Animals were Chosen
... which literally means ‘birth likeness’). There are 12 animals, and together, they make up the Chinese zodiac. The ... Signs Unlike the zodiac signs of Western astrology, the animals of the Chinese zodiac are not based on the ... by nomadic tribes, who developed a calendar based on the animals they used to hunt and gather. Yet others claim that ...
dhwty - 09/02/2016 - 00:35
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An Ox, an Ass … a Dragon? Sorry, there were no Animals in the Bible’s Nativity Scene
From nativity plays to crèche sets to Christmas cards, animals are ubiquitous in our vision of the birth of Christ ... Bible, not a single animal was there. Where did all these animals come from, and why are they now so central to the ... From nativity plays to crèche sets to Christmas cards, animals are ubiquitous in our vision of the birth of Christ ...
ancient-origins - 24/12/2020 - 00:50
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Earliest-known Human Engineered Hybrid Animals Identified in Mesopotamia
... Lapedo Child – A Neanderthal / Human Hybrid? Hybrid animals known as ‘kungas’ found at Umm el-Marra site, ... News . Archaeologists have long suspected that these animals were the result of some kind of crossbreeding. But ... Now the new study has provided proof that they were hybrid animals, after more than a decade of research. One of the ...
Sahir - 15/01/2022 - 13:54
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Fears Satanists May Be Attacking Animals in Britain
A number of animals have been brutally killed in Britain and some ... found painted on two of the dead creatures. A number of animals have been brutally killed in Britain and some believe ... group of Satanists active in this area. The attacks on the animals all happened in the famous New Forest National Park, ...
Ed Whelan - 26/11/2019 - 18:54
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Ritual and Burial: The Strange and Elaborate Ways Humans Prepared Animals for the Afterlife
... epochs. Many cultures around the globe have buried animals for various reasons: sentimentality, religious ... just to catalogue what the ancient humans ate or which animals they domesticated, but these finds also shed light on ... on only a few of the surprising ways humans have buried animals through history. Illustration of the Hindu ...
lizleafloor - 07/09/2015 - 14:49
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Drolleries of the Middle Ages Included Comical Yet Sinister Killer Rabbits and Erotic Art
... One of these is the depiction of anthropomorphized animals or animals doing human activities. This is seen, for example, in ... decapitating human prisoners, jousting, and hunting other animals. Considering that the rabbit is one of the most timid ...
dhwty - 06/04/2019 - 13:57
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Ancient Canaanites Imported Animals from Egypt to be Sacrificed
The skeleton of a donkey and several other animals, which were ritualistically sacrificed by Canaanites, ... animal remains revealed that the Canaanites imported the animals from the kingdom of the pharaohs for sacrificial ... research described by Haaretz , they were importing animals from Egypt for this purpose. The remains of a donkey ...
Natalia Klimczak - 27/06/2016 - 21:49
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Rice-Sized Ancient Worms are the Ancestors of All Animals
... the first ancestor on the family tree that contains most animals today, including humans. The ancient worm-like ... the first ancestor on the family tree that contains most animals today, including humans. The ancient worm-like ... ancestor on the family tree that contains most familiar animals today, including humans. The tiny, wormlike creature, ...
ancient-origins - 24/03/2020 - 23:34
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Mesoamericans at Teotihuacan kept Ferocious Animals Captive and May Have Fed them with Humans
... excavating at Teotihuacan found at least 194 bones of animals that were sacrificed and placed inside pyramids to ... with the development of large monumental structures where animals were embedded into pyramids as key symbols of the ... long history, going back to ancient Egypt, where some wild animals were mummified, and ancient Rome, where large ...
Mark Miller - 20/12/2015 - 03:34
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Ancient Red Sea Port May Have World’s Oldest Pet Cemetery
... have around. They may have held value, in part, as working animals. Larger dogs could have also served to protect homes and other buildings. The Graves of Hundreds of Animals Tell Tales of Human Interest The assumption that this ... at the burial ground. Most of the burials suggest that the animals were laid to rest with care in well-prepared graves. ...
Alicia McDermott - 06/03/2021 - 17:59
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70 Million Mummified Animals in Egypt Reveal Dark Secret of Ancient Mummy Industry
... “dark secret,” a staggering 70 million mummified animals have been found in underground catacombs across ... were worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. The mummified animals were considered sacred gifts and were used as ... a popular religious practice, and demand was so high, some animals are thought to have suffered near or total extinction ...
lizleafloor - 12/05/2015 - 14:05
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Hair-Raising Tales of Paranormal Animals that Possess Humans, See Death, and Act as Messengers of the Gods
... not just people are confronted with the supernatural. Animals can also be haunted or, in turn, they can haunt and ... impulses. The most common cases of possession caused by animals were said to be those in which a man was possessed by ... then raise the dead and send them to torment him. Other animals associated with death are eagles and crows, which are ...
valdar - 11/03/2016 - 14:23
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Scans Reveal Cruelty Behind Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies
... of pharaohs, however, the ancient Egyptians mummified animals as well as people. In 2020, new non-invasive ... of pharaohs, however, the ancient Egyptians mummified animals as well as people. In 2020, new non-invasive ... this allowed the team to see what was inside the mummified animals without removing their bandages . 3D renderings from ...
Ed Whelan - 21/08/2020 - 01:54
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Dogs of War: Ancient History of Animals in Warfare
... always for food or protection. The dirty history of animals in warfare is sometimes inspiring, sometimes ... of a mounted warrior succinctly captures the history of animals in war, but many animals, such as dogs, camels, elephants, pigs, oxen, ...
lizleafloor - 05/06/2016 - 15:45
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Excavation reveals bizarre Celtic burial with hybrid-animal bone arrangements
... Archaeologists also unearthed a series of bizarre hybrid-animals, in which the bones of different animals were intentionally combined together in what is ... of a griffin, which combines parts from several different animals ( Wikimedia Commons ) “One particularly bizarre ...
Mark Miller - 12/07/2015 - 22:04