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Bearded Gods of the Americas Were Jesus Resurrected?! Maybe. But Why is the Plumed Serpent Ubiquitous?
It is claimed by some authors that white missionaries or "gods" visited America before Christopher Columbus. Authors usually quote from mythology and legends which discuss ancient gods such as the Mexican Aztec’s Quetzalcoatl to conclude that the legends were actually based on Caucasians visiting those areas, and that the Caucasians were really the gods.
Brien Foerster - 07/09/2017 - 19:00
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Fighting Their Way Westward: The Nomadic Yuezhi People
... were an ancient nomadic group of people from Central Asia who spoke an Indo-European language. It is likely that ... of Gansu. Zhang Qian leaving for his expedition to Central Asia. During his travels, Qian met and recorded information ... Katariya, A., 2016. Ancient History of Central Asia: Yuezhi-Gurjar History, Article No 01. [Online] ...
dhwty - 04/01/2016 - 03:44
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Study Reveals Stone Age Women Have Modern Relatives Living Nearby
... who live in this distant and bitterly cold corner of Asia today. A group of researchers studying 7700-year-old DNA ... who live in this distant and bitterly cold corner of Asia today. The Two Women Were Found in “Devil's Gate” ... to acquire nuclear genome data from ancient mainland East Asia and contrast the results to modern populations. The ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 02/02/2017 - 23:03
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Ice Age Hunters’ DNA Reveals The Origins Of Farming
... of Europe's first farmers. They found their answer in Asia. What were the origins of the first farmers? Where did ... of Europe's first farmers. They found their answer in Asia. Genomes from 167 ancient bodies from Anatolia , Greece ... around 12,900 years ago, the first farmers spread from Asia westwards into Europe. However, although these farmers ...
ashley cowie - 13/05/2022 - 23:00
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One of the Greatest Monuments in the World but Who Built it? The Strange Origins of Borobudur and the Lost World of Cham
Borobudur is one of the great monuments of Southeast Asia. It is a colossal Buddhist stupa that rises out of the ... Borobudur is one of the great monuments of Southeast Asia. It is a colossal Buddhist stupa that rises out of the ... dynasty in Java Ten Magnificent Ancient Structures of Asia Currently, historians prefer to ascribe Borobudur to the ...
davidchildress - 08/09/2017 - 19:00
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25,000-Year-Old Buildings Found in Russia
... with megaliths from different parts of Europe and Asia, like the Iberian Peninsula, France, Great Britain, ...
ancient-origins - 02/07/2016 - 00:48
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Mosquito Hordes: How a Pesky Insect Destroyed the ‘Almost’ Invincible Mongol Empire
... dream—the bridging of the “ends of the earth” from Asia to Europe—into reality. The mosquito, however, haunted ... up from the east. Heathen Mongol hordes from the heart of Asia, formidable horsemen armed with bows, had rapidly swept ... Mongolica: When the Mongols Brought Peace to Europe and Asia Batu Khan: The Leader of the Golden Horde Kept His ...
Dr. Timothy C. Winegard - 05/09/2019 - 01:56
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Possibly the Earliest Deliberate Cranial Deformations Found In China
... that cranial deformations were common in ancient East Asia and was a worldwide social custom in prehistory. ... ago. Evidence for this practice has been found in Western Asia, South America, Australia, and China. It was typically ... intentional cranial modification occurred in this part of Asia. It suggests that skulls were molded for reasons of ...
Ed Whelan - 05/07/2019 - 14:14
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May 28, 585 BC: The Battle Of The Solar Eclipse
... day, 28 May, in 585 BC, a fierce battle was underway in Asia Minor when the light vanished in the middle of the day ... day, 28 May, in 585 BC, a fierce battle was underway in Asia Minor when the light vanished in the middle of the day ... the Americas, Europe, north Africa and north-western Asia. On May 28, 585 BC, a total eclipse was witnesses ...
ashley cowie - 28/05/2020 - 18:57
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Climate Change Played Cupid Between Neanderthals and Denisovans
... populations. In contrast, individuals from Southeast Asia and Oceania possess a more substantial genetic overlap, ... Neanderthals, and potential interbreeding areas in Central Asia and northern Europe. (Institute for Basic Science / ...
Sahir - 17/08/2023 - 14:55
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Study of Ancient Teeth Reveals Native American Origins Lie in Siberia
... by an obsession with a possible land bridge between Asia and North America, though the seeds of this idea were ... Vitus Bering to explore the north-eastern coast of Asia. Bering confirmed the existence of land between the ... in North America, Japan and other parts of Northeast Asia. In fact, archaeologists have long believed that Native ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 14/10/2021 - 00:35
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30,000 Year 'Arabian Standstill': New Phase in Human Migration Detected
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Koshoy Korgon: The Alluring Silk Road Fortress
The nation of Kyrgyzstan is little known outside Central Asia. However, this former Soviet republic has many ... The nation of Kyrgyzstan is little known outside Central Asia. However, this former Soviet republic has many historic ... Later, the Karakhanids came to dominate much of Central Asia between the 10 th and 13 th centuries. They appear to ...
Ed Whelan - 03/01/2020 - 01:19
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Tamgaly Petroglyphs: Rituals, Shaman and Nomad’s Treasures
... the rich history and diverse cultural heritage of Central Asia. The area has been traversed by countless nomadic ... the rich history and diverse cultural heritage of Central Asia. The area has been traversed by countless nomadic ... a nomad confederation who dominated vast areas of Central Asia and parts of India in the 1st century BC. Like the ...
Ed Whelan - 12/09/2020 - 02:06
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Jewish-styled Alexander Legends Found on Silver Bowl from Tibet
A new paper published in the Bulletin of the Asia Institute argues that an ancient silver bowl found in ... legends. A new paper published in the Bulletin of the Asia Institute argues that an ancient silver bowl found in ... this is centuries before the Arabic conquest of Central Asia, and the bowl was originally found in Tibet. There are ...
Sahir - 13/04/2022 - 15:06
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Earliest Human Remains Unearthed On Sulawesi, Indonesia
... first-ever discovery of this type of art at a location in Asia. Other types of ancient rock art have been discovered at ... midpoint between the Malay Peninsula (mainland southeast Asia) and Australia. The significance of this isn’t ... BC), most of the islands that now lie between southeast Asia and Australia were not islands at all. Instead, they ...
Nathan Falde - 01/10/2021 - 14:41
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Discovery of 8,000-year-old Residue in the Middle East is the Earliest Evidence Yet of Winemaking
... region on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. Excavations have focused on two Early Ceramic Neolithic ...
ancient-origins - 14/11/2017 - 01:45
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Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2020
... oldest example of three-dimensional art ever found in East Asia. It is a small standing bird carving and was ... of a longstanding artistic tradition specific to East Asia, with origins much earlier in the Paleolithic. The Tomb ... bird figurine is the oldest-known sculpture found in East Asia. (Francesco d'Errico/Luc Doyon / PLOS ONE ) R ...
ancient-origins - 26/12/2020 - 17:59
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Teeth Discovered in China Show that Modern Humans Left Africa at Least 30,000 Years Earlier than Previously Thought
... with a completely modern appearance, already living in Asia. This assertion is based on the thorough analysis ... journal Nature and shows that modern humans lived in Asia long before they arrived in Europe and the Eastern ... previous evidence on the possibility of Homo sapiens in Asia before 50,000 years ago has not been accepted ...
ancient-origins - 16/10/2015 - 03:37
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Is the Palace of Binnaka Waiting to be Discovered?
... into the origins of the Indianized kingdoms in Southeast Asia and the unique ancient culture. The History of Binnaka: ... the region. These were among the first states in Southeast Asia to come under the influence of Indian religion and ... Bellina, B. (2014). Southeast Asia and the early maritime silk road . Lost Kingdoms: ...
Ed Whelan - 25/07/2020 - 02:01