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Has Indonesia’s Legendary Lost Island of Gold Been Discovered?
... but Dr. Kingsley speculates that it may have been “Asia’s answer to Pompeii , falling victim to Indonesia’s ...
ashley cowie - 24/10/2021 - 22:40
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The King’s Drops: Charles II, Powdered Skulls and a Deathbed Obsession
... At the same time, with discovery of trading routes to Asia and the Americas, particularly the latter, Europeans ...
Sahir - 16/07/2022 - 22:56
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An Ambiguous Amphibian: The Everchanging Frog Symbol in World Myth
Frogs and toads played a wide variety of roles in ancient cultures. Although there are some differences, they generally represented female creation energy. Frogs appear in ancient stories, myths, legends, religions, diets, art, and proverbs.
ashley cowie - 07/02/2018 - 13:56
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13,000-Year-Old Footprints Found in British Columbia Are the Oldest in North America
... . Specifically, it’s evidence that humans traveling from Asia followed the Pacific coastline and didn’t just push ...
Alicia McDermott - 29/03/2018 - 18:58
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20,000 Women and 100,000 Castrated Men to Serve the Emperor: The Imperial Harem of China
In Imperial China, one of the important tasks that the emperor needed to do was to ensure the continuation of the dynasty, which was achieved by the production of a male heir. For this purpose, the emperors of Imperial China kept an enormous harem of women. There was a hierarchy in the emperor’s harem, and whilst the exact classes changed over the millennia, it may be said that in general there were three ranks – the empress, consorts, and concubines.
dhwty - 25/03/2017 - 21:09
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Taking the Bull by the Horns: The Perilous Minoan Practice of Bull-Leaping
... J.G. 1996. The Hittites: And Their Contemporaries in Asia Minor (Revised and Enlarged Edition) (Ancient Peoples ...
Riley Winters - 29/07/2017 - 13:51
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Kuruhinna Tharaagandu, Maldives’ Forgotten Buddhist Past
The Maldives is a tropical paradise that attracts visitors from all over the world. There is, however, more to the beautiful island nation than pristine beaches and an abundance of sunshine. It has a long history and many important historic sites.
Ed Whelan - 11/01/2020 - 02:03
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Indian Civilization Applied Advanced Nanomaterials to Their Pots 2500 Years Ago
... to India and also the Indianized kingdoms of South East Asia. These were kingdoms that were deeply impacted by Indian ...
Ed Whelan - 22/11/2020 - 13:56
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Man and Bird Join Forces: The Unique Tradition of Cormorant Fishing
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish, and you will feed him for a lifetime. This ancient proverb is a well-known saying around the world, and is directly tied to one of the oldest sources of food for humans across the world. Fishing is scientifically and archaeologically documented to some of the earliest eras of human history, and was always a crucial aspect of every culture and civilization.
Aleksa Vučković - 09/10/2020 - 21:55
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Ancient DNA Analysis Reveals the ‘Mythical’ Heritage of Modern Greeks
Phys Org reports that a recent analysis of ancient DNA suggests that Ancient Minoans and Mycenaeans were genetically identical, with both peoples descending from early Neolithic farmers. The study also reveals that they are both closely related to modern Greeks.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 04/08/2017 - 13:58
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The Little Ice Age and Its Giant Impact on Human History
The Little Ice Age is a period tentatively defined as running from the 13th/14th to the 19th century in which the northern hemisphere of Earth endured a limited but substantial cooling period.
B. B. Wagner - 25/09/2020 - 18:05
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1,000-Year-Old Child Mummies Unearthed From Sacred Ceremonial Space in Lima
In Peru, four mummified children, estimated to be over 1,000 years old, have been unearthed in what is now considered one of Lima's oldest neighborhoods, with their skulls still having hair on them! The discovery took place in a sacred ceremonial site at Huaca La Florida, Lima, with images and footage of the find captured. Researchers suggest that these children belonged to the Ychsma culture, a pre-Inca civilization that inhabited the central coast of Peru, particularly in the Lima region.
Robbie Mitchell - 27/11/2023 - 21:54
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Oldest Recorded Celestial Aurora Event Found in Ancient Chinese Text!
The oldest known evidence referring to a “celestial aurora event” from a section of the famous Bamboo Annals Chinese text dated to the 10th century BC has been researched by scientists from Nagoya University in Japan, located. The Bamboo Annals are a chronicle of ancient China from the earliest “legendary times” (c. 2400 BC) right up till their composition around 299 BC.
Sahir - 17/04/2022 - 18:58
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Evidence Mounts in Favor of Early Inhabitants of the Americas Over 20,000 Years Ago
A recent article in the journal Antiquity suggests that prehistoric people were hunting giant sloths in eastern Brazil about 23,000 years ago. This adds to an ever-growing body of research questioning the textbook presentation of when and how the Americas were populated.
Alicia McDermott - 06/09/2017 - 23:02
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2,500-Year-Old Achaemenid Marvel Excavated in Iran
... land stretching from the River Syr Darya in central Asia all the way to Egypt in the far west. Most of what is ...
Nathan Falde - 04/04/2024 - 15:00
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World’s Oldest Fortress Discovered in Siberia Challenges Traditional Archaeology
The world's oldest fortress has been discovered in Siberia, dating to 8,000 years ago. This defensive complex reveals an ancient class structure, and like Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, it challenges traditional views about the lifestyles of hunter-gatherers.
ashley cowie - 10/12/2023 - 17:42
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Ancient Hi-Tech Uncovered Conference
... research, education/training, and design work in the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Latin America. His latest book is Lost ...
ancient-origins - 15/04/2021 - 17:59
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Golden Age of Classical Chinese Gardens Revealed: Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Garden near Buddhist Monastery
... of opulent, cosmopolitan gardens carried across Asia. Featured Image: The ruins of a classical Chinese garden ...
lizleafloor - 17/07/2015 - 03:43
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The Tatars: The Golden Horde, People from Hell, Or Something Else?
Today, Tatars is a collective name given to a number of Turkic-speaking groups that live in Russia and several former Soviet countries. But Tatars has had various other meanings through history. For instance, the Chinese referred to all of their northern neighbors as the barbaric ‘Ta-Ta’ or ‘Da-Da’, and during the 14th century Westerners used the same term to refer to the population of the Mongol Empire and the khanates that succeeded it.
ancient-origins - 06/10/2018 - 23:05
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Ancient Naval Base Discovered Underwater Near Athens
... and land battles with Sparta; the Persians in Thrace, Asia Minor and Egypt; Corinth, Sicily and Italy; Macedon; and ...
Mark Miller - 23/06/2016 - 00:42