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The Story of the Midgard Serpent: A Mythological Tailspin
In Teutonic mythology the Middle Earth was wrapped round by the Midgard Serpent. Above this the gods built their mansions in the sky. Yet, curiously, in the lower world there lived all those people who had ceased to live.
This lower residence was alive with the undead. But it was not viewed as a place of punishment, as was later consigned by the Christian conversion of Hell.
Gerald Hausman - 17/12/2016 - 14:48
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45,000-Year-Old Weapons Discovered In Sri Lankan Cave
... Asia. An international team of scientists from Germany, Australia, and Sri Lanka studied artifacts recovered from the ... Michelle Langley of Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. The only way something could suffer this type ...
ashley cowie - 14/06/2020 - 18:16
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The Vortexes of Native American Culture and Cultural Misappropriation
... Picchu in Peru, Stonehenge in England, Uluru/Ayers Rock in Australia, the Sedona desert, and Oregon in the United ... Machu Picchu in Peru, Bali, Stonehenge, Ayers Rock in Australia, etc .” Furthermore, New Age followers believe ...
ashley cowie - 03/05/2021 - 14:37
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Oldest Evidence of Southeast Asian Curry Found in Vietnam
The ancient spice trade across the famed overland and then maritime Silk Route (Road) has been studied in great detail, but the finer intricacies of organic material have oft been overlooked for lack of preservation. Now, from the Óc Eo archaeological complex in southern Vietnam, evidence of Southeast Asia’s oldest curry, dated to 2,000 years ago, has been identified.
Sahir - 22/07/2023 - 18:55
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5000-Year-Old Papua New Guinea Artifacts Rewrite Neolithic History
... Ben Shaw from the University of New South Wales in Australia explains that early cultures on Papua New Guinea ... they were constructed onsite rather than having come from Australia or Southeast Asia, who are known to have immigrated ...
ashley cowie - 26/03/2020 - 16:27
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Prehistoric Man in South Africa Made Milk-based Paint 49000 years ago
... times on all continents except Antarctica. People in Australia, New Zealand, South America, Europe, North America, ...
Mark Miller - 27/09/2018 - 22:59
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Unprecedented Wave of Large-mammal Extinctions Linked to Prehistoric Humans
... -- a phenomenon known as size-biased extinction -- in Australia around 35,000 years ago. With the help of emerging ...
ancient-origins - 21/04/2018 - 23:02
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The Slavic Star Goddess Zorya, Guardian of the Doomsday Hound and Servant of the Sun God
... The spring fertility festival of Maslenitsa in Melbourne, Australia. ( Public Domain ) This festival is rooted in pagan ... oboe, and string quartet created by Julian Cochran from Australia. After many centuries, people of these lands have ...
Natalia Klimczak - 19/07/2016 - 03:43
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Hidden hoard of more than 6,000 silver coins found in forest in Poland
A forest ranger in east central Poland stumbled upon the find of a lifetime this year—he discovered a hidden treasure of thousands of silver coins in a wooded area near the village of Guzów.
lizleafloor - 28/04/2015 - 22:15
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Reconstructed Circus Maximus Provides Tourists with a New Opportunity to Experience Ancient Rome
More than six years of excavations and restoration work has given Rome a new tourist attraction in the form of the ancient Circus Maximus. The archaeological ruins were nothing more than an enormous muddy field between the ancient Palatine and Aventine Hills for many centuries. But now they are proudly shown off to visitors as the spruced-up ruins of one of the ancient world's biggest public entertainment venues.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 19/11/2016 - 20:46
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Ancient Humans Bred Dangerous Cassowaries 18,000 Years Ago for Their Lunch
... flesh. The cassowary is a large, flightless bird native to Australia and Papua New Guinea . With a 10-centimeter-long ... in New Guinea, on surrounding islands, and in northern Australia . Cassowaries are a native bird species in all ...
ashley cowie - 03/10/2021 - 22:35
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The Age-Old Mystery of New Zealand’s Tamil Bell
... were found. Tamils and Sumerians Among the FIRST to Reach Australia and Antarctica? PART I History’s Lost ... Voyages: Tamils and Sumerians Among the FIRST to Reach Australia and Antarctica?— PART II Inexplicably both pieces ... South Africa, to the Princess Royal Harbor in Albany, Australia. Thirty jars of barley, sugar, and lifeboat ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 13/03/2022 - 13:59
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Is Ancient Human Species Homo Floresiensis Still Alive in Indonesia?
... it is believed that early modern humans may have reached Australia as recently as 65,000 years ago, it is possible ... . Oceanic travelers migrating from southeast Asia to Australia would have passed close to Flores and some might ... Mike Morwood from the University of Wollongong in Australia, had also heard the stories about Ebu Gogo. ...
Nathan Falde - 20/04/2022 - 14:59
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The Mentor Shipwreck and the Disastrous Journey of the Parthenon Marbles to Britain
The British Museum in London is one of the largest and extensive museums on earth, containing approximately eight million works—objects taken from all over the world during the time of the British Empire. One of the most famous and controversial artifacts in its possession is a set of sculptures known variously as the Elgin Marbles, the Parthenon marbles, and the Parthenon sculptures; Greece has long been campaigning for their return to their homeland.
dhwty - 11/10/2018 - 18:41
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Throwing Virgins into the Sea and Other Ways to Appease the Gods: The Ancient Reasons behind Virgin Sacrifice
... and author of many books, including “ Time Maps: Australia, Early Sea Voyages and Invasions ”. For regular ...
MartiniF - 09/10/2017 - 15:18
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Holy Yet Cursed Medieval Well Unearthed in England
... in January 2016. It was discovered in the basement of Australia House, the nation’s diplomatic mission, in ... well, describing it as “sweet, wholesome and pure.” Australia House. (Richard Rogerson/ CC BY SA 2.0 ) And more ...
Alicia McDermott - 05/11/2016 - 20:43
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Rare Ming Dynasty Banknote Found Hidden Inside a Chinese Sculpture
... a world tour, but they will return to Mossgreen in Sydney, Australia in December for auction. There’s already a high ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 10/11/2016 - 00:51
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Entire Neanderthal genome finally mapped – with amazing results
... same way that the recent discovery of an incest family in Australia does not apply to the whole of the human race. The ...
aprilholloway - 19/12/2013 - 09:31
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Newly dated Asian cave drawings rewrite history of human art
... Aubert, study lead and archaeologist and geochemist of Australia's Griffith University, explained that before this ...
aprilholloway - 08/10/2014 - 23:40
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Mysterious Worlds: Travels to the Faerie and Shamanic Realms
... place outside of the physical world. Stencil art in Australia showing unique clan markers and dreamtime stories ...
David Halpin - 15/05/2019 - 17:26