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The Eerie Ruins of Fort Bassein That Are Now a Bollywood Hotspot
... the fort. Did the Portuguese Have Secret Knowledge about Brazil Before the Treaty of Tordesillas? Queen Nzinga: A ... Life and Times of Anthony Knivet, a Briton in 16th-Century Brazil One of the few standing structures ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) In ...
dhwty - 30/11/2016 - 03:48
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UK Couple’s Home Renovation Leads to Rare Coin Hoard Worth $280,000
When a couple living in an 18th-century North Yorkshire village home embarked on a renovation project, they were ready to spend money, and redoing the old kitchen floor was on the list. But before they could get past the first stage of tearing out the old floorboards the renovation workers stumbled upon a rare coin hoard, numbering more than 260 coins.
Sahir - 09/09/2022 - 02:01
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New Evidence Pushes Back Peopling of the Americas Almost 20,000 Years
... the Clovis-first theory . For example, there are sites in Brazil dating back 20,000 years according to many ... documented archaeological sites in northeast and central Brazil that have yielded evidence suggesting dates for human ...
Alicia McDermott - 22/07/2020 - 16:00
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Globe on an Ostrich Egg is World’s Oldest Depiction of the New World
... named; others are not. South America is labelled TERRA DE BRAZIL (Brazil), MVNDVS NOVVS (New World) and TERRA SANCTAE CRVSIS ...
aprilholloway - 01/08/2017 - 01:48
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Ferdinand Magellan: Defying all Odds in a Voyage around the World
... the Atlantic. From there, Magellan set sail to Brazil, then a Portuguese colony, and entered the Rio de ... there until December 26 before setting sail again. From Brazil, Magellan and his men sailed southwards along the ...
dhwty - 19/04/2015 - 01:00
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Tiny West African Island Shows Evidence of the Invention of Plantation Slavery
... 17th century, unable to keep up with sugar production in Brazil, the high humidity levels, and perennial slave ...
Sahir - 23/08/2023 - 18:50
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Bizarre Rituals of Blood and Death That Are Rooted in the Ancient World
... the result as the base for a plantain soup. Cannibalism, Brazil. Engraving by Theodor de Bry to illustrate Hans ...
valdar - 17/07/2016 - 15:01
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Wing Bone Indicates Swan Shamanism Could Be 420,000 Years Old!
... Seventeenth century illustration of indigenous peoples of Brazil wearing coats of feathers during a ceremony. (Public ...
Andrew Collins - 01/10/2019 - 14:04
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From Christendom to Europe: How a Continent Got Its Identity
... wrote about the customs of the Tupinambà people of Brazil. Although he contrasted them with what he calls ... Jean de Léry, a Calvinist pastor who had travelled to Brazil, did not use the word “Christendom” and used ...
ancient-origins - 15/05/2017 - 01:53
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Matching Myth and Genetics: Revealing the Origins of the Inca Through Modern DNA
... 2400 native individuals from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Brazil. "The results show distinctive patrilineal origins to ... the Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais at Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The first patrilineal haplotype named AWKI-1 (awki ...
ancient-origins - 12/04/2018 - 14:02
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Global Donkey Populations Decimated for Chinese Traditional Medicine
... / Adobe Stock Abused and Skinned Over the last decade in Brazil donkey numbers have fallen by 28% and by 37% in ... in “appalling conditions” including 800 donkeys in Brazil found starving alongside hundreds of rotting carcasses ...
ashley cowie - 24/11/2019 - 22:59
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Reconstruction Reveals True Face of 9,000-Year-Old Jericho Skull
... figures with the archaeological research group Arc-Team Brazil; dental surgeon Thiago Beaini, who is an associate ...
Nathan Falde - 10/01/2023 - 13:53
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The World-wide Mysterious Phenomena Of Elongated Skulls
... the Shanidar Cave in Iraq. In the eastern highlands of Brazil, a skull was recovered from Confins Cave that dates ... for the Aymara culture of the highland area near Tiwanaku, Brazil, the predominant practice was of circumferential ...
Rita Louise - 17/10/2013 - 05:00
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The New Prince of Persia Game is Announced. How Does the History Stack Up?
The popular, but almost archaic Prince of Persia video game franchise is back, with a new game, and a new hero on the scene. So what’s the new backstory, who is this new hero, and is there any basis in real history.
valdar - 11/08/2023 - 22:55
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Shape Changes, Fear Does Not: The Mythical Monster Coco
... Bogey-Man (1799) by Francisco Goya. ( Public Domain ) In Brazil, Coco is interpreted as a female alligator known as ... as in Mexico, but with Portuguese symbolism brought to Brazil through the galleons of the first Europeans. The ...
Natalia Klimczak - 20/03/2016 - 21:06
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3.3-million-year-old stone tools overturn archaeological record, predate early humans
... 15,800 years or more Discovery of ancient stone tools in Brazil challenges belief about human arrival in the Americas ...
lizleafloor - 23/05/2015 - 21:34
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The Battleground Origins of Jujutsu
It’s likely that if you’ve ever seen a Hollywood action film you’ve probably heard of jujutsu. Thanks to films like The Matrix and the John Wick franchise, jujutsu is more in the public eye than ever before. But what most people don’t know is that jujutsu’s origins go back to the 8th century Japanese warrior class. Jujutsu, once a weapon of war, has evolved over the centuries into something quite different.
Robbie Mitchell - 22/09/2022 - 23:00
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A Dance for Gods, Wars and Beauty: The History of the Elegant and Deadly Ancient Art of Sword Dancing
The study and practice of sword wielding has been developing for over 4,000 years and continues to fascinate. Its mastery demands a great deal of a person’s physical and spiritual capacity. Like any sport, mastering the art of wielding the sword requires extensive physical training which also trains one’s perceptions and reactions, allowing for quick responses to any situation – a valuable skill for self-defense.
MartiniF - 18/10/2016 - 02:00
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The Search for Z: Colonel Percy Fawcett’s Obsession with the Golden City (Video)
... of the golden city, known to him as "Z," in the jungles of Brazil, and dedicated his life to finding it. Percy Fawcett's ...
Robbie Mitchell - 08/04/2023 - 01:52
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Origins 2017 (Origins of Civilization)
... of hundreds of prehistoric mound complexes in Peru and Brazil with Jim Vieira. 6. Learn how the megalithic culture ...
ancient-origins - 28/08/2017 - 14:20