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No Girls Allowed? Debate for Women in the Christian Priesthood Rages On
... remains stubbornly stuck in the prejudiced Greco-Roman culture of old. And the world takes notice. Despite the ... BBC News . BBC, 25 Feb. 2015. Web. http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150224-the-secrets-of-the-catacombs ...
Kerry Sullivan - 10/05/2017 - 14:03
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Petra’s Saudi Arabian Sister City, Hegra, Opens to the Public
... who are mentioned in the Quran or members of the Dedan culture. According to UNESCO , the site “bears witness to ...
Ed Whelan - 25/11/2020 - 13:59
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At Monte Testaccio, An Entire Mountain is Made Up of Roman Trash
Monte Testaccio is an unusual landmark in Rome. It dates back to Roman times and is composed entirely of broken amphora sherds. Considering the enormous number of monumental structures in Rome, it is fair to say that Monte Testaccio does not really stand out, especially when one considers that it is, in effect, an ancient rubbish dump.
dhwty - 05/04/2018 - 22:59
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Earliest Social Drinking Evidence in the Middle East Found in Israel
... from the Mount Carmel and Tel Tsaf finds. The Natufian culture was a late Palaeolithic culture in the Levant region, dating to between 15,000 and ...
Sahir - 28/12/2021 - 22:00
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Bust Found in Czech Republic Reflects Irish Druidic Customs
... priests, teachers, and administrators of laws in Celtic culture and religion and their pagan practices survived long ... single strip of hair on a bald head in Old Irish Celtic culture suggests ‘the head of Mšecké Žehrovice depicts a ...
ashley cowie - 16/05/2022 - 19:00
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Evidence Of Viking Mercenary District Found Near Istanbul
... for the Byzantines. The Vikings came from a warrior culture that prized loyalty and they were famous for their ...
Ed Whelan - 27/08/2020 - 18:16
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Floki and the Viking Discovery of Iceland
... to sing its praises. Norsemen transformed international culture, manufacturing, tech and trade during Viking Era ...
John Haywood - 17/10/2020 - 00:51
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Modern Hindus Forbidden From Eating Beef But Ancient Hindus Ate the Sacred Cow
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The Real Story of the ‘Bearded God’ Named Quetzalcoatl
... of civilization in Mesoamerica, the Olmec spread their culture throughout the region, including their belief in the ...
Jordan Baker - 03/08/2020 - 14:04
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1,000-year-old Middle Eastern recipe book claims to have the ultimate hangover cure
... ancient cookbook serves to unfold the role of food in the culture of Islam’s golden era, and provides a fascinating ...
aprilholloway - 04/09/2014 - 03:31
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Norse Creation Myth: Fire and Ice from the Abyss
The Norse people were the ancient tribal communities of Scandinavia, who in the modern day are often referred to or thought of as the Vikings (who were actually a subset of them). Like many other ancient communities, they had their own ideas about how the earth and the universe were created.
Molly Dowdeswell - 03/12/2022 - 22:00
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The Cult, Pilgrimage – and Herding Past of a Saudi Arabian Mustatil
... This indicates a far more “interconnected landscape and culture than had previously been supposed for the Neolithic ...
ashley cowie - 15/03/2023 - 18:00
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Nine Notorious Demons that Terrorized the Ancient World
... he also used filth and residue. Lilith was known in the culture of the Hittites, Egyptians, Greeks, Israelis, and ...
ancient-origins - 18/05/2019 - 22:46
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Pavlopetri: 5,000-Year-Old Town Discovered Underwater in Greece
... of Underwater Antiquities of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Hellenic Centre for Marine ... explained Elias Spondylis of the Greek Ministry of Culture in the New Scientist . A digital reconstruction of ...
ancient-origins - 03/03/2021 - 01:45
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The History of Kung Fu: A Modern Name for an Ancient Art
... state doctrine. The Chinese State Commission for Physical Culture and Sports created standardized forms of the main ... of view. This led to the State Commission for Physical Culture and Sports creating a new task force in 1979. Its job ... popular in China during the 20th century. Chinese pop culture began to revolve around martial arts, and from the ...
Robbie Mitchell - 28/09/2022 - 22:44
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Unravelling the Genetics of Elongated Skulls - Transcript of Interview with Brien Foerster
... with the elongated skulls at Paracas, and the Paracas culture in general that died out 2,000 years ago, I have had ... of the Paracas, could literally have wiped the Paracas culture out and absorbed their knowledge, absorbed some of ...
aprilholloway - 08/02/2014 - 10:26
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The Genetic History of Ice Age Europe
... expansion associated with the Gravettian archaeological culture. ( Martin Frouz and Jirí Svoboda ) To eliminate ...
ancient-origins - 05/05/2016 - 21:53
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Vast and Mesmerizing Floor Mosaic Unearthed in Cappadocian Villa
... to Şükrü Dursun, the Kayseri Provincial Director of Culture and Tourism, the excavation which commenced three ...
Sahir - 14/11/2023 - 18:00
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Thomas Becket’s Sacred Healing Shrine Digitally Reconstructed
... team, from the Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture at the University of York, explains that because ...
ashley cowie - 08/07/2020 - 01:44
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Oldest Human Bone Engraved and Painted By Hominid Found In China
... in the area, in Pleistocene times . They had a complex culture and may even have had mental capabilities comparable ...
Ed Whelan - 16/07/2019 - 14:05