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Half A Million Dollar Mask With Otherworldly Origins
Deep in the Congo, at the darkest moment within a three-day long drug enhanced ritual, this mask is revealed to initiates as representing a being from another dimension, a collision of man, animal and spirit. And this one just sold for 500,000 dollars!
ashley cowie - 26/03/2017 - 18:56
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The Pyramids of Tzintzuntzan: Vestiges of the Purépecha Empire
... been recognized. The Purépecha and their very distinctive culture were governed by a cazonci ruler, and Tzintzuntzan ... where indigenous communities show off their particular culture and dances. Top image: The ruined pyramids at ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 31/08/2021 - 18:19
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2,500-Year-Old Achaemenid Marvel Excavated in Iran
... style didn’t actually originate in the Achaemenid culture . Even older circular structures have been discovered ... the far west. Most of what is known about the Achaemenid culture comes from excavations in southwest Iran, where the ...
Nathan Falde - 04/04/2024 - 15:00
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The World-Renowned Machu Picchu Name Was Unknown to the Incas
... site, historian Donato Amado Gonzales from the Ministry of Culture of Peru (Cusco) and anthropologist Brian S. Bauer ...
ashley cowie - 25/03/2022 - 17:58
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The Planet Venus as a Symbol of Death and Resurrection in Ancient Mesoamerica
Do our myths come from the stars or do we project our myths onto the stars? The story of Mithras truly does come from astronomical discoveries in the ancient world. It was noticed that every 2,160 years the night sky changes with the constellations seemingly moving backward one notch (the precession of the equinoxes). Mithras thus became the god who altered the night sky in this manner.
Daniel Gauss - 10/01/2021 - 13:57
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Last of the Kings of Egypt: The Ptolemaic Dynasty
Ptolemaic Egypt is distinctive in being both the last independent Egyptian dynasty and the last Hellenistic kingdom to fall to Rome. The Ptolemies were not native Egyptians, but Greek and Macedonian by descent.
Caleb Strom - 24/09/2019 - 01:58
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3,500-Year-Old Tomb with Remains of 17 Elites and Precious Artifacts Found in Cyprus
Excavations in a Bronze Age city on Cyprus have revealed an industrious people whose community was burned twice in attacks, possibly during the upheaval caused by the Sea Peoples. The most recent discovery by Swedish archaeologists is of a tomb from years before the attacks in which they found remains of 17 high-status people buried with rich grave goods. The offerings, from around the Mediterranean, include gold jewelry, pearls, scarabs and beautiful pottery.
Mark Miller - 07/08/2016 - 03:49
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4,500-Year-Old Andean Temple Polychrome Painted Wall Revealed
In 2020, archaeologists in northern Peru unearthed the crumbling remains of a 4,500-year-old wall. This wall is historically valuable because it was painted with geometric patterns, but what makes the wall ‘unique,’ is that it once supported a ceremonial temple.
ashley cowie - 28/08/2023 - 18:55
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Anglo-Saxon Settlement And Cemetery Complex Excavated In England
... BC, when the Iron Age was introduced by the Hallstatt culture from the European mainland. A series of hillforts ...
ashley cowie - 19/01/2021 - 17:56
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2,000-Year-Old Meat Soup Found in Chinese Nobleman’s Tomb
... of an ancient Chinese cauldron dates to the Yangshao Culture in Henan Province. ( Wikimedia Commons photo /Gary ...
Mark Miller - 16/12/2016 - 21:47
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Iron Age Blacksmith Workshop in the Oxford Countryside Reveals Master Craftsman
... advancement and cultural shift, shaping the material culture and social dynamics of the region. “Iron was ...
Sahir - 04/02/2024 - 13:34
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The Cerveteri Necropolis, Etruscan City of the Dead
... as the Tomb of the Reliefs is an indication that Etruscan culture continued to survive well into the Roman ... years, giving further insights into the little known about culture. In 2015, an unlooted Etruscan tomb was found outside ...
dhwty - 28/05/2018 - 21:24
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Did the Legendary Irish Milesians Come from Spanish Galicia?
... Irish ancestors - one whose rule started the impressive culture. Ten Famous and Infamous Omens in the Ancient World ...
Natalia Klimczak - 01/07/2016 - 14:54
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Secrets of Living Human Heart Extraction Revealed
In the mid-16th century the hyper-violent forces of Spanish conquistadors burned, tortured, raped and spread diseases as they made their way across Mesoamerica in the name of their one god. Yet they recorded their distaste at indigenous sacrificial rituals in which people’s hearts were torn out of their chests while the victims were still alive.
ashley cowie - 25/04/2020 - 23:07
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Ancient Japanese Queen Himiko may have Burned Animal Bones to Tell the Future
... it was used to tell fortunes during the Yayoi Pottery Culture period of the fifth century BC to the third century ... Fortune-Telling Book Medieval Japanese Weapons Influenced Culture Long After the Middle Ages When researchers ...
Mark Miller - 17/05/2019 - 20:27
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Origin of Modern Human Behavior is South NOT East Africa [New Research]
... transmitted aspects of their sophisticated modern human culture to people in East Africa. Those East African people ... been so very different from a modern isolated Stone Age culture encountering and embracing western civilization ...
ancient-origins - 26/03/2019 - 00:50
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New Nazca Geoglyphs Uncovered in Northern Pampa Using AI Tech
... the linear geoglyphs were crafted by the Nazca people, a culture that thrived during the Early Intermediate Period . ... discovered on rock outcrops. During this era, the Paracas Culture, an Andean civilization that emerged around 800 BC ...
Sahir - 05/06/2023 - 18:55
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Erasing History: Why Islamic State is Blowing Up Ancient Artifacts
One of the many tragedies that have unfolded in the wake of the Islamic State (IS) is their smashing of statues and the destruction of ancient archaeological sites. Indeed, the rapid and terrifying advance of the IS has proved fatal for much invaluable heritage.
ancient-origins - 10/06/2017 - 14:02
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39 Prehistoric Megaliths At ‘The French Stonehenge’ Destroyed by Developers
DIY chain Mr. Bricolage is under fire for ‘accidentally’ destroying a vital part of the deeply ancient historical heritage of Brittany – ‘The French Stonehenge’. The unfortunate destruction of thirty-nine ancient standing stones at the renowned Neolithic site of Carnac in north-west France has caused widespread dismay.
Sahir - 08/06/2023 - 15:05
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Nowruz - The Persian New Year and The Spring Equinox
... in Persian philosophy and permeates many elements of the culture. A description of the symbolic meaning of the seven ... New Year at Persepolis – Culture of Iran. Available from: ...
Mahbod Khanbolouki - 22/03/2015 - 23:51