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Over 40 New Sites Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
... mystical burial grounds in Korea, Viking-age fortresses in Denmark, and towns and cities in Europe, including Kuldīga ... for the past. Top image: Fyrkat viking ring fortress in Denmark. Source: dudlajzov /Adobe Stock By Ashley Cowie Over ...
ashley cowie - 22/09/2023 - 22:59
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How Rollo the Viking Conqueror Settled in Normandy
... Scandinavia it is not clear whether he was from Norway or Denmark. According to Dudo, for instance, Rollo is said to ... in Eastern Europe. Some have interpreted this to mean Denmark . Other sources, however, claim that Rollo was from ...
dhwty - 25/06/2020 - 23:01
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Scientists decode 1,500-year-old plague and warn it could strike again
... Asia; north Africa and Arabia, and Europe all the way to Denmark and Ireland. It is believed that the pandemic ... Tom Gilbert, a professor at the Natural History Museum of Denmark who wrote an accompanying commentary. "That shows the ...
aprilholloway - 28/01/2014 - 22:58
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Dressed to Kill: The Vibrant Textiles Adorning these Incan Mummies Have a Lethal Secret
... may depict the ritual of Capacocha. National Library of Denmark. ( Public Domain ) It is believed the two Incan ...
Alicia McDermott - 29/07/2018 - 18:49
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Stay Out of the Water: Does a Prehistoric Shark Still Live in the Ocean?
... Australia, Puero Rico, Malta, India, Canary Islands, Denmark, and Antwerp in Belgium. A fossil of its jaw ... to huge dragons and snakes. In 1667, Nicolaus Steno from Denmark recognized the teeth as a shark's. In his book titled ...
Natalia Klimczak - 07/09/2016 - 14:50
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The Enigmatic Loki, A Trickster Among Gods in Norse Mythology
... feature a depiction of Loki. Moesgård Museum near Århus, Denmark. (Public Domain ) Who was Loki? According to ...
Riley Winters - 27/05/2020 - 21:33
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Tracing The Origins Of The Tuatha Dé Danann To Greece
... from Greece… and eventually reached Ireland by way of Denmark…. The date of their arrival in Britain is recorded ...
Willem McLoud - 13/03/2024 - 19:15
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World's Oldest Axe Fragment Found in Australia
... Huge Bronze Age axes discovered in a field in Jutland, Denmark Written in Stone: Neolithic Weapons and Tools of the ... complete hand axe unearthed in prehistoric seabed in Denmark Axe, North Queensland, Australia. Exhibit from the ...
ancient-origins - 11/05/2016 - 21:43
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Kungagraven – A Grave Fit for a Nordic Bronze Age King, But Who Was Buried Inside?
... Nordic women Unique Nordic Iron Age gold figurine found in Denmark Rare 9th Century Tools Discovered under Norwegian ... and Enigmatic Spirals of Golden Thread Uncovered in Denmark Ancient Roman bronze figure of mythological Silenus ...
Natalia Klimczak - 11/09/2016 - 14:46
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Medieval Loo and Strange Foundation Walls Found at UK’s Berwick Hospital
... have looked like. These barrel toilets were unearthed in Denmark and date from the 14th century. ( Odense City Museum ...
Sahir - 24/02/2022 - 17:33
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Icelandic Magic, Witchcraft, and Sorcery and the Tragic Case of Jón Rögnvaldsson
... characteristic of other northern countries of Europe, like Denmark or Norway, which adopted the Christian faith, and ... to the burning stake. The laws created by Norway and Denmark relating to witchcraft were applied in Iceland in ...
Natalia Klimczak - 16/02/2017 - 13:40
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12 Jaw-Dropping Helmets from the Ancient World
... Warrior 3,000-year-old Bronze Age Horned Helmet found in Denmark in 1942. Featuring long curved bull’s horns ...
Joanna Gillan - 03/09/2022 - 18:45
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Child Miners, Mother Goddesses, and One of the Greatest Powers of the Bronze Age
... in France, Germany, Spain, and perhaps even as far as Denmark and Turkey. This difficult operation would mean that ... Huge Bronze Age axes discovered in a field in Jutland, Denmark Bronze Age Britons Mummified the Dead: Smoked over ...
Kerry Sullivan - 12/07/2016 - 14:50
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Till Eulenspiegel: The Crude Pranks and Hilarious Hi-jinks of a 14th Century German Fool
... Till traveled extensively across the Holy Roman Empire, Denmark, Poland, and Italy, during which many of his ... were immensely popular in Germany , as well as in Denmark and Poland , when they were written during the 16th ...
dhwty - 30/09/2018 - 23:06
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People of the Arctic worked meteorite iron 1,200 years ago
... Appelt, an archaeologist with the National Museum of Denmark, and others visited northern Greenland’s Cape York. ... Jens Fog Jensen, archaeologist at the National Museum of Denmark, as saying. People used basalt to work the iron. Some ...
Mark Miller - 25/05/2018 - 00:47
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Ancient DNA Reveals Reason for High Multiple Sclerosis Rates in Europe
Researchers have created the world's largest ancient human gene bank by analyzing the bones and teeth of almost 5,000 humans who lived across Western Europe and Asia up to 34,000 years ago.
By sequencing ancient human DNA and comparing it to modern-day samples, the international team of experts mapped the historical spread of genes -- and diseases -- over time as populations migrated.
ancient origins - 12/01/2024 - 23:58
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Orcadian Genesis: The Origins of the Orkney Isles’ Unique Megalithic Culture and its Roots in Britain’s Own Lost Atlantis - Part Two
... culture known as the Maglemosian, which thrived in Denmark circa 9000-6000 BC, Grahame Clark, at the time a ... it as belonging, not to the Maglemosian culture of Denmark, but to the Post-Swiderian Kunda culture of Estonia. ...
Andrew Collins - 12/10/2018 - 01:42
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St George’s Chapel: A Right British Royal Peculiar
... include Edward, Prince of Wales, and Princess Alexandra of Denmark (later Edward VII and Queen Alexandra respectively) ... Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and Alexandra of Denmark. ( Public Domain ) Who is Buried in St George’s ... IV and Edward VII, Elizabeth Woodville and Alexandra of Denmark, respectively, both buried at the altar, and Jane ...
dhwty - 13/01/2020 - 14:00
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Ancient DNA Sheds Light on the Mysterious Origins of the First Scandinavians
... with an initial pulse from the south – modern day Denmark and Germany – that took place just after 11,700 ... kind of technology only appeared in southern Sweden and Denmark later on. Blue Eyes, Blonde Hair Knowing the genomes ...
ancient-origins - 12/01/2018 - 01:48
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How DNA Analysis Ended Scientific Disputes in the Case of the Kennewick Man
... the Ainu of Japan or the Polynesians. (National Museum of Denmark / No known copyright restrictions ) New Research ...
Joanna Gillan - 23/06/2023 - 14:59