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Mayans were an advanced civilization that thrived for many centuries going back as far as 800 BC according to new studies. Their advancement spanned sciences, religions, writing system, calendar and monumental constructions. The estimated population of the Mayan civilization was approximately 22 million people.
johnblack - 28/06/2013 - 13:52
Hey all, a friend of mine recently visited Prague, and in her travels, she met a Romani gypsy who gave her this:
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Anyone have any idea what the symbol signifies? Is it good? Bad? Any feedback would be great thanks a bunch!
chrisstarwalker - 26/06/2015 - 00:52
... of Assyria, Babylonia, and Persia, used taxes to feed, equip, and maintain their large armies. Overall, one ...
Cam Rea - 30/08/2015 - 01:00
Of the monsters and mythological creatures Odysseus encounters during his long voyage from Troy to Ithaca, among the fiercest are female. Three of these are Circe, the Sirens and Calypso, who all prove to be difficult and terrifying obstacles to Odysseus’ journey home.
Julia Huse - 01/07/2018 - 23:02
Aging usually improves the flavor of cheese, but that's not why some very old cheese discovered in an Egyptian tomb is drawing attention. Instead, it's thought to be the most ancient solid cheese ever found, according to a study published in ACS' journal Analytical Chemistry.
ancient-origins - 16/08/2018 - 13:56
Parapsychological experiences seem to belong to the fields of physics, biology, psychology and science in general. They are, therefore, largely susceptible to measurements, visualizations, recordings.
A study of such experiences can also be put within the reach of the individual experimenter who, with modest means associated with a discreet technical-scientific preparation, wants to undertake research in the various areas of that disputed science that the author himself prefers to define as Psychotronic.
ancient-origins - 23/11/2019 - 00:40
... But many children also meant there were many mouths to feed. If the woman of the family worked as a prostitute, ...
Riley Winters - 12/10/2016 - 14:41
Shocking, disturbing and wholly ungodly methods of murder in ancient Rome have been brought together in a brutally graphic new book. Dr. Emma Southon is a historian at the University of Birmingham in England and in her new book, A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome, the author explores various modes of murder in ancient Rome.
ashley cowie - 30/03/2021 - 22:56
In the 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci dreamed of people flying through the air, but it wasn’t until 19 September 1783 that history’s first aerostatic flight was achieved by the Montgolfier brothers at Versailles. While aerodynamics refers to the study of gases in motion, within any given system, aerostatics refers to the study of gases that are not in motion. Da Vinci’s dreams of people flying in the air manifested on November 21, 1783, in the form of the ‘aerostatic-globe’ – now known as a hot air balloon.
ashley cowie - 25/05/2022 - 18:58
A 16th - 17th century grave has been unearthed in Poland which shows evidence that the deceased was believed to be a vampire – a brick was found wedged between his teeth, and his leg had been staked to the ground to prevent him rising from the dead and terrorising the living.
aprilholloway - 07/05/2014 - 23:53
Africa is a continent where its people are in spiritual communication with the soul of the land, as typically illustrated in the Masebe Nature Reserve in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Anthropologist, professor Chris Boonzaaier of the University of Pretoria, together with professor Harry Wels of the Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam, explored how the inhabitants of an area enter into a dialogue with their natural surroundings, incorporating their legends, myths and their recollection of ancient memories. In the Maseb
Chris Boonzaaier - 18/04/2018 - 15:42
... Athenian youth into the labyrinth built by Daedalus to feed the Minotaur until Athenian hero Theseus killed the ...
Sahir - 03/03/2023 - 17:58
... diverting waste into pig pens, converting it into pig feed and later fertilizer. Romans, ever social, gathered ...
Robbie Mitchell - 10/09/2023 - 17:02
A few years ago, the Downton Abbey Christmas special featured a ouija board which communicated a message from a dead character. American reviewers were extremely puzzled by this incursion of the supernatural, while British reviewers found it unexceptional. Indeed, few bothered even to mention it. Why?
ancient-origins - 19/12/2016 - 03:45
... Maya science has changed the world. Maya Cultivars now feed and clothe the majority of the world’s population. ...
ancient-origins - 12/09/2020 - 04:13
Using satellite imaging and drone reconnaissance, archaeologists from Washington University in St. Louis have discovered an ancient irrigation system that allowed a farming community in arid northwestern China to raise livestock and cultivate crops in one of the world’s driest desert climates.
ancient-origins - 06/01/2018 - 01:58
... of the need to cultivate more land to grow more crops to feed a growing population at a time when crop yields were ...
Nathan Falde - 06/01/2022 - 14:00
The day had been spent in ritual battles, and a group of individuals who were vanquished, naked, and tied-together were marched up the long stairs to the top platform of the great pyramid where there they were killed, throats cut, sacrificed to their supreme deity.
margaretmoose - 07/01/2014 - 07:28
... diverse cultures have spoken of vampire-like demons that feed off of human energy and attack their victims at night. ...
Alicia McDermott - 24/06/2016 - 15:51
... pair of brothers terrorized the town with their desire to feed on living human blood during the Great Depression. ...
ancient-origins - 05/09/2019 - 04:54