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Judgment in the Hall of Truth and Preparations for the Afterlife
... on either side. Behind Osiris stands Isis, the revered goddess of nature, who is responsible for bringing the dead ...
ancient-origins - 03/10/2016 - 21:45
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Would You Drink a Lumpy Beer? People Living in China 5000 Years Ago Did!
Researchers have discovered a 5,000-year-old beer recipe by studying the residue on the inner walls of pottery vessels found in an excavated site in northeast China. It’s the earliest evidence of beer production in China so far.
On a recent afternoon, a small group of students gathered around a large table in one of the rooms at the Stanford Archaeology Center.
ancient-origins - 09/02/2017 - 01:48
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Dragon Teeth Hunters and the Mindless Destruction of History
... killing a “sacred dragon”. Having been advised by the goddess Athena to sow the teeth, a group of ferocious ...
ashley cowie - 11/03/2018 - 18:26
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Demystifying the Nine Sorceresses at the Center of Time
Myths, folklore ancient songs and poems present the number ‘nine’ as being connected with the underworld, and this has been extended into modern pop culture. There were ‘nine circles of Hell’ in Dante's Divine Comedy; in J.R.R.
ashley cowie - 06/07/2018 - 15:44
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The Bizarre Tales of Four Lesser Known English Mermaids
... tales emerged in ancient Assyria , in which the shamed goddess Arargatis transformed herself into a mermaid for ...
ashley cowie - 02/10/2018 - 14:03
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Mysterious Roman Object Identified After 150 Years is One of Only 23 in the World
... the face of Septimius Severus on one side and Fortuna, the goddess of luck on the other’. The portrait of the Emperor ...
Ed Whelan - 24/10/2018 - 22:54
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The Forum: Epicenter of the Mighty Roman Empire
... Vestal Virgins and the Vesta Temple to honor the virgin goddess of home and family. He created a central area for ...
Ed Whelan - 20/04/2020 - 01:22
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1,300-Year-Old Machete and Ax Unearthed In Ruins of Assos, Turkey
... settlers built the famous Doric Temple dedicated to the goddess Athena on top of the crag. This year Turkish ...
ashley cowie - 12/09/2021 - 14:56
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History of the Holidays: Easter (Video)
... to have been derived from the pagan festival of the goddess Eostre, celebrating the arrival of spring. ...
Joanna Gillan - 09/04/2023 - 16:59
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Hopi Oral Traditions Of Creation Parallel Evolutionary Adaptation To Climate Change
... turtle and the Japanese male god Izanagi and the female goddess who, while standing on the floating bridge of heaven, ...
Ken Jeremiah - 02/06/2023 - 16:25
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The Greatest Colossal Statues of Ancient Greece (Video)
... depicting animals and flowers. In his hands, Nike , the goddess of Victory, and a scepter with an eagle, while the ...
Robbie Mitchell - 16/01/2024 - 19:56
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Asatru: A Native European Spirituality
When Steve McNallen pledged his loyalty to the Gods and Goddesses of Northern Europe in the late 1960s, he could have hardly imagined the far-reaching implications of this personal act of devotion. Now, over forty years later, Asatru (an Icelandic word that means true to the Gods) is one of the fastest growing new religious movements in America.
ancient-origins - 30/12/2016 - 17:44
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Legends of The Sun: From Solar Gods to Flying Chariots
... originally 10 suns, all of whom were the sons of solar goddess Shiho. Each day, she would wheel one of them across ...
LukeDoyle - 02/06/2018 - 19:33
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Beware the Fate of the Fairy Winds
In many folk tales from around the world there are accounts of a midwife who is taken by fairies to help with a birth. Apart from the overall otherworldly nature of these tales, the mode of transport is one which is often overlooked; that of the fairy wind. This wind seems to have a property whereby it can move between the human world and fairy world. It is, in some respects, able to part the dimensional curtains, so to speak, and not just a way to carry a body over the land and mountains.
David Halpin - 08/02/2020 - 03:19
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Lego Acropolis Proves Just as Popular as the Real Thing
... temple was completed in 438 BC. Dedicated to the patron goddess of Athens, Athena , the Parthenon and its sculptures ...
ashley cowie - 01/11/2020 - 21:56
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ET Chronicles: What Myth And Legend Have To Say About Human Origin
The E.T. Chronicles is a startling and comprehensive examination of ancient myths and legends that describe extra-terrestrial visitors and their encounters with humanity since the dawn of time. Organized into a chronology that starts with “in the beginning” and ends with the advent of civilization, it brings together myths from many cultures (including the Sumerians, the Greek, the Maya and the Aborigines of Australia) and explores them in the context of current scientific discoveries.
ancient-origins - 01/05/2021 - 17:36
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Niflheim in Norse Mythology: Land of the Dead and Home to Lady Hel
... each with its own environment. Idunn: The Rejuvenating Goddess that Keeps Norse Deities Young Jörmungandr: The ...
Robbie Mitchell - 05/10/2022 - 01:50
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Legends Of The Oracle Of Delphi At The Centre Of The World
... of the Gods, who sought to find the epicentre of the earth goddess Gaia, or his ‘Grandmother Earth’. Zeus sent two ...
MartiniF - 01/03/2023 - 22:52
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What Did Ancient Egypt Really Look Like? A Visual Tour (Video)
... and Water – Part I The Magnificent Temple of Hathor, Goddess of Love: Best Preserved Temple in all of Egypt Top ...
Robbie Mitchell - 27/04/2023 - 20:53
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Mesopotamia’s Ur, A City Of Ziggurat Temples, Royal Tombs And Death Pits
Where the Euphrates River once opened its mouth into the Persian Gulf, on the southern floodplain of Mesopotamia, lies Ur, dating from the Ubaid period, circa (6500 -3800 BC), and host to the Sumerian civilization. During the third millennium BC, Mesopotamia – the land between the Tigris and the Euphrates, was occupied by 20 to 30 city-states, dominated by the city-state of Ur, ruled by mighty kings and powerful gods and goddesses.
micki pistorius - 18/08/2023 - 16:17