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History of the Vikings: All You Need to Know
... were probably far less romantic and more brutal than the fiction. Harald “Blåtand” (Bluetooth) Gormsson was a ... led to the discovery of Iceland and Greenland, have a history of some commercial travel, not just raids. The ... of the Vikings lives on. ( Nejron Photo /Adobe Stock) As science progress, and DNA traces are becoming more ...
ancient-origins - 11/06/2020 - 14:00
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Remarkably Massive Viking Longhouse Discovered in Norway
... in Sem, in an interview with the online journal Science Norway . “In typical prehistoric buildings, the ... according to the archaeologists. ( Museum of Cultural History ) With the wood used to make the walls and roof of ... With Portals to the Dead, Viking Homes Were Stranger Than Fiction Why Would You Cremate and Bury Your Home? A Bizarre ...
Nathan Falde - 21/07/2023 - 14:58
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Parallel Worlds – Events in Game of Thrones Based on Real Historical Events
... scratch and some events do have parallels in real world history, which makes sense, being that the author of the ... King Aerys II Targaryen by Robert Baratheon. The Real History Behind Game of Thrones (Part one) The Immortals: An ... of course is that the former was (probably) made through science whereas the latter was made through magic. Game of ...
Caleb Strom - 08/08/2017 - 18:54
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Mummies have had a bad wrap – it is time for a reassessment
... It also offers a chance to reflect on the more recent history of the mummy – its role in scientific ... Hutchinson The mummy even featured in 19th-century fiction where it was portrayed as a gentle, even romantic ... figures featuring in pulp magazines dedicated to fantasy, science fiction, mystery and the occult, as well as in film. ...
ancient-origins - 28/10/2015 - 02:55
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Arthurian Legend – Medieval Literature Laced With Truth?
... Historia Regum Britanniae (which translates as History of the Kings of Britain ). This is a fictional history of Britain that was written between 1135 and 1139 and ... of the Trojan hero Aeneas. Geoffrey continues his history with the early kings of Britain, and the Roman ...
dhwty - 07/04/2020 - 14:01
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Medieval Aphrodisiacs: Body Scented Bread Dough!
... Wife’s Scent Speaking on podcast Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal, and Society hosted by sex historian ... Dr. Janega is the author of The Middle Ages: A Graphic History , a deeply documented revisionist history, which aims ... imagination even today, despite the advancement of medical science and research debunking most of these methods. Top ...
Sahir - 24/04/2022 - 18:58
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Did the Legendary Irish Milesians Come from Spanish Galicia?
... in the semi-historical work Historia Brittonum (The History of the Britons), which was written in the 9th century ... etc. This happened long before the books about their history were created. Nonetheless, ways of understating time ... they came. Those first settlers are severally known in history as the Partholanians, the Nemedians, the Firbolgs, ...
Natalia Klimczak - 01/07/2016 - 14:54
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Adrienne Mayor
... MAYOR is a research scholar in the Classics Department and History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Program at Stanford University. She is ... into 11 languages and her work is featured on NPR, BBC, History Channel, New York Times , USA Today, Smithsonian ...
ancient-origins - 02/01/2013 - 08:10
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Atlantis as Ireland - The Emerald Enigma
... and everyone’s got an opinion. Was it just an elaborate fiction given to us by the Greek philosopher Plato in 360 ... that some details got distorted over time. Truth became history, history became legend, and legend became myth. But ... that Atlantis lies at the bottom of the ocean. However, science has eliminated this as a possibility and an island in ...
Keystone University - 04/07/2020 - 21:06
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The Giants of Ancient Egypt: Part II – Physical Evidence of the Giant Characters
... to light evidence of more substantial giants in Egyptian history. Here we see some of more credible physical evidence ... Lovelock Cave: A Tale of Giants or A Giant Tale of Fiction? The 9ft 4in alabaster coffin of Seti l now on ... of ‘giants’ featured in this article. Courtesy of Live Science. Anyway, with these discoveries presented in this ...
Hugh Newman - 06/09/2017 - 19:01
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The Weird Wolds of Yorkshire: Inside the Mysterious Wold Newton Triangle
... the greatest heroes and villains of recent pulp, crime and science fiction according to the literary concept devised by science ... sparsely populated place at that, throughout all its long history, be the location for so much weirdness? Is it merely ...
Charles Christian - 28/06/2015 - 01:06
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The Aurora Airship Incident: UFO Crash, Mars Fever or Hoax?
... being . Airships and balloons go back much farther in history than other aircraft, such as airplanes. The earliest ... during a time of optimism regarding progress through science and technology. By the late 19th century, inventions ... space. Flying machines, as well as more realistic science fiction, began to make the idea of humans and other creatures ...
Caleb Strom - 09/08/2020 - 23:00
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Ashley Lambie Cowie
... which together offer insights into our shared social history - The People's History. In his 20's Ashley was based ... a series of highly acclaimed lectures on the international Science Festival Circuit about his discoveries, he has since written four bestselling non-fiction books. Elected as a member of the Society of ...
ancient-origins - 03/01/2013 - 08:14
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Jim Willis
... Dragon Awakes: Rediscovering Earth Energy in the Age Of Science, Ancient Gods: Lost Histories, Hidden Truths and the ... and the Conspiracy of Silence probes the myths, stories, history, and facts of ancient civilizations, lost ... Truths by Jim Willis looks at the myths, stories, history, science and facts of healing energies, psychic ...
ancient-origins - 02/01/2013 - 08:03
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Has the Biblical Moses Been Identified in Secular Egyptian Records?
... do concede that a Moses-like figure could have existed in history, so is it possible to track this person down through ... Ancient accounts of the Great Exodus Moses: Myth, Fiction or History? Four New Kingdom rock-hewn tombs ... biblical record . These men effectively established the science of Egyptology. But at that time, the statues of ...
Annette Duckworth - 08/08/2019 - 18:59
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Viking Drug Use: From Riotous Parties to Berserker Fury
... fueled by narcotics. As is so often the case with Viking history, separating fact from fiction isn’t easy when it comes to Norse drug use. A Match ... Crazed Viking warriors may have been high on henbane . Science Norway. Available here: ...
Robbie Mitchell - 10/03/2024 - 13:54
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Hard Evidence of Neolithic Little People In Scotland, Hawaii, Indonesia…
... and belittle such concepts as nothing more than ancient fiction, but this position is textbook flawed reasoning. When ... in a terrible rush to flee their homes, vanishing into history leaving behind all manner of possessions. For ... of years ago. The Flores’ Little People: Ignored By Science & Locked Away In 2003, on the Indonesian island of ...
Mark A. Carpenter - 25/12/2020 - 21:51
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Were the Chislehurst Caves Originally Created By Druids?
... in the southeastern part of Greater London . Although the history of the caves stretches back much further, the first ... from that, several episodes of the hugely popular British science fiction series, Doctor Who , were filmed in the caves. A ...
dhwty - 19/03/2019 - 13:11
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The Curious Case Of Frederick Soddy And The Forgotten Race Of Men
... abundant number of works that border, unintentionally, on fiction. Authors such as Charles Hapgood, for example, put ... lost technological knowledge — have a long and peculiar history, engaging not only writers on the fringe, but also ... but through a peculiar series of connections between science, speculation, and spiritual beliefs, one can trace a ...
Dr. Benjamin B. Olshin - 04/06/2021 - 19:47
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What Treasures Were Lost in the Destruction of the Great Musaeum of Alexandria?
... continues to be a painful one for people who love ancient history and literature. So what treasures were lost in its ... continues to be a painful one for people who love ancient history and literature. So what treasures were lost in its ... even the most rebellious theories and explore any field of science. Therefore, many researchers wanted to go to the ...
ancient-origins - 02/11/2016 - 02:54