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Volcanic Eruptions and Climate Change Incited Upheaval in Ancient Egypt - and Historians Warn of Repetition
... for Ptolemy III's exit from the area now Syria and Iraq, as the Roman historian Justinus wrote , if Ptolemy III ...
Alicia McDermott - 19/10/2017 - 13:54
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The Earliest Humans Swam 100,000 Years Ago, and Included Neanderthals
... in the fast-moving rivers of eastern Syria and northern Iraq. An ancient Egyptian kohl spoon in the shape of a ... Across Europe and northern Asia, in Mesopotamia (Syria, Iraq and Kuwait) and Southwest Asia, people did not swim, ...
ancient origins - 31/12/2022 - 00:45
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Brexit Reignites Greece’s Appeal to Return Stolen Parthenon Marbles
... 450 Stolen Sumerian Tablets are on Their Way Back to Iraq, but it is Just the Tip of the Iceberg Will Brexit ...
ashley cowie - 20/02/2020 - 18:31
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Oddly Enough, London Bridge is Now Located in the Arizona Desert
... future. Babylon's Monumental Ishtar Gate Travelled from Iraq to Germany Dizzying Inca Rope Bridges Were Grass-Made ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 15/04/2024 - 22:57
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Iran’s Heritage Sites Remain Under Threat. What Could We Lose?
... throughout history. The current situation in Iran and Iraq is unsettling for many reasons, but our focus is not the ...
ancient-origins - 09/01/2020 - 01:59
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Neo-Assyrian ‘Divine Procession’ Discovered in Hidden Tunnel, Turkey
... of the metal iron in the Mesopotamian region (modern-day Iraq, parts of Iran, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey). While ...
Sahir - 11/05/2022 - 14:30
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Parallel Twin Ziggurats: The Tower of Babel and Pyramid of Cholula
... west into the region of Shinar ( Sumer or modern day Iraq) and they were determined to build a great city, with a ...
Mark A. Carpenter - 13/02/2021 - 21:42
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Vardzia, Georgia’s Incredible Cave City Built By Their Fierce Queen
... the Safavids , who had conquered Persia (modern Iran and Iraq), attacked Georgia. In 1551 they besieged and captured ...
Ed Whelan - 03/12/2020 - 00:56
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People Alarmed Over Announcement of 13th Astrological Sign
... developed a powerful civilization in what is now southern Iraq and were instrumental in the development of astronomy . ...
Ed Whelan - 19/07/2020 - 21:42
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The World’s First Collectors, Museums And Libraries Of Antiquity
... His library at Nineveh near the modern-day city of Mosul, Iraq, housed some 30,000 baked clay tablets in a variety of ...
Robert Garland - 26/01/2024 - 17:12
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Were Other Humans the First Victims of the Sixth Mass Extinction?
... genocides and ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, Rwanda, Iraq , Darfur and Myanmar . Like language or tool use, a ...
ancient-origins - 21/11/2019 - 23:01
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Did Lightning Determine Locations For Neolithic Stone Monuments?
... The Neolithic agricultural revolution began in Syria and Iraq between about 11000 BC and 9000 BC and reached Britain ...
ashley cowie - 24/12/2019 - 03:57
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Is This The Oldest Chess Piece In The World?
... it is known that the Abbasid family traded with Syria and Iraq , and Oleson thinks it is plausible that they may have ...
ashley cowie - 28/11/2019 - 18:36
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Ibn Battuta—The Marco Polo of Dar-al-Islam
... next year, from 1326 to 1327, Ibn Battuta traveled through Iraq and Persia. In 1328, he embarked on a voyage to east ...
Caleb Strom - 15/01/2019 - 17:23
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The Origins Of Ancient Greek Creation Mythology
... Megiddo (Israel), Egypt to as far east as Babylon (Iraq) in Mesopotamia. It was a time of prosperity for the ...
pkoutoupis - 14/03/2022 - 21:18
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The Oldest University in the World May Not Be Where You Think And the Founder May Also Surprise You
... AMERICAN UNIVERSITY RETURNS 10,000 ANCIENT TABLETS TO IRAQ The library’s main reading room. ( Aziza Chaouni ) The ...
Kerry Sullivan - 22/12/2016 - 00:38
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4,000-Year-Old Copper Crown Found in India
... India, Egypt, and Mesopotamia, which now extends over Iraq and parts of Kuwait, Iran, Turkey, and Syria. The ...
ancient-origins - 11/01/2015 - 00:37
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Did The Curse of Tamerlane Cause One of the Bloodiest Battles in World War II?
... Uzbekistan to Turkmenistan , Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Afghanistan, as well as parts of Russia, ...
Mark Brophy - 08/08/2022 - 15:00
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Elongated Human Skulls Of Peru: Possible Evidence Of A Lost Human Species?
... also been found in Egypt, during the Amarna period, Sudan, Iraq, Syria, Russia, the island of Malta, as well as many ...
brien - 09/04/2013 - 16:59
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Who or what killed Alexander the Great?
... locations, but not in desert regions such as central Iraq where Alexander died. Typhoid is transmitted by food ...
aprilholloway - 12/01/2014 - 00:57