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Byssus, Secrets of a Shining Sea Silk Loved by Ancient Cultures
... of cherubs.” Knitted sea-silk glove from Taranto, Italy. Probably late 1800s. (John Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0 ) In the ... typical of Taranto (a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy), sought after and worn by matrons, famous hetairai (a ... from Tarsus in Cilicia, and from Apulia and Sardinia in Italy, but not in large quantities. Once collected, (the ...
Maura Andreoni - 05/01/2021 - 21:37
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The Feast of Epiphany: Who Were The Three Kings and Where Did They Come From?
... two magi bearing gifts from the Vatican Museums in Rome, Italy. ( Public domain ) The Magi in Matthew’s Gospel – ... from the Basilica of Sant' Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy. Source: Nina-no / CC BY-SA 2.5 By Wu Mingren ...
dhwty - 06/01/2023 - 13:56
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10,000-Year-Old Mesolithic Burial Showed Special Reverence For Infant Girl
Archaeologists and paleoanthropologists exploring a cave in Italy excavated parts of a skeleton that belonged to an ... and paleoanthropologists exploring a cave in Italy excavated parts of a skeleton that belonged to an ... the Story of Her People Arma Veirana cave in northwestern Italy was targeted by looters in 2015, and it was their ...
Nathan Falde - 15/12/2021 - 13:57
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True Remains of the Saint Behind the Santa Myth Believed Found in Turkey
... the bones of Saint Nicholas were believed to be in Bari, Italy, where they were taken by Italian merchants in 1087 ... Gift-Bringer Differ from Santa Claus? Tomb in Bari, Italy, where the remains previously believed to be Saint ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 05/10/2017 - 22:55
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Pythagoras: A Life Beyond Math and Science
... Roman copy of the Greek original. Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy. ( CC BY SA 3.0 ) Pythagoras’ Journeys While ... Crotone), at that point of time a Greek city in southern Italy, and was put in charge of the education of the children ...
dhwty - 09/07/2020 - 22:08
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The Mysteries Of The Mortal Remains Of Genii: Da Vinci And Mozart
... of Leonardo (c. 1510) at the Royal Library of Turin, Italy ( Public Domain ) and Mozart aged 14 by Giambettino ... the valley of the Arno River, near the city of Florence, Italy. He lived during the Renaissance and died on May 2, ...
ashley cowie - 19/02/2021 - 06:30
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Ötzi the Iceman Genes Trace to Early Anatolian Farmers, and He Had a Receding Hairline
... discovery on the mountainous border between Austria and Italy in 1991. The world’s oldest Alpine celebrity, fodder ... discovery on the mountainous border between Austria and Italy in 1991, ‘ Ötzi the Iceman ’, is the subject of a ... Eurac Research – Institute for Mummy Studies in Bolzano, Italy, harnessed advanced sequencing technologies to ...
Sahir - 16/08/2023 - 16:00
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The Saxon Conquest of Europe, and a Christian Conquest of Saxons
... by Chlother I, the dead king’s successor. Saxons in Italy and Provence By the sixth century, the Saxons were busy ... with a Germanic people called the Lombards into Italy, led by the Lombard king, Albion. They settled there ... into Gaul long before they had split up and gone into Italy. In 463 AD, a Saxon king named Eadwacer conquered ...
Robbie Mitchell - 30/01/2023 - 21:53
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Fresh Light Illuminates Brilliant Medieval Fresco Incarcerated For Centuries in Rome
... Boniface and Alexius basilica). Civita di Bagnoregio - Italy’s Most Enchanting and Surreal Ancient Town Is Dying ... of the Basilica dei Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio, Rome, Italy. (Livioandronico2013/ CC BY SA 4.0 ) A Remarkable ...
Alicia McDermott - 03/07/2019 - 15:38
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Pompeii: The Ancient Roman City Frozen in Time
In the Campania region of Italy near the modern day city of Naples, there was once a ... prosperous Roman city - Pompeii. In the Campania region of Italy near the modern day city of Naples , there was once a ... century BC. The region was settled by a group from central Italy called the Oscans, who saw the site as ideal thanks to ...
Sarah P Young - 07/07/2019 - 01:40
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Big Mac with a Slice of History: McDonalds Creates Transparent Floor Above Ancient Roman Road
A brand-new McDonald's restaurant opened in Italy last month, with one added extra that wasn't on the ... in use. Local mayor Carlo Colizza stated as The Local Italy reports , that the McDonald's project was "a positive ... Colizza. In closing, the mayor and the CEO of McDonalds Italy reassured that the site will be accessible, for free to ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 01/03/2017 - 02:07
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The Ancient Italian Adriatic Veneti and Their Pora Reitia Nature Cult
... of today's Veneto, the main region of the northeast of Italy together with Friuli-Venezia Between the eighth and ... of today's Veneto, the main region of the northeast of Italy together with Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino ... chapels at crossroads and by the rivers in the area of Italy where the Veneti people developed and thrived alongside ...
Jari Padoan - 25/02/2022 - 01:00
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When in Rome, Even the Christian Pilgrims Enjoyed the Baths of Caracalla
... an earthquake and the Byzantine-Gothic Wars devastated Italy, leading to the abandonment of the baths. Ancient Spas: ... Extraordinary Archaeological Find Caracalla mosaic, Rome, Italy ( Pierrette Guertin / Adobe Stock) In the Middle ... Top image: The ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Italy Source: scaliger / Adobe Stock By Ed Whelan References ...
Ed Whelan - 13/09/2020 - 22:49
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Neolithic Stone Balls: The Northern Rosetta Stone?
... to the invention of the first astronomical clock at Padua, Italy in the 14th Century. This clock resulted from measuring ... longitude at sea. First astronomical clock built at Padua, Italy in 1344 AD. ( Pxfuel ) A zodiac sign is invisible in ...
ancient origins - 23/04/2023 - 14:54
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The Pleiades, Blue Print of the Seven Hills of Rome and Other Sacred Cities
... Pleiades – the Seven Sisters as a blue print? Ancient Italy - Ovid Banished from Rome by Joseph Mallord William ... of the Odyssey and the Iliad , that was published in Italy, USA, Russia, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and ...
Felice Vinci - 25/03/2020 - 23:54
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Bedroom Furnishings Offer a Glimpse of Middle-Class Life in Pompeii
... and majestic Archaeological Park of Pompeii, one of Italy’s major tourist attractions, has just published a ... destroyed highlife and lowlife across Campania, Italy. ( Pompeii Sites ) The Courtyard and Rooms In ...
Sahir - 08/08/2022 - 19:00
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Immaculate Theodoric the Great Mosaic Unearthed in Verona
... Theodoric became the founder of the Ostrogothic dynasty in Italy from 474 AD onwards. Sent by his father to ... and in preserving their ancient monuments throughout Italy. He also built new palaces for himself, in Ravenna and ... he was King of the Ostrogoths from 475 AD, King of Italy in 493 and he became king of the Visigoths in 511. For ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 20/04/2022 - 00:10
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Ancient Luxury Outpost with Heated Jacuzzi served Roman Emperor in Bulgaria
... Road, as it is known, is different than the Via Traiana in Italy, another highway named after him. 6,500-year-old oven ... for over 2,000 years A stretch of the Via Trajana in Italy, which is in a different location than Trajan’s ...
Mark Miller - 05/05/2015 - 22:05
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Secrets of Roman Winemaking Revealed By Pollen-Charcoal Residue Analysis
... Roman wine have been the subject of a new study in Italy. The study, published in PLOS ONE journal, focused on ... bottom of the sea off the coast from San Felice Circeo, Italy. They looked at various chemical markers, plant residue ... amphorae recovered from the sea off the coast of Tuscany, Italy. Source: Salvatore / Adobe Stock By Sahir Pandey ...
Sahir - 30/06/2022 - 18:59
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Shamanic Explorations of Supernatural Realms: Cave Art - The Earliest Folklore
... sites in Europe, the oldest being at Fumane, in northern Italy near Verona and at the Grotte Chauvet in the Ardèche ... a ‘lion woman’. Bison-human therianthrope, Fumane, Italy Bison-human and lion-human therianthrope, Grotte ...
nrushton - 17/11/2016 - 02:09