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Kayakoy: An Abandoned Ghost Town Opens For Tourismi
... and the Allied powers (Greece, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and Romania) on July 24, 1923. This treaty ... in Greece. Craco: The Abandoned Medieval Ghost Town of Italy The Ottoman Empire: 600 Years of Domination Borders set ...
Lex Leigh - 03/02/2023 - 17:57
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Eight Historic Lies about the Ancient World that will Blow Your Mind
... some reason, we have clung to this idea that everything in Italy and Greece was white and clean, when in fact they were ... the Tomb of the Diver from the Greek colony of Paestum in Italy ( Public Domain ) Historic Lie #6: Jesus was born on ...
Robbie Mitchell - 22/12/2022 - 13:58
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Vesuvius Eruption Turned Victim’s Brain to Glass!
... ( Pier Paolo Petrone, University Federico II of Naples, Italy ) A member of the interdisciplinary team, Piero Pucci ...
Ed Whelan - 03/10/2020 - 22:00
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Dark Forces Conspire to Destroy the Radiant One: The Assassination of Akhenaten—Part II
... her deified son Amenhotep I. Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy. Concurring with this observation noted Egyptological ...
anand balaji - 22/09/2017 - 15:26
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End of the Enigmatic Christopher Columbus: A Man at Last Emerges to Eradicate the Myth
... would recognize, painted by Sebastiano del Piombo in Italy in 1519, and now discredited as a representation of ...
XpoKolon - 20/05/2016 - 21:31
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The Spectacle of Naumachia: Rome's Brutal Naval Gladiator Battles
... historian Suetonius remarking how people from all over Italy flocked to witness the spectacle. Caesar staged a ... Claudius . This one was held on Fucine Lake in central Italy and represented a famous battle between Sicily and ...
Robbie Mitchell - 18/04/2023 - 18:51
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Lucrezia Borgia: The Misunderstood Femme Fatale of the Renaissance
... characteristics of the Borgia family. It was an era where Italy was rife with noble houses and familial clans that ... The Sforzas were the ruling noble house of Renaissance Italy, and the marriage was a clear advantage for the newly ... Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy. Penguin Books Limited. Gregorovius, F. 2020. ...
Aleksa Vučković - 27/12/2021 - 14:00
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The Only Library Ever Recovered from Antiquity: The 1800 Scrolls of Herculaneum
The Villa of the Papyri is the name given to a private house that was uncovered in the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. This city, along with nearby Pompeii, is perhaps best remembered for its destruction during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Because of this natural disaster, the buildings of these cities were preserved under a thick layer of volcanic ash.
dhwty - 06/12/2016 - 03:51
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Rhodes Island, Home to Famed Warrior-Monks Who Fought for their Beliefs
... most famous is the one known as the Inn of the Tongue of Italy. Seven nations such as French, English, Spanish and ... References Foutakis, P. (2020). The Inn of the Tongue of Italy for the Hospitaller knights in Rhodes . Post-Medieval ...
Ed Whelan - 13/11/2020 - 00:55
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Cult Worship at the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia
... one of the largest, if not the largest, temples in ancient Italy. On the oldest level of the sanctuary, i.e. the ... Palestrina (present state). Museo Nazionale Palestrina, Italy. ( Public domain ) One of the most impressive exhibits ...
dhwty - 10/07/2020 - 01:55
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Didius Julianus, the Man Who Bought the Roman Empire
... to charitable work, becoming head of the alimenta in Italy, a welfare program instituted by Emperor Nerva in 97 with the aim of helping the poor children of Italy. During his tenure however, Didius, who by then was a ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 28/06/2022 - 22:44
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Illegal Artifact Smuggling and Forgery Ring Smashed in Europe-Wide Police Swoop
... Up to 250 officers from the Carabinieri, which defends Italy’s national treasures and specifically the Cultural ... dispatched stolen archaeological remains to northern Italy through a network of couriers" where investigators ...
ashley cowie - 16/07/2018 - 10:45
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The Perplexing Horned Helmet of Henry VIII
... Holy League, formed by the Pope to expel the French from Italy. England also joined the Holy League, turning ... of Germany, but also Austria, the Netherlands, southern Italy, Spain, as well as colonies in the New World. Painting ...
dhwty - 21/10/2020 - 21:58
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Amerigo Vespucci: The Forgotten Explorer Who Named America
... in 1454, into the prominent Vespucci family, in Florence, Italy. The Vespuccis were a respected family who were ... prerequisites - a good education, fantastic connections in Italy and Spain, a sailing background, and a great deal of ...
Aleksa Vučković - 18/01/2020 - 18:57
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The Christ And The Buddha: How Can You Explain the Uncanny Similarities?
... (1304–06), fresco by Giotto, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy ( Public Domain ) Even the final words of the Buddha ...
jim willis - 08/07/2017 - 18:54
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Who Stole the Gold? Part 2: There is a lot of Smoke, But are There Any Smoking Guns?
... Credit: Ancient-Origins.net After graduating from Italy’s University of Milan and being ordained in the ... “missing artifacts had been shipped to the Vatican in Italy.” According to investigator Victor Salazar, when ...
Heidi Schultz - 10/11/2018 - 22:47
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Climate Change Played Cupid Between Neanderthals and Denisovans
... between researchers hailing from South Korea and Italy, consisting of climate experts and paleo-biologists. ... Pasquale Raia from University of Naples, Federico II in Italy, co-author of the study. “This allowed us for the ...
Sahir - 17/08/2023 - 14:55
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The Panyer Boy, An Enigma on the Streets of London
... child. Cameo glass, 1st half of the 1st century. From Italy. ( Public Domain ) The Relief’s Intriguing ...
dhwty - 26/10/2020 - 12:59
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Ancient Secrets Come into Sight: The Pineal Gland, Pine Cone Symbolism, and the Third Eye
... Berlin, Germany. ( Public Domain ) Greece and Rome, Italy : The god known as Dionysus to the ancient Greeks and ...
Alicia McDermott - 03/11/2016 - 02:24
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Prehistoric Jewelry Unveils 9 Distinct Paleolithic European Cultures
... of a Young Prince found in Arene Candide cave, Liguria, Italy, wearing personal ornamentation during the Gravettian ...
Sahir - 30/01/2024 - 16:47