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Cancer Deaths Were Far Less Prevalent in Ancient Egypt
... Ancient Egyptians died younger but that modern western lifestyle choices have led to increasing instances of cancer. ...
Ed Whelan - 26/06/2018 - 13:57
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Monks, Hermits and Ascetics: The Little-Known History of Women in Desert Asceticism
... were all converts to Christianity who lived an austere lifestyle, stayed almost entirely in their houses, and had ...
MartiniF - 23/08/2016 - 16:29
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Sami Spirituality and the Cult of the Sacred Stones
... of the Sacred Stones, and the ancient core of the Sami lifestyle, remains so strongly intact in the present. The ...
Riley Winters - 18/05/2018 - 19:01
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Malaysian Rock Art on Borneo Linked to Era of Conflict
A large cave known as Gua Sireh, which is located in the state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo in Malaysia, features one of the most extensive collections of recently drawn cave art found anywhere in the world.
Nathan Falde - 24/08/2023 - 22:46
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Hard-Working Prehistoric Women Had Stronger Arms Than Modern Elite Athletes
The first study to compare ancient and living female bones shows that women from early agricultural eras had stronger arms than the rowers of Cambridge University’s famously competitive boat club. Researchers say the findings suggest a “hidden history” of grueling manual labor performed by women that stretched across millennia.
ancient-origins - 30/11/2017 - 22:59
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Lost City Believed Founded by Alexander the Great Discovered in Iraq
... Great's “lost city” was a vivid town with an intense lifestyle where Alexander’s soldiers drank wine and Greek ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 26/09/2017 - 22:53
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Neanderthals Definitely Had a Meat-Based Diet: Claims of Plant and Cannibal Diet Refuted
Neanderthals' diets are highly debated: they are traditionally considered carnivores and hunters of large mammals, but this hypothesis has recently been challenged by numerous pieces of evidence of plant consumption. Ancient diets are often reconstructed using nitrogen isotope ratios, a tracer of the trophic level, the position an organism occupies in a food chain.
ancient-origins - 21/02/2019 - 13:57
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Iron Age Man Was as Fond of Swiss Cheese as We Are
... Spectacular photographs shed light on the ancient nomadic lifestyle of Mongolia Fanes pasture, South Tyrol. ( CC BY-SA ...
ancient-origins - 25/04/2016 - 03:45
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Grand Neolithic Homes Dating Back 5,800 Years Found in Northern Ireland
... in general lived a fully independent and self-sufficient lifestyle, so they required plenty of living and working ...
Nathan Falde - 06/02/2023 - 21:57
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Lost temple of the Pharaoh Ptolemy IV found in Egypt
... led to serious problems. He was notorious for his decadent lifestyle and was more interested in pleasure than ruling. It ...
Ed Whelan - 03/10/2019 - 19:30
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The Ancient Ruins On and Beneath the Sacred Lake Titicaca
... Sun,' was built to house chosen women who lived a nun-like lifestyle. The ruins of this building can still be seen ...
dhwty - 11/09/2018 - 18:27
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The Bringer of Souls: The Stork Myth In Ancient Pan-European Beliefs
... However, in those nations in which the traditional lifestyle survives – in the villages, remote areas, rural ...
Aleksa Vučković - 25/11/2020 - 22:03
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Australian Archaeologists Identify Genghis Khan’s Lost Winter Camp
... Spectacular photographs shed light on the ancient nomadic lifestyle of Mongolia The new paper not only identifies an ...
ashley cowie - 06/07/2020 - 23:00
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The Time When Alexander the Great was ‘Defeated’
... pretty often because of his rebellious teachings and lifestyle. He got arrested and exiled a couple of times from ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 15/11/2016 - 00:45
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Excavations at Maya Settlement in Belize Tell Story of Maya Golden Age
Representatives of the Belize Institute of Archaeology have been working with graduate students from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on a series of excavations in Central America. During a recent dig, the team of established and aspiring scholars was delighted to find a shallowly buried ancient Maya settlement, on a site that had long ago been converted into an agricultural field by a Mennonite farming community.
Nathan Falde - 13/09/2022 - 22:57
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Remarkable Rock Art at California’s Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons
... elements which formed part of a hunting and gathering lifestyle enjoyed by the early humans who lived in the ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 25/01/2022 - 22:00
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Oval Huts, Dairy Temples and Holy Milkmen: How a Secluded Existence Produced the Idiosyncratic Toda Traditions
... world beyond the Nilgiri plateau began in the 1820s, their lifestyle showed little change from that earlier time. Hut of ...
Caleb Strom - 04/07/2017 - 18:57
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The Roman Empire: A Story of Power, Glory, and Tragedy
... penchant for lavish spending along with his extravagant lifestyle ended up costing him dearly. In 68 AD he was ...
Robbie Mitchell - 24/04/2023 - 22:58
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Archaeologists Uncover the Gate of Jesus’ Feeding Miracle City
According to local authorities in Israel, archaeologists have made an important discovery in the Golan Heights in recent weeks. During scheduled digs, a group of experts found the remains of a brick gate that was once part of the Biblical city of Zer, which is closely associated with the life and miracles of Jesus Christ. The find could help to resolve a long-running dispute over the exact location of Zer and could even reveal important insights into the city and its development.
Ed Whelan - 09/07/2018 - 22:58
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‘Just’ War and Martialism in Dark Age Britain
... The Romano-British elites maintained the Roman villa lifestyle they had become acclimatized to, and archaeological ...
Meagan Dickerson - 17/07/2021 - 14:58