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Batara Kala, the Hungry Giant God of Time and Destruction
The Borobudur Temple, the massive Mahayana Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia, was built in the ninth century during the reign of the Shailendra Dynasty, which emerged in eighth-century Java.
MartiniF - 04/11/2020 - 20:51
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The Great London Beer Flood That Drowned Eight People in Alcohol
The Great London Beer Flood of 1814 was one of the most bizarre and tragic industrial accidents in the history of London. This disaster occurred at a brewery on Tottenham Court Road which resulted in deluge of beer in the surrounding area, shattering houses and claiming the lives of eight people.
dhwty - 01/03/2019 - 14:00
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The Ritual behind Wishing Wells: Buying Favors and Good Fortune
... of Skulls: Ancient and Modern Sacrifices to the Water Gods Maya Water Temple Complex discovered where ritual offerings ...
beth - 24/03/2015 - 02:55
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Women Ruled the Ancient Peruvian World, New Research Shows
A historian has come forward with the assertion that sexism has tainted popular understanding of the lives of pre-Hispanic Peruvian women. Specifically, she has documented how high-ranking women have been labeled as priestesses with no political power, despite the evidence showing a different story.
Alicia McDermott - 05/04/2018 - 13:58
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Mount Shasta: Spirits and Danger on a Sacred California Mountain
Mount Shasta, located near the Oregon border in northern California, holds the distinction of being one of the world’s preeminent sacred mountains. It is recognized as an eligible Native American cultural and cosmological property on the National Register of Historic Places. Artifacts found in the surrounding area conservatively suggest at least 11,000 years of human habitation, designating this region as one of the longest-occupied areas of North America.
D.W. Naef - 11/07/2019 - 23:41
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Is the Cascajal Tablet the Key to Understanding Giant Olmec Heads?
Bryan Hilliard’s “Does the Cascajal Block provide evidence of a written language of the Olmecs?” published by Ancient Origins, discussed the finding by many Mexican researchers that the symbols on the Cascajal tablet probably represent Olmec Writing. The Cascajal tablet was made of serpentinite, weighs 26 pounds (11.79 kg) and measures 14x8x5 inches (35.56 x 20.32 x 12.70 cm).
Clyde Winters - 20/05/2017 - 13:57
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Deadly Volcanoes: The Eruptions that Reshaped the World and Became Legends - Part II
... and volcanic eruptions occur. The mystery of the Maya volcanic ash pottery Scientists Use Ancient Knowledge to ...
lizleafloor - 26/07/2015 - 02:39
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The Legendary Powers of a Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
... was said to be gifted with the power to heal diseases. ( Maya Kruchancova /Adobe Stock) Or is it a Curse? Not all the ...
dhwty - 03/12/2019 - 19:59
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Tamoanchan – In Search of the Lost Cradle of Mesoamerican Civilizations
... to the civilizations of the Toltecs , the Olmecs , and the Maya . These people called themselves the Chan , the ‘ ... great stone ruins of unknown date that the later Toltec, Maya, and Aztec invaders encountered and appropriated. The ...
Marco M. Vigato - 09/02/2019 - 01:43
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Famous Report of Violent Savages in pre-Columbian Panama Got It Wrong
... the First Mestizos and Army Captain of the Mayans Tulum: Maya City of the Dawning Sun, a Caribbean Paradise ...
ancient-origins - 27/09/2018 - 13:59
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Aztec Codex is Oldest Written Account of Earthquakes in the Americas
... of the Aztecs Treasures of Mexico: The Mixtec, Aztec & Maya Codices that Survived the Conquistadors Suarez says , ... Used to Create this Monumental Manuscript 13th Century Maya Codex, Long Shrouded in Controversy, Proves Genuine This ...
Sahir - 28/08/2021 - 18:37
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Aerial Ships, Nuclear Weaponry & Infinite Universes in the Sanskrit Texts
... AD: "Universes Float Like Bubbles in an Ocean… Maya, the divine power of the Lord, reflected by him ... forgets the divinity of His I-consciousness. Besides, Maya-tattva serves as the inanimate objective substance out ...
susan - 28/04/2013 - 17:08
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Ganesha: How He Lost… And Gained His Head
... in the end Vishnu had to intervene by taking the form of Maya. Whilst Ganesha was distracted by Maya’s beauty, one of the demons, or Shiva himself, cut off ...
dhwty - 09/10/2017 - 01:57
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The Walls of Jericho: How Accurate Was The Biblical Account?
Jericho is famous both to prehistorians and Biblical scholars. It is likely the oldest continuously inhabited permanent settlement in the world, known for ancient astronomical observatories, plastered skulls, and impressive walls, and it is these walls that the city is probably most famous for.
Caleb Strom - 22/11/2019 - 01:49
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Kailasa Temple Was Carved Out of One Rock from the Top Down!
The Kailasa Temple is number 16 out of 32 cave temples and monasteries collectively known as the Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, India. However, it is considered to be one of the greatest and most remarkable cave temples in India because of its size, and the engineering that went into carving the temple out of one single piece of volcanic rock from the top down!
Veronica Parkes - 16/07/2018 - 14:00
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Solving the enigma of Stonehenge
... 2014; sky map Starry Night Enthusiast Ver.4.5) In Maya and Andean cultures, among many others across the ... each other on the cosmic sphere surrounding Earth. Maya and Andean astronomers observed the two crossing points ...
paulburley - 03/05/2014 - 12:18
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Is the Mask of Warka the World’s Oldest Representation of a Human Face?
... cultural achievements of the ancient Sumerians. Study of Maya Statues Shows That Facial Expressions Are Universal Why ... combined the two. Ritual Mask of Legendary 7th century Maya King Pakal the Great has been unearthed in Mexico ...
Aleksa Vučković - 09/09/2023 - 14:26
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Wild Animals in the Sky? Prehistoric Cave Art Suggests Ancient Advanced Astronomy
Some of the world's oldest cave paintings have revealed how ancient people had relatively advanced knowledge of astronomy.
ancient-origins - 28/11/2018 - 13:57
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Once Hidden in Plain Sight and Surprisingly Ignored: The Great Pyramid of Cholula
... drunken revelry revealed for the first time 1,000-year-old Maya pyramid might collapse into sacred ancient sinkhole in ... their bones Archaeologists Discover Two Long Lost Ancient Maya Cities in Jungle of Mexico In 1594, a church called the ...
dhwty - 09/12/2015 - 15:06
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Why Some Ancient Mesoamerican Cities Endured for Centuries
... – Ancient Civilizations Thrived With NO Ruling Elite The Maya People Still Have So Much to Teach Us In their new ... Drought-Induced Conflict Caused Collapse of 15th Century Maya Capital Can Any Civilization Make It Through Climate ...
Nathan Falde - 07/03/2023 - 00:58