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The Inexplicable Origins of the Ket People of Siberia
... the area around the Altai and Sayan Mountains, or between Mongolia and Lake Baikal. The arrival of invaders in the ...
dhwty - 17/04/2018 - 13:56
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Zheng He, The Eunuch Who Became A Ming Dynasty Admiral
In 1127, the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279) lost control of northern China and, with it, access to the Silk Road and Persia's riches. After overthrowing the Song Dynasty and rising himself to the imperial Chinese throne in 1279, the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan had millions of trees planted and new shipyards built.
MartiniF - 18/09/2020 - 20:28
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Negotiating with Death: Special Agreements for the Afterlife Around the World
Death as an entity appears in many cultures across the globe. In the West, this entity is known as the Grim Reaper. In Japan, Death is represented by Shinigami, the Gods of Death. A lesser-known element of stories involving Death is the part about those who negotiate with the Grim Reaper. This is their story.
valdar - 03/07/2016 - 21:54
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Cluster of Yuan Dynasty Tombs with Stunning Brick Murals Found in China
... the Yuan Dynasty in 1271 to rule over what is now China, Mongolia and Korea. He became the first Yuan emperor and he ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 21/07/2021 - 23:03
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Iron Age Man Was as Fond of Swiss Cheese as We Are
... photographs shed light on the ancient nomadic lifestyle of Mongolia Fanes pasture, South Tyrol. ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Today, ...
ancient-origins - 25/04/2016 - 03:45
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An Intriguing Empire: The Lasting Impression of the Nomadic Liao Dynasty on Chinese Culture
... Dynasty (907-1125) tomb mural by unknown painter in Inner Mongolia. Scene of everyday life. Men and boys have ...
dhwty - 27/09/2017 - 13:58
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Ancient Bronze Artifacts in Alaska Reveals Trade with Asia Before Columbus Arrival
... in Alaska and that worn in China, Korea, Japan and eastern Mongolia.” Plate armor made of overlapping plates of ivory ...
aprilholloway - 17/04/2015 - 22:03
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Kuelap, Peru - Ancient Fortress of the Cloud Warriors
Built by the Chachapoyas, the fortified citadel of Kuelap was home to the Warriors of the Cloud in Peru before they were conquered by invaders. Massive stone walls and hundreds of ruins stand as a reminder of a formidable culture lost to history. The impressive nature of the Kuelap ruins explains why it is sometimes referred to as Peru’s Second Machu Picchu.
dhwty - 09/07/2019 - 01:48
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Paleolithic Jewelry: Still Eye-catching After 50,000 Years
... egg shells could have been exported from Trans-Baikal or Mongolia with the beads manufactured here. 'Another ...
ancient-origins - 01/11/2016 - 20:49
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Scythian Gold: The Rich Legacy of an Ancient Culture
... been found at the Bashadar and Pazyryk burial mounds in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains which date back to the late 6th ...
Robbie Mitchell - 20/08/2023 - 14:53
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Attila The Great, Reviled as a ‘Barbarian’
Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China and Genghis Khan have received what one might call a ‘bad rap’. They were of far greater honor and integrity than history has reported, and their achievements were truly momentous, but propaganda derailed objectivity in the
Shibumi - 06/09/2019 - 16:27
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Wing Bone Indicates Swan Shamanism Could Be 420,000 Years Old!
... through the Levant en route to places like Siberia and Mongolia , remains a possibility. It is now being proposed ...
Andrew Collins - 01/10/2019 - 14:04
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Hidden Medieval Portrait Discovered in a Famous Spanish Cathedral
Imagine finding a selfie carved in stone in the high darkness of a medieval church! While working in one of the most famous churches in Europe, a British art historian discovered exactly that. She found a hidden medieval portrait of a stonemason in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Galicia, Spain. This medieval portrait is allowing researchers to better understand the people who built the great Spanish cathedral, some 900 years ago. And this selfie was carved in granite!
Ed Whelan - 06/11/2020 - 01:35
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Silk Road Cat Pushes Back Central Asia Domestication to 8th-century AD
... New Generations of Eagle Huntresses in Kazakhstan and Mongolia – Part II From Food to Friend: Prehistoric Exotic ...
ashley cowie - 10/07/2020 - 22:45
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Harmonies from Heaven: Tracing the Origins of the Gregorian Chant
Enter the ethereal realm of Gregorian chant, a venerable form of liturgical music that resonates through the corridors of time. Originating in the early Christian period, this sacred musical tradition is said to have found its maestro in Pope Gregory I, whose influence gave it the name we know today.
Robbie Mitchell - 28/01/2024 - 13:57
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What Humans Have Been Doing in Bed for 77,000 Years
... . Travelers often slept with strangers. In China and Mongolia, kangs – heated stone platforms – were used ...
ancient-origins - 22/09/2019 - 22:45
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Medieval Shipwreck Raised from the Depths for the First Time
Using advanced technology, Dutch marine archaeologists and salvagers have raised a cog (small trading ship) that plied the waters of the Baltic and North seas in the 15th century.
Construction workers discovered the 40-ton, 20-by-8-meter (65-by-26-foot) vessel in 2012 while preparing to do some excavation work in the city of Kampen. The small ship was buried in silt and sand.
Mark Miller - 18/02/2016 - 00:49
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DNA tests reveal rare golden horse buried in 2,000-year-old Chinese tomb
... cultures, including the empires of Rome, Greece, Persia, Mongolia, China, and Japan, have folk stories and ...
aprilholloway - 13/12/2015 - 14:58
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The ancient origins of the legendary griffin
... travelling along the Silk Road from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. In this desert, the fossils of a dinosaur called ...
dhwty - 27/05/2014 - 15:02
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Tiller the Hun? Farmers in Roman Empire Converted to Hun Lifestyle
... farmers of the time lived, and locations in Siberia and Mongolia, home to nomadic herders up to the Mongol period and ...
ancient-origins - 31/03/2017 - 01:53