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Archaeological Discoveries Are Occurring Faster Than Ever
... later about humanity’s deep past, let alone how much knowledge could be extracted from a thimble of dirt, a scrape ... around 200,000 years ago , but the story has become more complicated. Fossils discovered in Morocco have pushed ... realizing that our Homo sapiens ancestors had much more contact with other human species than previously ...
ancient-origins - 24/12/2019 - 01:48
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Unearthing Unexpected Fossil Usage in Ancient Medicine (Part 1): Ogre Balms to Dragon Tongues
... very differently in the past; usually through wilder... more phantasmic interpretations. Whenever a person thinks of ... very differently in the past; usually through wilder... more phantasmic interpretations. The Power of Mythical ... shark teeth. Renaissance thinkers paved the way for new knowledge which decrees that instead of sprouting from dirt, ...
Legendz Collective - 23/06/2017 - 19:04
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Did the Legendary Irish Milesians Come from Spanish Galicia?
... husband of the legendary Scota - making this story even more incredible. It is unknown if he really made it to ... 1400s. ( Public Domain ) This part of the story creates more questions. Some resources suggest that Milesius died in ... preceded the Milesians, possessed a civilization and a knowledge of "arts and sciences" which, limited as we may be ...
Natalia Klimczak - 01/07/2016 - 14:54
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The Guennol Lioness and Her Secrets: An Enigmatic Figure in Ancient Iran
... past is undoubtedly filled with many mysteries. The knowledge of the ancients escapes us today: we are not fully ... ancient lion-headed race. Luckily, the explanation is much more rational, and gives us a perfect insight into the ... the Elamite artist, some 5,000 years ago, created nothing more than a human body with the head of a lioness. But such a ...
Aleksa Vučković - 24/01/2022 - 14:00
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Marijuana for All that Ails You: Cannabis in the Ancient World
... skin before surgery. This method was believed to provide a more effective form of pain relief, as the active compounds ... were able to penetrate the skin and reach the bloodstream more quickly. The anesthetic properties of marijuana were so ... and More The ancient Greeks were known for their extensive knowledge of medicine and their use of various herbs and ...
Joanna Gillan - 04/02/2023 - 01:02
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Gilles de Rais – violent predator or political victim?
Gilles de Montmorency-Laval, more commonly known as Gilles de Rais, was a 15 th century ... along with the abduction, rape, mutilation, and murder of more than 150 children. But was he really the monster he was ... developed an interest in esotericism and sought to gain knowledge, power, and riches, through engaging in various ...
aprilholloway - 28/09/2014 - 22:59
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Stone Tools Reveal Epic Trek of Nomadic Neanderthals
... migration by Palaeolithic people. Knuckleheads no more For a long time Neanderthals were seen as intellectual ... cave in France , and cave art in Spain that dates back more than 65,000 years. They also used bird feathers ... similar to those of modern humans ( Homo sapiens ). Our knowledge of their geographical range and the nature of their ...
ancient-origins - 29/01/2020 - 16:24
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The Acropolis' Cyclopean Wall, Sages and Our Deeply Connected Past
... the outcrop spans a combined area of 7.4 acres, leaving more than enough space for the construction of some of the ... numerous occasions, for thousands of years. Even in modern more peaceful times this mistreatment has been rampant. A ... often divine beings, thought to have spread the wisdom and knowledge of higher civilization among the primitive people. ...
Freddie Levy - 12/02/2020 - 19:03
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The Magic, Mystery and Madness of Tomb 55: Saga of a Botched Excavation–Part II
... scuttled the opportunity to definitively further our knowledge on the subject. The entire Amarna epoch and those ... a few meters to the west of the tomb of Ramesses IX. More than a hundred years after its discovery by the English ... as ‘the man who found a new tomb every season’. READ MORE… This FREE PREVIEW is just a taste of the great ...
anand balaji - 15/03/2017 - 14:46
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The Top Ten Ancient History Podcasts You May Not Have Heard
... information on the subject’s life, and some ‘find out more’ sources. You can search the episodes by chronological ... of Rome’ podcast by Mike Duncan left off, but with even more depth and context provided than the predecessor. The ... research demonstrating terrestrial-made ancient advanced knowledge. Each episode sits at about two hours long and ...
Alicia McDermott - 27/09/2020 - 17:59
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World History and Bosnian Pyramids
... the ocean level, that advanced culture lived in the area more than 12.000 years ago before huge quantities of ice ... are built from granite, limestone and sandstone blocks, more recent ones are much smaller and built from mud-bricks. ... Two hundred Cahokia pyramids (USA) show astronomical knowledge of the builders who moved several millions tons of ...
samosmanagich - 16/03/2013 - 18:47
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The Precious Knowledge of the Hypatian Codex: Detailed Chronicle of the Southern Rus
... 1110. An ancient text that has baffled researchers for more than 200 years - The indecipherable Rohonc Codex Rare ... The Precious Knowledge of the Hypatian Codex: Detailed Chronicle of the ...
dhwty - 14/09/2015 - 02:18
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Why No Nose? The Ancient Breath of Life and Remarkably Powerful ‘Living Statues’
... of life and death is not always clear and sometimes two more aspects are added: the heart (Ib) and the fully united ... The Great Pyramid of Giza: A Modern View on Ancient Knowledge, Earth and Water – Part I The Great Pyramid of ... on ancient knowledge is available now. You can learn more about Ancient Egyptian Connections and Witteveen’s ...
Willem Witteveen - 04/05/2017 - 14:00
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A More Colorful Ancient World: Classical Statues Were Once Painted
... pieces being long misplaced. It is because of this lack of knowledge that Renaissance sculptors intent on copying Greek ... http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/critics/winckelmann.htm A More Colorful Ancient World: Classical Statues Were Once ...
Riley Winters - 22/02/2022 - 00:58
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Roman Gladiators Were War Prisoners and Criminals, Not Sporting Heroes
... alone, the intellectual framework of the exhibition is far more problematic. This is not an exhibition that is plagued ... as sporting heroes. However, it is an analogy that causes more problems than it solves. The vast majority of gladiators ... untrustworthy and outside of legal protection. It is more useful to think of gladiators as prisoners on death row ...
ancient-origins - 03/07/2017 - 01:55
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Ancient Egyptian Egg Ovens That Are Better Than Modern Tech
... and well after as well. When the peoples of Europe had no knowledge of the incubation process, and still relied on ... would seal the roof openings and trap the heat inside to more effectively speed up the process. Furthermore, the heat ... the god Thoth . The Egyptian Egg Ovens Considered More Wondrous Than the Pyramids : @atlasobscura ...
Aleksa Vučković - 09/03/2020 - 18:01
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Greek Buddhism, The Forgotten Chapter In A Philosophy That Began in India
... these references attest to the “popularity” or knowledge of Greek Buddhism and to the zeal with which Yonas ... as missionaries to their own sphere of influence. Even more impressively, they held positions of prestige within the ... domain ) Ashoka Promotes Buddhism As Greek Buddhism and More Expressed in his empire’s official Indic languages, ...
Thanos Matanis - 30/03/2022 - 23:00
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The Heliand: A Germanic Account of Jesus Written to Suit the Saxon World
... Some scholars argue that it was a priest based on clear knowledge of the Christian theological tradition of the time, ... by Emperor Louis the Pious to make Christianity more understandable to some of his Germanic subjects. The ... to teaching. This made educating Saxons about the Gospel more difficult. This poem may have been written to remedy ...
Caleb Strom - 17/02/2019 - 18:56
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Spiritual Alchemy – Casting Light on a Secret Science
Spiritual alchemy is closely linked to secret knowledge and many who have attained this level of wisdom ... oven. Two equal bottles result from this process. After more distillations, a flower with six petals appears, just as ... of the Imperator, that of a man taking his place once more as a king over nature. The accomplished alchemist is his ...
valdar - 21/10/2017 - 22:52
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Da Vinci’s Deadly Designs: The Wildest Weapons of the Renaissance Man
... of his inventions were weird, some were wonderful, and more than a few were deadly. It is popular knowledge that Da Vinci designed some of the earliest flying ... the time) like flying machines and proto-computers, to more mundane inventions, like an automated bobbin winder. ...
Robbie Mitchell - 17/09/2022 - 19:00