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Tricking and Treating Has a Long History
... Although there is disagreement about whether the move was made purposely so as to absorb the pagan practice, ...
ancient-origins - 31/10/2017 - 17:57
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Mystery enshrouds ancient Native Americans who built burial mounds
... item found is a pictorial notation of an Ojibwa music board. Original illustration on birchwood slab, collected in ...
Mark Miller - 20/02/2015 - 00:52
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Antikythera Shipwreck and the Discovery of Ancient Tech That Shocked the World
... or guess at the places of origin of many of the items on board . There were amphorae of types made in Rhodes and Kos ... (Magnus Manske / CC BY-SA 2.0 ) One of the people on board had his savings in the form of 32 silver coins from ... must have sunk rapidly, and at least four of the people on board (two men, one woman, and one individual of uncertain ...
Alexander Jones - 03/10/2019 - 13:52
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Mary Rose: Tudor Painting and Tidal Analysis Offer Clues as to why it sank
... was no wind, the English ships would not have been able to move, and so would have remained anchored at Spithead, the ... by oars, rowed by prisoners-of-war and convicts, and could move independently of wind or tidal current. So, for at least ... of the Mary Rose claimed the lives of around 500 men on board. Only 35 were reported saved. I believe that the crew ...
ancient-origins - 13/09/2016 - 03:40
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Lakota Tribes Inhabited Two Rich Wildernesses, Both were Stolen, But The People Resisted
The Lakota tribe of the Sioux people are vivid in the world’s imagination as buffalo hunters and warriors who fought the U.S. Calvary from horseback in feather bonnets on the Great Plains and Wild West. It may be a surprise to learn the Sioux were first woodland people who lived farther east in the Great Lakes region
Mark Miller - 25/09/2018 - 02:00
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Corlea Trackway Holds the Echoes of 2000-year-old Footsteps
... (which, incidentally, translates into English as ‘Peat Board’) were harvesting peat from a bog in Corlea when they ...
dhwty - 14/04/2018 - 22:58
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Runestone Discovered in Sweden Provides Window Into Viking Past
... Magnus Källström from the Swedish National Heritage Board, studies the newly discovered Viking runestone. ... , runologist Magnus Källström from the National Heritage Board examined the find and claims “that it has been many ...
Ed Whelan - 01/10/2020 - 17:58
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Researchers uncover fascinating butchering procedures of our ancient ancestors
... revealed that the hunters living in the region ate wild board, red deer, aurochs and elk. “Due to very good ...
aprilholloway - 08/10/2013 - 11:47
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Scientists Unravel Secrets of a Hidden Room Within a Hidden Room in English Tudor Mansion
... searching a house for days or even weeks. They would move furniture, lift floorboards, bang the walls for sounds ... not the priest holes were tiny with no room to stand or move. Priests sometimes had to stay for days at a time with ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 29/01/2017 - 22:57
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Buccaneers’ Brimstone, Booty, Brotherhood and Betel Nut
... 28 May 1708 by Samuel Scott ( Public Domain ) Cannons On Board The most common cannon calibers were four-pounders, ...
Aaronne Colagrossi - 08/03/2021 - 20:04
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The Minor Miracles of Maria Adelaide, Folk-Saint of Brides
... Domain ) Thus, Maria Adelaide retuned to Porto. This move, however, was not good enough, and her health continued ... decline. Her doctors then recommended that Maria Adelaide move to an area by the sea where there were “plenty of ...
dhwty - 31/05/2018 - 18:58
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Secret Letters, Including 400-Year-Old Shopping List, Found in Historic Mansion in England
Three letters dating back to the 1600s have been discovered hidden under floorboards during an historic house restoration. The incredible treasures have unearthed secrets about the Tudor mansion Knole House, and how it was run during the 17th century.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 23/01/2017 - 22:51
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The Cataclysm of Easter Island - Part 1
... to need explaining: Why did the islanders excavate and move such gigantic statues when smaller ones would have ... early contacts for women to swim out to arriving ships and board them, and then dance and have sex with the sailors. The ...
davidchildress - 08/07/2013 - 11:09
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Protection or Profit? The 1000 Prostitutes Employed by the Church in 12th Century London
... houses where the rooms were rented to prostitutes without board. Like other legitimate businesses, brothels were closed ...
Veronica Parkes - 11/12/2018 - 17:59
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Why Did Parents in the Chinookan tribe Perform Cranial Deformation on their Babies?
... Wilson, Katie. "Recognition move by Oregon tribe stirs Chinook concerns". Chinook ...
Riley Winters - 12/02/2017 - 13:57
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Hygiene Through History: How Filthy Were Our Ancient Ancestors?
... of lice, from the Golden Haggadah (© British Library Board / CC BY SA 4.0 ) For those at the poorest levels of ...
Molly Dowdeswell - 07/11/2022 - 22:00
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Pirate Queens of the High Seas: Anne Bonny and Mary Read
... and her family stopped sending him money, prompting him to move to the Province of Carolina with Anne and her mother. ... weapons and proving themselves as tough as any man on board. One of their victims once wrote that they, “... ...
Lex Leigh - 18/07/2022 - 22:55
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Ancient Alchemists and Modern Scientists: In Search of Creating the Homunculus
... burning the books of the Fathers of Medicine by Ernest Board (1526) ( Wellcome Images / CC BY-SA 4.0) But who was ...
Roberto Volterri - 11/05/2020 - 18:26
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The Battle of Trafalgar and the Deafening Thunder of English Cannons
... showed his lack of tactical experience by making a move that would later prove to be a big mistake. Napoleon had ... them veterans, they were used to the harsh conditions on board a warship. Compared to them, the Franco-Spanish men ...
Aleksa Vučković - 12/07/2020 - 23:03
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Finnish Archaeologists find Wreck of 15th Century Ship Laden with €50m Worth of Treasure
... Estonia, when it was hit by heavy storms that forced it to move closer to coast of Finland. The Hanneke Wrome sank while ... The accident killed all 200 passengers and crew on board and was considered one of the most serious disasters to ... coins will also be retrieved. Koivusaari and the National Board of Antiquities have now planned further investigations ...
aprilholloway - 03/05/2015 - 15:03