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Heroic Priest Saved Ancient Crown of Thorns from The Flames of Hell
... using guns and explosives he bravely entered the Bataclan music venue and “Prayed over the dead and comforted those ...
ashley cowie - 18/04/2019 - 01:55
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Huge UK Archaeology Excavations Project Unearths Prehistoric, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Medieval Sites!
... flute you suddenly see into a world that also had art and music, dancing and entertainment.” Anglo Saxon bone flute. ...
Alicia McDermott - 28/03/2018 - 23:00
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Heraclitus: Eminent Doctrines of a Pre-Socratic Riddler who Loved Conflict
... Flammel and the Lapis Philosophorum Plato and his Hidden Music Code From Magic to Science: The Intriguing Ritual and ...
dhwty - 05/05/2020 - 19:17
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Grave Findings Could Solve a Viking Age Mystery
BY THORNEWS
In the autumn of 834 AD, two elderly women were buried together in the magnificent Oseberg ship discovered in 1903 near Tønsberg in Vestfold, Southeast Norway. Ever since the ship was excavated in 1904-1905, many theories have been put forward about who these women were. The objects they took with them to the grave may provide the answer to this Viking Age mystery.
ancient-origins - 23/11/2017 - 18:57
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8,000-Year-Old Lacquerware Dug Up in Eastern China is Oldest Ever Found
Archaeologists working in China’s Zhejiang Province recently unearthed something ancient and extraordinary. While performing excavations at a site near the city of Ningbo on Hangzhou Bay, they found two pieces of wood that had been painted over with a thin layer of a slick, shiny, hard substance. They immediately recognized this as an early example of lacquerware, a form of decorative artwork that was invented in China at some time in the distant past.
What made this discovery so noteworthy is the age of the items found.
Nathan Falde - 11/07/2021 - 17:59
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Acoustic Levitation: Floating on a Wave of Sound
... at one point told someone he knew how to tune in to “the music of the stars,” a reference that could have either ...
Nathan Falde - 16/06/2019 - 16:08
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Bronze Hand Inscribed with Rare Vasconic Script Linked With Basque Found in Spain
... Deciphered Quechua: Saving an Ancient Language Through Pop Music (Video) The Bronze Irulegi hand, showing the ancient ...
Nathan Falde - 20/02/2024 - 00:00
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History’s REAL Faces: 15 Death Masks of Famous and Infamous Figures
... 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. He was ...
Joanna Gillan - 28/10/2022 - 01:59
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Ghost Marriages: Love For the Living and the Deceased
The tradition of the ghost marriage is one that supposedly stretches back to the first imperial dynasty of China: the Qin Dynasty, dating from the years 221 BC – 206 BC. The most comprehensive early records of the practice, however, appear to come from the following dynasty: the Han (206 BC -220 AD).
Riley Winters - 16/08/2018 - 17:23
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Black Caesar: The African Chief Who Was Captured by Slavers and Became a Pirate
... given food, while being enticed with silks , jewels, and music. While they were thus distracted, the ship began to set ...
dhwty - 13/04/2019 - 19:02
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Kivik Kungagraven: A Tomb Fit for a King
In 1748, two farmers stumbled upon an ancient stone tomb near the village of Kivik in southern Sweden while digging in a quarry. The tomb, now known as Kivik Kungagraven (‘King’s Grave of Kivik’), has since been reconstructed to a how it would have appeared during the time that it was first built. It is known for having an elaborate burial chamber which contains prominent artwork indicating a religious ceremony of some sort.
Caleb Strom - 23/01/2017 - 01:56
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Fascinating Figurines Accompanied a Chinese General and his Princess Wife to the Afterlife
Over 100 grave goods accompanied a Chinese general and his princess wife to the afterlife. The elite couple were buried in 564 with a collection of figurines. Their double burial likely had some importance due to their positions in society – this is evident not only from the grave goods, but also the location of their grave and a charming sandstone inscription alongside their bodies.
Alicia McDermott - 08/02/2017 - 02:05
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The Aokigahara Forest of Japan: Many Enter, But Few Walk Out Alive
... of the forest. He has spent the last eight years using his music to try to lift people out of a state of anguish and ...
Joanna Gillan - 16/09/2020 - 20:56
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Beautiful, Decorative, and Sometimes Crude: Illuminated Manuscripts and Marginalia
Illuminated manuscripts are manuscripts that are covered with painted ornaments presented under several forms. These documents are perhaps most commonly associated with the European Middle Ages. Nevertheless, the concept of, and the techniques used for, the production of the illuminations were introduced at a much earlier period of time. In addition, there are a few surviving manuscripts from the Late Antique period which have illuminations in them.
dhwty - 01/09/2021 - 01:58
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2,000-Year-Old Punic-Era Tomb Accidentally Found in Malta
... pottery vessels, definitely Punic. Mass Murder, Megalithic Music, and Misconduct in Prehistoric Malta Cover Up: Very ...
Sahir - 02/06/2021 - 18:38
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Deformed Medieval Man Found Broken By the Wheel of Torture
... Ancient Greek Torture Device Turned Screams into ‘Music’ Skeletal remains of another man tortured and ...
ashley cowie - 16/09/2019 - 18:47
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Ancient Greek Physician Hippocrates and the Medical Revolution
... covering reading, writing, spelling, poetry, singing, music , and physical education. After this, he studied at a ...
Sarah P Young - 24/08/2019 - 14:01
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The Spectacular Ancient Maya City of Uxmal
... Maya City of the Dawning Sun, a Caribbean Paradise The Music of the Maya: Mysterious whistles Confound Experts ...
Alicia McDermott - 31/08/2018 - 01:51
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Asklepion and the use of Dreams for curing diseases with the help of the Gods
... would stay in a nice environment and enjoy theatre and music as well as having diet changes, hydrotherapy and ...
johnblack - 21/11/2013 - 06:48
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Ancient Greek Theater and the Monumental Amphitheaters in Honor of Dionysus
... wine and fertility Dionysus and featured competitions in music, singing, dance and poetry. The revelry-filled event ...
Bryan Hill - 22/06/2018 - 05:18