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Emblems of the Spanish Golden Age: The Hapsburgs, Cervantes, Diego Velazquez, and El Escorial
The Spanish Golden Age (known in Spanish as ‘Siglo de Oro’) was a period ... the voyages of Christopher Columbus, had discovered the New World. The internal unity within the kingdom, along with ... and now exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. ‘Vista de Toledo’ (1596-1600) by El Greco. ( ...
dhwty - 09/06/2018 - 14:03
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The Difference Between Lager and Ale Found in Irish Soil
... and differences. So when did people begin boozing? A 2014 New York Times article titled “ How Beer Gave Us ... in modern lager beer production worldwide. An article in New Scientist explains that this is the hybrid of two ...
ashley cowie - 07/12/2022 - 21:57
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Shock Findings In Ancient Garbage Mound Indicate Byzantine Empire Was In Major Decline BEFORE the Rise of Islam
... with what has been called the ‘Late Antique Little Ice Age, which lasted from 536 to about 660’ according to the ... (* = Hellenistic). (Image: Guy Bar-Oz et al / PNAS ) New theory for the decline of the Byzantine Empire The ... in a period which is often regarded as a Byzantine Golden Age . In the 6 th century AD, many historians believe that ...
Ed Whelan - 27/03/2019 - 17:50
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Newgrange: A Home for Magicians, Fairies, Gods, and Kings
The Newgrange (New Grange) tumulus is found in County Meath, Ireland. This ... who supposedly owned the Bru. Winter Solstice: Stone Age people in Ireland built a Fantastic Monument to the New Year Newgrange and Saqsayhuaman: Separated at Birth in ...
ancient-origins - 01/11/2016 - 13:52
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Bronze Age Britons Mummified the Dead: Smoked over Fires, Preserved in Bogs
Mummification may have been more common in Bronze Age Britain than previously believed, and the ancient Britons ... science news site Phys.org , researchers studying Bronze Age skeletons from various sites across the UK found that ... and 2,750 years ago, reports ScienceNews magazine. Bronze Age steam room may have been used by select Orkney settlers ...
lizleafloor - 01/10/2015 - 20:01
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How Much Evidence is Enough to Declare a New Species of Human from a Philippines Cave Site?
The announcement of a new species of ancient human (more correctly hominin) from ... anthropologists and archaeologists. The announcement of a new species of ancient human (more correctly hominin) from ... new research is the seemingly poor understanding of the age of Homo luzonensis . There’s not much new evidence ...
ancient-origins - 18/04/2019 - 14:00
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Massive Penguins the Size of Gorillas Once Waddled Around New Zealand
... Epoch approximately 57 million years ago in what is now New Zealand. In an article recently published in the ... a boulder lying near a beach in the North Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island. “According to our analysis ... fossils were all dated to Paleocene times, ranging in age from 59.5 million to 55.5 million years old. Following up ...
Nathan Falde - 17/02/2023 - 22:00
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Liverpool Stripped Of World Heritage Status. Will Stonehenge be next?
... and shipping, and for the port’s legacy of innovating new marine technologies. However, according to National ... not much heritage value to Liverpool, the controversial new two-mile tunnel planned for construction beneath ...
ashley cowie - 25/07/2021 - 18:56
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Catherine of Valois: Political Pawn, Dowager Queen and Life in the Shadows
... through another husband), who was also the founder of a new dynasty. In addition, she played a role in the Hundred ... laid siege to several cities, spent Christmas with his new wife at the Louvre Palace, and left with her for Rouen . ... He was crowned King of France in 1431 at just 10 year of age. ( Public domain ) On the 21 st of October, 1422, the ...
dhwty - 09/07/2020 - 13:56
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Roman Mosaic Date Brightens Up Britain’s Dark Ages in More Ways Than One
... of the 5th century, plunged all of Europe into a ‘Dark Age’, where towns and villas experienced a rapid decline. ... tent coverings) was found. (© National Trust Images ) A New Date Emerges In 2017, a charcoal sample extracted from ... points to a more gradual decline. The establishment of a new room and the installation of a new floor suggest ongoing ...
Sahir - 20/01/2024 - 16:53
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The Life and Times of the Notorious Medieval Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
... the news to the duchess, and to transport her to her new home. In July 1137, just months after William’s death, ... Eleanor and Louis, both of whom were around the same age, were married. This union strengthened the French crown, ... seems that Eleanor had a difficult time adjusting to her new home. The royal court in Paris, as well as northern ...
dhwty - 20/06/2020 - 18:45
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Doubt Cast on Bronze Age Teen Priestess and ‘Queen-like’ Woman’s Traveling Ways
... the last few years, studies have suggested that a Bronze Age teen priestess and an elite ‘queen-like’ woman found ... their final resting places from faraway lands. However, a new study claims that the well-known Egtved Girl and ... but she definitely wasn’t Danish. It gives us so many new perspectives. Now we know that Egtved Girl was not an ...
Mark Miller - 21/03/2019 - 20:24
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Archaeologists Excavate Earliest Greek Iron Age House Ever Found in Thorikos
... back to the 9th or 10th centuries BC - the Greek Iron Age. Some tremendously ancient ruins have been found on the ... Thorikos Archaeological Project Gent-Göttingen ) Shedding New Light on Greece’s So-Called Dark Age The Early Greek ... culture, marked by population growth and the formation of new states and city-states and featuring the return of ...
Nathan Falde - 29/05/2023 - 22:55
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Slate Stone Age ‘Friendship Rings’ Found in Finland
According to the latest research, Stone Age hunter-gatherers in northeast Europe expertly crafted ... by many makers According to the latest research, Stone Age hunter-gatherers in northeast Europe expertly crafted ... Sacred Stones Submerged Stone Age Settlement ‘Opens Up New Path’ for Finnish Archaeology Chemical analysis has ...
Sahir - 29/04/2022 - 01:57
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It’s March 25 – Happy Medieval New Year!
Did you know that the new year was celebrated on March 25 in a lot of the world ... across Europe and beyond this was the date of the New Year. In fact this was the case for Protestant Britain ... the day of Jesus’ birth. So why did March 25 become New Year’s Day? So this explains how this date became so ...
Gary Manners - 26/03/2021 - 01:22
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The Historic Tale of a Huge Crystal Ball and a Qing Dynasty Empress
... cousin, Zaitian, who became the Guangxu Emperor. As the new emperor was merely three years old, Cixi was, once again, ... The trail subsequently led the investigators to Hamilton, New Jersey, and the Dowager Empress Chinese crystal ball was ... concubine who became queen, led China into the modern age. [Online] Available at: ...
dhwty - 30/09/2020 - 14:01
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New satellite images reveal rape and pillage of Egyptian landscape
... officials and archaeologists alike, according to a new report in National Geographic . Every little dark spot ... and Egyptologists are hoping that the U.S. will adopt new rules to empower customs officials to seize looted ... to experts such as Erin Thompson of City University of New York. Egypt is now calling for a Memorandum of ...
aprilholloway - 08/06/2014 - 23:55
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First Hand Reports Of Early Encounters With Ancient American Cultures
... far reaches of the planet, marking the beginning of the Age of Discovery. Epic voyages occurred across vast and ... period. So much so, that on many early maps of the “New World” the landmass is labelled Regio Gigantum ... Diaz del Castillo's The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, which tells his tales of exploration in the "New ...
Mark A. Carpenter - 27/01/2021 - 21:56
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A Brief History of Roman Britain: A Land Transformed
... for generations to come. And once Britain finally fell, a new and distinct region developed, where the native cultures ... Britain have? And what was the course of its history? The New and Emerging Roman Britain Prior to a full-scale Roman ... Britons oppose the Roman landings. ( Public Domain ) A New Era for the Tribes of Britannia Under Roman rule, Britain ...
Aleksa Vučković - 16/07/2023 - 18:33
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Archaeologists in Mexico Uncover Remains of a Teotihuacan Village Almost 1,600 Years Old
... provided evidence for the village's existence. "With these new findings, the existence of a Teotihuacan occupation ... relying on self-subsistence and lake resources, the new evidence points to a more complex economy. "The ...
Sahir - 03/08/2023 - 18:59