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The Stories Behind Seven of the Worst Massacres in Ancient History
We all know that the ancient world was a violent place, but we often don’t appreciate ... Jie and Wu Hu lands, carrying out Ran Mins’s terrible order. Farms, villages, and entire towns were raided and put ... the city, he sent a messenger to head them off. His new orders were to arrest the ringleaders but to leave the ...
Robbie Mitchell - 04/01/2023 - 21:56
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The High-Tech Stonework of the Ancients: Unsolved Mysteries of Master Engineers
There are many stone artifacts from the ancient world made from the hardest stone on the planet such as ... the case at Baalbek is a problem of a completely different order. I suggest this requires careful consideration rather ... more excavation work in the stone quarry trying to find new data about the mining techniques and the transporting of ...
J.P. Robinson - 29/01/2019 - 18:49
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Game of Thrones Creates a Romantic and Grotesque Pseudo-Medieval World, Revealing Modern Perceptions of the Past
... the seemingly authentic portrayal of a pseudo-medieval world. Indeed, Martin was inspired by historical ... the seemingly authentic portrayal of a pseudo-medieval world. Indeed, Martin was inspired by historical events such ... status of the Starks and Targaryens also represents social order and cohesion. These rival families do not seek to tear ...
ancient-origins - 08/11/2018 - 01:52
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16 Bizarre, Impressive and Hilarious Funerary Masks of the Ancient World
... they were seen as a connection between the physical world and the spirit world or afterlife. In some cultures, ... of their dead were removed and covered with plaster in order to create very life-like faces, complete with shells ... deceased. Funerary mask of a woman, ca. 1427 BC–1390 BC, New Kingdom, Egypt. The owner was probably the wife of an ...
Joanna Gillan - 01/10/2022 - 18:59
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Hidden Geometric Pattern Reveals Deeper Complexity of Göbekli Tepe
... stone structure before the emergence of the social order that came with agriculture ? Now, Israeli ... Avi Gopher, of Tel Aviv University , have published a new study in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal ... Three Contemporaneous Stone Circles, Perhaps? At this world-renowned archaeological site several concentric stone ...
ashley cowie - 27/04/2020 - 17:05
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Ancient Remains and New Shipwrecks Show the Greek Island of Delos was a Major International Trading Port
... of Greece has recently announced that ancient remains and new shipwrecks have been found during an underwater ... and geological research will be conducted soon in order to learn more information about it. Isis, An Egyptian ... Spread Her Wings Across Europe Sex Symbols of the Ancient World: Top Ten Sexually Explicit Caves, Mountains, Temples ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 31/05/2017 - 22:44
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Warrior Women: Despite what Gamers Might Believe, the Ancient World was Full of Female Fighters
... did it created quite a stir. The historians of the ancient world recorded tales of impressive female military commanders from across many cultures. In the ancient world, when women did go to war, it was usually reported as a complete reversal of the natural order of things. The ancients believed, as Homer’s Iliad ...
ancient-origins - 05/10/2018 - 01:47
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The Qurna Eviction: Separating the Living from the Dead in Egypt
... a plan to evict the villagers from their settlement. New Revelations When 3,000-Year-Old Prosthetic Toe is ... Qurna have also often been accused of looting the tombs in order to sell the artifacts on the black market. This ... [Online] Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/world/africa/23luxor.html The Independent, 2007. Valley of ...
dhwty - 27/11/2017 - 13:54
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The Ten Essential Ancient Egyptian Cities: Relics of Egypt’s Storied Past
... time, giving birth to some of the greatest cities the world has ever seen. The various civilizations which ... Known as the second capital of Egypt during the New Kingdom (1570 to 1069 BC), it was called the city of Amun ... visiting some of these amazing ancient Egyptian cities in order to learn something new from the past. Top image: Karnak ...
Lex Leigh - 07/07/2022 - 18:58
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Can You Name the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are seven awe-inspiring monuments of classical ... of their creators. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are seven awe-inspiring monuments of classical ... of Zeus sat in place for over 800 years, until Rome’s new Christian emperor Theodosius I ordered the statue ...
Joanna Gillan - 03/07/2019 - 01:26
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7,000-Year-Old Chinchorro Mummies are the World's Oldest
... ancient Egypt are arguably the most famous mummies in the world. They are not, however, the oldest. The Chinchorros of ... but by the Arica water company while laying a new pipeline near the foot of El Morro. Chinchorro mummy at ... bones. The skull was then cut in half, about eye level, in order to remove the brain. Chinchorro mummy created with the ...
dhwty - 29/07/2021 - 01:47
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Michelangelo’s David Reveals Artist Knew About Jugular Vein a Century Before Doctors
A new study has shown that Michelangelo knew facts about the ... Daniel Gelfman was visiting Florence and went to view the world-famous sculpture of David , the biblical hero, which ... artistic contemporaries, had anatomical training.” In order to achieve realistic portrayals of the human body, ...
Ed Whelan - 31/12/2019 - 13:54
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Ancient Amphipolis Tomb was Commissioned by Alexander the Great for his Closest Friend and General, Hephaestion, New Evidence Shows
New evidence has emerged that the massive underground tomb in ... Tomb by Greektoys.org (update) on Sketchfab. New inscriptions found Greek news site Ekathimerini reports that new evidence has emerged that may finally solve the mystery ...
aprilholloway - 01/10/2015 - 16:37
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Cousins Married to Protect Their Farmland in Bronze Age Greece
... are between first or second cousins,” claimed a 2009 New York Times article. A research team from the Max Planck ... data offering “exciting insights” into the social order of Aegean Bronze Age Minoans and Mycenaeans . By ... a thousand ancient genomes from different regions of the world have now been published, “such a strict system of ...
ashley cowie - 17/01/2023 - 00:57
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Discovered: 85 Egyptian Tombs, Spanning More Than 2,500 Years!
... southern province of Sohag have led to the discovery of 85 new Egyptian tombs that date back far into antiquity, ... written in Greek and hieroglyphics, found in one of the 85 new Egyptian tombs in Sohag province. Funerary permits ... substantial centers of the Greek culture in the ancient world. This represents a remarkable evolution, given ...
Nathan Falde - 06/05/2022 - 14:43
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The Sami People: Reindeer Herding and Cultural Survival in the Far North
... ski in Norway The Mystery of the Peterborough Petroglyphs New study reveals Neolithic farmers assimilated local ... different worlds. In traditional Sámi belief, the Upper World is associated with the South, warmth, life, and the color white. This is the world of the Sun (female) and the Earth Mother figure ...
Alicia McDermott - 04/04/2019 - 02:05
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Domestic Violence in Medieval Marriages: The Tragic Story of William and Isabel Newport
... Ancient Laws and Women’s Rights: The 6000-Year-Old World War Continues Pleasure, Procreation, and Punishment: ... and so strict laws and customs had to be adhered to if order was to be preserved. Perhaps the most interesting ... so the children would live with their mother under her new husband’s authority. Behind Closed Doors: Domestic ...
Meagan Dickerson - 24/04/2021 - 18:39
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To the Shores of Distant Death: The Failed Colony of San Miguel De Gualdape
... colony in Americas , or what was then known as the New World . This was in 1496, when Columbus came upon the island ... an effective work force, the Spaniards were forced to find new sources, to explore new lands and enslave the populace if ...
Aleksa Vučković - 15/09/2019 - 14:02
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Archaeologists from Mainz reveal new findings on the history of the early-Islamic caliphate palace Khirbat al-Minya
... suffered major damage during the quake. Findings from the new excavations show that the building lost its palatial ... Magnificent Ancient Cemetery in Iraq is Largest in the World Early-Islamic glass weight of just 12 millimeters in ... archaeologists had initiated in the years 1932 to 1939 in order to clarify the history of both the palace structure and ...
ancient-origins - 23/10/2016 - 01:06
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The Powerful Curse of Jacques de Molay, the Last Grand Master of Templars
... he cursed everyone who recommended his murder. The Templar Order, also known as the Knights Templar, Templars or the ... Truth About the Holy Grail: Magical Chalices Around the World Inspiration By the Curse This story became a main topic ... Updated September 17, 2021. References: M. Barber, The New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple, 1994. ...
Natalia Klimczak - 18/09/2021 - 02:01