Archaeologists have unearthed a tomb beneath the Roman Forum that they think might be the resting place of the legendary Romulus, founder of Rome.
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King Alaric: His Famous Sacking of Rome, Secretive Burial, and Lost Treasure
... This was done in spite of, or as a means of, avoiding the prophecy which stated that Alaric would control Rome. In Claudian’s poem, ...
dhwty - 26/09/2018 - 02:21
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The Monumental Fall of Babylon: What Really Shattered the Empire?
... destruction of Babylon? When did Babylon fall? And as to the prophecy – what story does it tell? The Monumental Fall of Babylon: ...
ancient-origins - 11/12/2018 - 15:29
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How Internet helps to decode Mayan scripts
... the Maya mainly from the Mayan calendar and the Doomsday Prophecy. However the truth is that the Mayan Calendar is in reality an ...
johnblack - 29/05/2013 - 05:19
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Joaquin Murrieta - The Man Whose Life Provided Inspiration for Zorro
... Gold Rush of the 1850s. The Warriors of the Rainbow Prophecy Ten Mysterious Examples of Rock Art from the Ancient World ...
Natalia Klimczak - 09/07/2016 - 14:46
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The Fortune Teller
... the manuscript is more than it seems. Both a memoir and a prophecy, it appears to be the work of a powerful seer, describing devastating ...
ancient-origins - 17/06/2017 - 21:38
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Minerva Is Often Identified With The Greek Athena, But Her Origins Ran Deeper
... Greek counterpart Athena. In this myth, Jupiter receives a prophecy that the child of Wisdom (Metis in the Greek version of the myth) will ...
dhwty - 25/12/2018 - 23:06
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The Sacred Omphalos Stone, Navel of the World and Communicator of the Gods
... children as soon as they were born, due to his mother’s prophecy that he would be overthrown by his own children. Although Cronos ...
dhwty - 05/06/2018 - 21:51
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Siddhartha Gautama: How The Father of Buddhism Walked From Suffering to Enlightenment
... According to one legend in Buddhism, his father heard a prophecy that his son would either become a powerful king or the Buddha. Not ...
Caleb Strom - 01/05/2019 - 22:47
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War God
... work behind the scenes of history show their hand as the prophecy of the return of Quetzalcoatl is fulfilled with the arrival of Cortes. ...
ancient-origins - 06/10/2013 - 22:03
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Mirrors of Orion: Star Knowledge of the Ancient World – An Introduction
... . From the 2nd and 3rd century AD, Hermetica, a dire prophecy that ultimately befell the land of the pharaohs still haunts us today. ...
garydavid - 26/05/2014 - 23:34
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The Books of Enoch: The Angels, The Watchers and The Nephilim
... describes the Calendar of Enoch and its pivotal place in the prophecy of Daniel. He takes First Enoch apart, section-by-section to describe ...
ancient-origins - 06/02/2016 - 15:15
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First Ancient Oracle Well to Apollo unearthed in Athens
... ancient oracle to Apollo found in Athens. Moreover, the prophecy at the sanctuary seems to be much older. According to Haaretz , ...
Natalia Klimczak - 08/06/2016 - 01:08
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The Secret Destiny of America
... from the symbolism of the Great Seal of the U.S. to the prophecy announced at George Washington’s birth. The Secret ...
ancient-origins - 17/03/2017 - 15:25
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Viking apocalypse due in less than 100 days
... numerous ‘end of days’ predictions, with the Mayan prophecy being the most recent, but the predictions of doom and gloom are not ...
aprilholloway - 21/11/2013 - 23:15
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The Feared and Respected Old Norse Völva Sorceresses
... Eddic poem Völuspá (Old Norse: Vǫluspá , meaning ”Prophecy of the Völva”). The poem tells the story of the creation of the ...
ancient-origins - 26/11/2017 - 22:57
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Woman Tracks Lost People in Her Dreams, Finds Lost Objects with Intuition
... law), and loves to rummage for treasures. Dreams and Prophecy in Ancient Greece The Egyptian Dream Book Asklepion and ...
ancient-origins - 23/03/2016 - 23:48
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She Brings Bad News: The Scary Slavic Household Spirit Called Kikimora
... the spindle she was said to use - a scary sound, which was a prophecy for a bad or tragic situation. Beware the Bad Spirit! She was ...
Natalia Klimczak - 07/10/2016 - 00:56
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The Sacred Science of Ancient Japan: Lost Chronicles of the Age of the Gods
... symbolism of a Buddhist saint and the origin of a modern prophecy of apocalypse. In the Hotsuma Tsutaye manuscript he reveals the ...
ancient-origins - 26/10/2019 - 17:29
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The Exodus - Intervention from the Gods
... 3 million. It is Moses who fulfilled the last part of the prophecy, the departure of the Jews from Egypt. According to The Bible, Moses ...
johnblack - 19/03/2013 - 14:57
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A Surprising Japanese Interpretation of the Lost Years of Jesus Christ
... version of the story is known from the book Thiaoouba Prophecy by Michel Desmarquet, who tried to find the real story of Jesus in ...
Natalia Klimczak - 04/06/2016 - 14:37
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