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Bronze Age Settlement Uncovered in China Reveals Silk Road Origins
... more than 500 square feet (46.45 sq. meters). Archaeology News Network quotes Ruan Rongqiu, who took part in the dig, ... of the famed Silk Road . Mr. Ruan is quoted by Archaeology News Network a saying that “This type of Bronze Age ruins ... before the emergence of the Silk Road. Archaeology News Network also reports Ruan as stating that “it could ...
Ed Whelan - 28/06/2020 - 18:57
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Excavations Reveal Pergamon Amphitheater Had Reserved ‘Box Seats’
... or rented for periodical use, reports Hurriyet Daily News . Often, very rich and very important families, mainly ... now, had not officially adopted Christianity as the state religion). Naval scenes, called ‘naumachia’, were ...
Sahir - 27/09/2021 - 22:54
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The Tomb of Jesus Christ is Proven Older than Experts Thought
... has been unbroken for seventeen hundred years.” NBC News describes the scientific testing carried out, “To date ... Jesus: Using Science to Flesh out the Face of Religion Chemical analysis on ancient stone bone box ...
Alicia McDermott - 29/11/2017 - 14:00
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Beltane: Celtic Fire Festival Beckons with the Warmth of Summer
... role of the May Queen this year, told Edinburgh Evening News , “She comes out of her state of anger, which is ... CC BY NC SA 2.0 By Alicia McDermott References BBC News (2019) ‘Beltane's May Queen rages about planet damage.’ BBC News. Available at: ...
Alicia McDermott - 01/05/2019 - 18:46
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New Project seeks World Heritage status for Ancient Silk Road
... on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, according to a news report in CCTV. The sites are all found along the ...
aprilholloway - 17/05/2014 - 13:38
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Biggest Aztec Starfish Altar Ever, Found in Templo Mayor, Mexico City!
... the starfish altar was dedicated to war, according to a news report on the Inside Edition . An offering of sea ... western end of the Gulf of Mexico, reports Ars Technica . Religion of the Aztecs: Keeping the Balance in an ... SG.News. 2022. Archaeologists discover 500-year-old Aztec ...
Sahir - 22/03/2022 - 21:52
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Elfdalian, the Ancient Viking Forest Language of Sweden, Set to be Revived
... are building a temple to practice the ancient Norse religion Three-Thousand-Year-Old Living Language Loses Last ... and incentivizing the learning of the language, reports news site The New Daily . Elfdalian is taught in the town’s ...
lizleafloor - 13/11/2018 - 16:44
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Trial by Public Performance: The Impotence Trials of Pre-Revolutionary France
... his end of the bargain, it was technically an act against religion and cause for a re-evaluation of the marriage. ... in the magazine Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 1 May 1875. ( Public Domain ) Public Witnesses To ...
Riley Winters - 10/01/2018 - 18:48
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Shelters from the Storm: More Ancient Buddhist Caves Found in Mumbai
... century BC and the fifth or sixth century AD, say various news reports from India. One of the researchers who found the ...
Mark Miller - 19/01/2016 - 14:44
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The Derveni Papyrus: The Most Ancient Book in Europe Involved in a Campaign Against Orpheus?
... ( Public Domain ) Was the Derveni Papyrus part of a Religion Smear Campaign? Richard Janko, one of the leading ... was in the grips of a culture war between science and religion.” In the Derveni Papyrus he credits the unknown ... the issue for the Derveni Papyrus’ author was not with religion, but instead with taking all religious ritual and ...
Alicia McDermott - 17/10/2015 - 21:41
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Did the Roughly-Hewn Stone Throne at Torcello Really Belong to Attila the Hun?
... it did end up being settled because of Attila. As news of Attila’s armies reached the towns and pasturelands ... Torcello, Italy. ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Bearing the Weight of Religion? It is also possible that the chair is the cathedra ...
Caleb Strom - 19/12/2017 - 19:00
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Unlooted Etruscan Tomb Complete with Sarcophagi and Treasures Unearthed in Italy
... Wikipedia Discovery of Intact Etruscan Tomb Discovery News reports that the tomb was found by a farmer while he was ... archaeological superintendency of Umbria, told Discovery News that one of the sarcophagi is made of alabaster marble, ... adds “their sociopolitical organization, customs, and religion emerged; their views of the afterlife, the soul, and ...
aprilholloway - 05/12/2015 - 14:51
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Mysterious Ancient Cross Found in Northern Pakistan
... could identify the mysterious object. He is quoted by CBN News as saying that it is ‘a typical Thomonian Cross of ... there could be many more significant artifacts of this religion in this mountainous region. Are the Distinctive ... could provide important new insights into the history of religion in the subcontinent. Top image: A group of locals ...
Ed Whelan - 30/06/2020 - 14:03
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Egyptian Demons and Magic: Exorcising Evil Spirits
... of the cult from I. M. Lewis’s classic study of Ecstatic Religion a study of shamanism and spirit possession . I was ... arts tradition of stick fighting. A Zar ritual. (Mehr News Agency/ CC BY 4.0 ) Possessed by Ghosts In the 1930s ... & A Hobart, IBTaurus 2013 I.M.Lewis (1971) ‘Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession’. ...
Chris Morgan - 25/06/2021 - 14:33
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Ancient well sheds light on 1,500 years of Etruscan, Roman and medieval civilization
... an unparalleled opportunity for the study of culture, religion and daily life in Chianti and the surrounding ... dig encompassing the entire Cetamura settlement. A July 4 news conference at Italy's National Archaeological Museum in ... in antiquity, was regarded as sacred. In the Etruscan religion, throwing items into a well filled with water was an ...
aprilholloway - 09/08/2014 - 02:58
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Reconstruction of Golden Woman, the ancient Scythian Princess of Kazakhstan
... of Western Kazakhstan, according to a report in Tengri News . The have also placed on display the unique golden ... are characteristic of Zoroastrianism, an ancient Iranian religion and a religious philosophy, which spread eastward ... findings of the recent years,” reports Tengri News . “It sheds some light on the wealth and power of the ...
aprilholloway - 19/08/2014 - 03:26
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Turkey Converts ANOTHER Former Byzantine Church into a Mosque
... of the Hagia Sophia-its bigger neighbor’ according to News 24 . There are many similarities between the two ... called it a ‘shame upon our country’ according to News 24 . However, many Istanbul residents are happy with the ... ‘there is a lot of tolerance in our culture’ reports News 24 . Hagia Sophia Museum to Become a Mosque Again Says ...
Ed Whelan - 22/08/2020 - 14:06
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Flood Reveals Ancient Idols Holding Secrets to Early Hinduism and a Long-Lost Civilization
... the riverbank after a flood. ( Krishnaraj K/Facebook ) The news of the discovery excited the experts at the department. ... is very common in representations of the divine in Indian religion. According to Professor Krishnaraj of the Kerala ... is a common theme in the idols”, as reports the News Minute Website . One of the terracotta idols is of a ...
Ed Whelan - 28/12/2018 - 22:50
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Oldest Known Draft of the King James Bible Discovered in Cambridge
... found since the first edition was published in 1611, so news of the discovery of this draft of a small part of the ... I banned were merely Calvinist theology, says the blog Religion Today . But other notes in the Puritans’ or ...
Mark Miller - 17/10/2015 - 03:47
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Ancient Superstitions Pervade India as Modern ‘Witch Hunt’ Leaves Mother and Children Dead
... their home in Orissa in Eastern India, reports the BBC News . It is believed that a large crowd attacked the home of ... in Tribal communities. Traditional beliefs such as the religion Saran perpetuate ideas that lead to ‘witchcraft ... to suppress these outbreaks of violence according to Sky News. These outbreaks are often a form of communal violence ...
Ed Whelan - 31/01/2019 - 13:53