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The Qing Dynasty Part II: The Final Dynasty
The Kangxi Emperor ascended the throne in 1661, at the age of seven, after his father, the Shunzhi Emperor, died suddenly from smallpox at just 23 years old. Kangxi would go on to rule the Qing Dynasty until his death in 1722. Kangxi’s reign of 61 years makes him the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history, and he is also reckoned to be one of its most illustrious.
dhwty - 30/05/2018 - 02:01
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The Hanseatic League: Dominating the Baltic Maritime Trade
... England, wax, tar, timber, skins, furs, and leather from Russia, hard dusk grains from Prussia and Livonia, copper and ...
Aleksa Vučković - 22/06/2020 - 14:05
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The Seljuks: Nomads Who Built an Empire and Took On Byzantine Power
... who inhabited the steppes of Central Asia and Southeast Russia. The name of this people is taken from their ... Top image: The Seljuks invaded Central Asia and Southeast Russia in the 11th century. Source: warhead300 / YouTube ...
dhwty - 22/04/2019 - 01:37
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Medieval Tunnel Found Under Poland’s Famous Ducal Castle In Szczecin
According to The First News, researchers have discovered a secret tunnel underneath the Ducal Castle in Szczecin, Poland. The researchers made this discovery after exploring Nazi-era passages built during WWII. The scientists have analyzed elements of the tunnel and concluded that it is from medieval times.
ML Childs - 04/03/2021 - 17:32
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Scientists Say A Mystery Species Bred with Ancient Humans in Distant Past
... what the mystery species could be. Denisova cave in Russia, where researchers found teeth and finger bones, which ...
aprilholloway - 26/07/2016 - 02:58
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Archeologists find ancient mummy approximately 1,500 years old in Mongolia
... at an altitude of 2,803 metres in the Altai Mountains in Russia. The ancient human remains are wrapped in felt but the ... well developed.' The Altai Mountains unite Siberia, in Russia, and Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan. Featured image: ...
ancient-origins - 09/04/2016 - 22:56
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Notre Dame: How a Rebuilt Cathedral Could Be Just as Wonderful
... Iconic buildings such as the Catherine Palace in Russia and Japan’s historic monuments of Ancient Nara have ...
ancient-origins - 17/04/2019 - 14:03
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She Brings Bad News: The Scary Slavic Household Spirit Called Kikimora
... An artist’s representation of Kikimora. ( Privet Russia! ) People Like Being Afraid Humans like to be scared ...
Natalia Klimczak - 07/10/2016 - 00:56
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The Curse of the Samurai Muramasa Blades
... of the Viking Sword Ulfberht 12th century sword found in Russia may have belonged to Ivan the Terrible 3000-year-old ...
dhwty - 08/04/2015 - 14:56
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The Mummy of Christian Friedrich von Kahlbutz, the Not So Chivalrous Knight
... of The Lady of Dai mummy Mystery mummies uncovered in Russia have connections to Persia The Capuchin Catacombs of ...
aprilholloway - 05/05/2015 - 22:16
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Lockdown Looting: Massive Hoard of Stolen Serbian Artifacts Seized
... of the stolen artifact was accused, on December 23rd, Russia formally handed the icon over to the Bosnia and ...
ashley cowie - 07/01/2021 - 01:59
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World Famous Shigir Idol is Twice as Old as Stonehenge! [New Study]
... from a peat bog in the in the western fringes of Siberia, Russia, 125 years ago. As if in a time capsule, the idol sat ...
lizleafloor - 25/03/2021 - 19:52
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Ancient Pirita Convent Caught Up in a Terrible War
... Belarus, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania , Norway, Moldova, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine is a chain of survey ...
Ed Whelan - 06/11/2019 - 01:52
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A Double-humped Camel Provides Clues to Long-distance Paleolithic Travel
... in the Kapova cave in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is painted in red ochre and partially outlined ... painting was found in 1980 in the Ignatievskaya cave in Russia. As V.S. Zhitenev said : “This painting, cleared on ...
Alicia McDermott - 29/11/2017 - 23:01
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Touching Discovery of 2,000-Year-Old Toys Inside Ancient Greek Child Tombs
... northwest shore of Lake Itkul in the Minusinsk basin of Russia by researchers of the Russian Academy of Sciences and ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 01/10/2017 - 23:03
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Lake Baikal and remote Siberian caves hold key to new advances in antibiotics
... cave is unique: Botovskaya cave is the longest cave in Russia, while the caves of the Tazheranskaya steppe date from ...
ancient-origins - 10/04/2016 - 15:05
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Cryogenic Breakthrough: Worms Frozen in Permafrost for 42,000 Years Have Been Resuscitated!
By The Siberian Times reporter
Two ancient nematodes are moving and eating again for the first time since the Pleistocene age in a major scientific breakthrough, say experts.
The roundworms from two areas of Siberia came back to life in Petri dishes, says a new scientific study.
ancient-origins - 26/07/2018 - 22:37
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Puzzling Prehistoric Posts: The Enigmatic Spirit Poles of Eurasia
... Mountains about 100 km (62.14 miles) from Ekaterinburg, Russia. Today, the Urals mark the boundary between western Russia and Siberia. The anthropomorphic sculpture became ... Top Image: Spirit poles on Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia. Source: Simon Matzinger/ CC BY 2.0 By Alistair Coombs ...
Alistair - 16/01/2019 - 23:00
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New Human Ancestor Species Discovered… And it had a Tail!
... be seen in living people today spanning the Ukraine and Russia and down through Mongolia , Korea, and China. The most ... Skull Fragments of Denisovans Have Been Confirmed Found in Russia Human embryos have tails for approximately 4 weeks in ...
Joanna Gillan - 01/04/2021 - 14:07
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The Largest Surviving Fortress of its Era: Bilhorod Kyivskyi in the Ukraine
... from their base camp in Kiev. The modern states of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus all have their formative roots ... time became the modern nations of the Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. Now all that remains are ruins located near a small ...
ancient-origins - 20/02/2022 - 14:00