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Discoveries in Spanish cave suggest Neanderthals had hot water and bedrooms
... confirmed that Neanderthals had an organized use of space, something that had previously only been attributed to ...
Joanna Gillan - 15/08/2018 - 00:47
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Researchers Unpack Science Behind Unique Presence of Devil in Finnish Cave
... called the natural frequency or resonant frequency of the space,” write the researchers in the study. The researchers ...
Sahir - 28/11/2023 - 17:57
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The Traditional Offering Ceremony of the Andes: How to Maintain Balance Between the Material and Spiritual Worlds
In traditional Andean cosmovision, the natural world and the divine are united, and offering ceremonies are seen as a part of the reciprocity system between the material and spiritual worlds. Haywarikuy (offering gifts in a sacred manner), ayni (reciprocity), ofrenda (offering), and despacho (message) all are words used for the sacred offering ceremonies of the Quechua, Quichua, Aymara, and other indigenous peoples in the Andes region.
Alicia McDermott - 05/04/2024 - 19:55
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Fathoming the Ruins of Yanmen Shan Mountain and the Biggest Cut Rocks in the World
... artistic, similar to what might be found in a ritual space. Additionally, and strangely enough, they don’t ...
Winston Hall - 28/04/2023 - 14:56
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Conclusions About Ancient Populations May be Drastically Wrong Due to Dodgy Method
Hundreds of thousands of peer-reviewed papers in genetics employ a method called Principal Component Analysis. But new research shows this method is highly biased. This means that multitudes of major studies regarding ancient populations may be drastically wrong!
Dr. Eran Elhaik - 01/09/2022 - 01:59
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The Khachkar Stones of Noratus and a Peculiar Resistance of the Invasion of Tamerlane
... it sprawls across a seven hectare field with plenty of space for more than a thousand khachkars. Despite the huge ...
Sarah P Young - 01/07/2019 - 23:04
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Vandal Strikes at Lia Fáil, Ireland’s Ancient Spiritual Heart
... locations.” Last year alone this timeworn liminal space attracted around 118,000 visitors. Earlier this week ...
ashley cowie - 09/02/2023 - 21:59
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Mystery of the ancient kingdom discovered in Nepal where thousands of caves are carved into cliffside
Hidden within the Himalayas, 155ft from the ground, are an estimated 10,000 man-made caves dug into the Cliffside or tunnelled from above. They remain one of the World’s greatest archaeological mysteries as it is not known who built them and why.
aprilholloway - 28/08/2013 - 03:30
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Over 120 Child Remains Found in Jars in Inner Mongolia
In the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in northern China, archaeologists have unearthed tombs with urn burials – of 128 children!
Sahir - 28/11/2021 - 17:57
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Did an Astronomical Body Cause the Global Floods of Ancient Myths with Its Gravitational Tidal Floods? - Part 2
... destruction. The Physics So, how large would such a space body need to be and would it not affect Earth’s ...
Kirk Kirchev - 27/04/2018 - 01:57
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Vatican City: The Tiniest Country with the Biggest Influence
... religious sites and art of the world. Its main public space is St Peter’s Square , where the Pope often ...
Ed Whelan - 31/12/2020 - 01:17
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Scientists turn to ancient Chinese woodblocks to develop new cell-printing technique
Scientists have abandoned high-tech devices for a 2,000-year-old Chinese woodblock in order to find an improved way of squeezing tiny, individual living cells out into orderly patterns for lab experiments.
aprilholloway - 14/02/2014 - 23:32
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The Truth is in its Walls: Excavated Ruins in Germany Have Been Identified as a Roman Library
... been located near ‘the marketplace, or forum: the public space in the city center’ according to The Guardian . This ...
Ed Whelan - 02/08/2018 - 18:52
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1110 AD, The Year Volcanoes Vanished the Moon and Sparked Global Famine
Scientists finally explain the Moon's mysterious disappearance and the cause of a global famine in 1110 AD.
While the opening line of this article sounds like a bait and switch classic, every written word is true, and the Moon actually disappeared from sight on 5th May 1110 AD. Now, a team of scientific researchers thinks “forgotten volcanic eruptions” might explain curious historical astronomical accounts of the Moon “vanishing.”
ashley cowie - 19/05/2020 - 13:59
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Rare Greek-Illyrian Helmet Found in Croatia
... of a damaged burial mound. The large rectangular space measured approximately 3 x 2 meters (9.84 x 6.56 ft.). ...
ashley cowie - 06/12/2020 - 22:02
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Barbarians versus Romans: Violence and Urban Life in Late Antiquity
The image of the savage, violent barbarian is well-entrenched in Western culture and has been a part of our literary, popular culture and even our language for centuries. Most people would not question the association between “barbarian” peoples and violence, but why do we assume that the “uncivilized” or the “savages” are inherently violent? Where did this assumption come from? For the answers, we have to look back well over a thousand years ago to the Roman Empire.
Meagan Dickerson - 24/07/2021 - 18:54
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Rekindling of the Hearth of Hellenism - A Return to Worship of the Greek Gods
Europe is in the midst of a pagan revival. Across Europe, different cultures are attempting to revive their pre-Christian religious heritage. Greece is no exception.
Caleb Strom - 28/02/2019 - 23:01
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Spanish Archaeologists Continue Works to Recover the Elaborate Villa of the Emperor Hadrian
In the second century AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian ordered the construction of a villa for his personal enjoyment as he was not content in his official palace on Palatine Hill. Located on the outskirts of Tivoli, Rome, Hadrian’s villa was actually a small town – complete with palaces, fountains, baths, and a number of buildings that imitated the different architectural styles of the Egyptians and Greeks.
Marilo - 20/04/2016 - 03:50
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Wandering Sky Gods: The Personification of Astronomical Phenomena in Ancient Times
... than they used to be. The Pleiades as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope (courtesy NASA). But not all ancient people ...
Matloff-Bangs - 06/01/2016 - 00:53
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Nature’s Medicine Cabinet: Ancient Medicines, Remedies and Tinctures That Worked
When those unfortunate moments occur in life that require medical assistance, one should be thankful to be alive today and not even as far back as the last decade. Common ailments like halitosis may be treated with a fluorine based antibacterial toothpaste, but in historical times elephant bile was a great remedy. For less common conditions such as genital ulcers, the bile of a pythons might have been prescribed, and while modern medics treat warts with acids and lasers, in the ancient world snail slime was applied.
ashley cowie - 21/09/2021 - 17:41