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The discovery of a pyramid-shaped tomb in Japan that adds to mystery in Asuka
Several months ago, archaeologists in Japan discovered that a large mound in the village of Asuka in Nara Prefecture contains a pyramid-shaped tomb underneath.
aprilholloway - 15/08/2014 - 02:55
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The Mali Empire: The Rise of the Richest Civilization in West Africa
... Museum of Art, 2000. The Empires of the Western Sudan: Mali Empire . [Online] Available at: ...
dhwty - 04/04/2019 - 14:00
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The Pyramids Route: Was Knowledge of the Pyramids Spread by Ancient Castaways?
... far and wide. The Mystery of the Miniature Pyramids of Sudan Giza, The Time Keeper of the Ages: Alignments, ...
Kirk Kirchev - 21/08/2016 - 21:29
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3,000-Year-Old Pressed Flower Found Inside Axe Handle at Bronze Age Burial Site
... the United Kingdom, but also other places like Egypt and Sudan. One of their most impressive discoveries of last year ...
Natalia Klimczak - 04/10/2016 - 00:46
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DNA Test Reveals the “Two Brothers” Mummies’ True Relationship
... Egyptologist and study co-author, curator of the Egypt and Sudan collections at the Manchester Museum, stated as Science ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 17/01/2018 - 22:54
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The Plague of Athens Killed Over a Quarter of the City's Population
Pandemics and plagues seem to be the flavor of this decade, occurring at regular intervals throughout history. Some pandemics have been nipped in the bud due to effective collective action or by strokes of luck, occurring in sparsely populated areas.
Sahir - 03/01/2023 - 13:59
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First kidney of ancient Egyptian mummy was found because the man was diseased
Over the years, scientists have found evidence of cancers, heart disease, starvation, ulcers, smallpox, tuberculosis and other infections in ancient remains from all over the world. Now, for the first time ever, researchers using CT scans have detected a diseased kidney in an ancient Egyptian mummy.
A kidney normally would decay long before the 2,800 years that have elapsed since the man named Irtieru was embalmed, but it appears he had a kidney disease called renal tuberculosis that calcified (hardened) the organ.
Mark Miller - 27/09/2015 - 00:34
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Shrine dedicated to King Nectanebo I unearthed in Egypt
... in the shrine unearthed this year, had fled to the Sudan in 343 BC in the face of Persian incursions. The ...
Mark Miller - 06/10/2015 - 21:43
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Amarna in 3 Acts: Defining Vignettes from an Incomparable Era
... a temple in Tiye’s honor in Sedeinga in northern Sudan, where she was worshiped as a manifestation of Hathor. ...
anand balaji - 11/10/2017 - 15:22
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Moat ruins found in Japan may be part of a burial mound for an ancient emperor
Archaeologists in Japan have unearthed a huge stone-paved moat in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, which they believe is part of a burial mound for an ancient emperor. The finding adds to a string of fascinating discoveries in the small village of Asuka, from pyramid-like structures to multiple carved granite stones in peculiar shapes dotted across the region.
aprilholloway - 17/01/2015 - 00:34
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Setenil de las Bodegas: Troglodyte Buildings in a Quaint Spanish Town
Setenil de las Bodegas is a town located in Cádiz, a province in the southern part of Spain. The current town dates back to the 15th century AD, when the Moors who occupied it were expelled during the Christian Reconquista. This picturesque little town is renowned for its troglodyte structures, which are buildings dug directly into the rock face.
dhwty - 28/07/2020 - 19:29
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Ancient Egyptians Went Wild for Bird Mummy Offerings
... basis for areas in what is now modern Ethiopia and Sudan. The study’s result confirms a previous genetic study ...
Ed Whelan - 23/09/2020 - 14:14
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170,000-Year-Old Human Diet Contained Roast Vegetables
... south up the east coast, right into the northern part of Sudan and then across into Yemen, and onwards ‘out of ...
ashley cowie - 03/01/2020 - 14:02
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Remains Show Brain Surgery Not Battle Killed This Sarmatian Warrior 1,800 Years Ago
... Surgery: One of the Oldest Trepanned Skulls Discovered in Sudan Evidence Emerges of Cranial Surgery in China Dating ...
Ed Whelan - 25/07/2019 - 16:13
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Cleopatra’s Needle: The Story Behind Three Awe-Inspiring Obelisks
... the United Kingdom in 1819 by the then ruler of Egypt and Sudan, Muhammad Ali, as a commemoration of the British ...
Kerry Sullivan - 06/05/2020 - 19:58
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Papyrus Rolls Roling From Egypt To The Roman Empire
... National Geographic Society, took him to Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, and Ethiopia. He is the author of The Pharaoh's ...
Dr John Gaudet - 20/10/2023 - 17:28
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Egyptian Tombs Reveal 60 High-Ranking Burials from the 18th Dynasty
... Pyramids, Burial Sites for a Vanished Kingdom, Found in Sudan Eclipse over Amarna: Beginning of the End for Akhenaten ...
Sahir - 07/01/2023 - 21:57
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Haul of Predynastic Graves Excavated in the Nile Delta
... moving southward through Egypt into the oases and the Sudan. The 110 ancient graves belong to the progenitors of ...
ashley cowie - 28/04/2021 - 15:00
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Ghost Marriages: Love For the Living and the Deceased
... the custom, most notably some tribes from the country of Sudan. In the Nuer tribe, it was commonly the brother of the ...
Riley Winters - 16/08/2018 - 17:23
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Archaeologists find Late Dynastic and pre-Dynastic ruins under Cairo
... in the shrine unearthed this year, had fled to the Sudan in 343 BC in the face of Persians’ incursions. The ...
Mark Miller - 16/04/2015 - 22:05