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8 Hilarious Curse Tablets from the Roman World

... as water.” Clearly, Vilbia must have been an incredible woman for her ex-lover to wish for her new lover to be ... He must not be able to play the role of a married woman in a fit of drunkenness on a young horse.” This role ...

Lex Leigh - 01/12/2022 - 21:50

Anglo-Saxon Migration Created a ‘European’ Medieval England

... grave (#66) from the Oakington, Cambridgeshire site was a woman of mixed ancestry. ( Nature ) In fact, intermarriage ...

Sahir - 22/09/2022 - 18:56

Did a Sultan Find Medusa’s Sarcophagus in the Basilica Cistern?

... speculated that Medusa and Shahmeran are actually the same woman. Statue of Shahmeran in Tarsus, Turkey (Nedim Ardoğa / ... to have the Sarcophagus of Medusa or the Mysterious Snake Woman, was restored . Arkeonews. Available at: ...

Mark Brophy - 26/09/2022 - 14:55

Never Mind Cleopatra – What About the Forgotten Queens of Nubia?

... Egyptian, yet hurtful stereotypes persist. A Nubian woman holding a Nile water pot in Aswan. Source: emadomar / ...

ancient origins - 10/06/2023 - 22:56

Site in Athens revealed as an ancient temple of twin gods Apollo and Artemis

... Persian Artemis,’ now the ‘Mistress of Animals,’ a woman holding in her hands four-footed animals or birds of ... it, nor the diction, nor the meter, but all these are the woman's; he [Apollo] puts into her mind only the visions, and ...

Mark Miller - 29/08/2018 - 23:31

Tracing the Legacy of Egyptian Blue: From Ancient Artifacts to Modern Insights

... and widely used in ancient Egyptian art and culture. Naked woman with tattoos from circa 2033 and 1710 BC on display at ...

dhwty - 15/04/2024 - 14:50

Unravelling the True Story of the Legendary Trojan Horse

... by Menelaus, King of Sparta and husband of Helen, the woman for whom the fierce war between the Acheans and Trojans ... for example, in the 7th century BC compared them to the woman he loved to enhance their beauty. Here are his immortal ...

Paolo Latini - 26/04/2020 - 14:30

Ultra-Rare Mud Mummy Exposes Previously Unknown Mortuary Practice

... the coffin has an inscription identifying its owner as a woman named Meruah. The iconography suggests it was made ... but “The mud shell encasing the body of a mummified woman within the textile wrappings is a new addition to our ...

Alicia McDermott - 04/02/2021 - 01:25

Legal Bid Fails to Rebury Remains of 2,500-year-old Tattooed Ice Princess

... has found new and intriguing details about the ancient woman. For example, in 2014 it was revealed after an MRI scan that the woman, believed to have been aged around 25 when she died, ...

ancient-origins - 05/02/2016 - 14:48

Ancient Lovers: Five Touching and Sometimes Tragic Love Stories Before Romeo and Juliet

... Domain ) Tristan moved to Brittany and married another woman - only because her name, Iseult, reminded him of his ... in Babylonia and Thisbe is said to be the most beautiful woman. Just like Romeo and Juliet, they were members of ...

Theodoros Karasavvas - 11/12/2017 - 18:58

Did an Astronomical Body Cause the Global Floods of Ancient Myths with Its Gravitational Tidal Floods? - Part 1

... flood myth carries an interesting detail: “The moon woman caused the flood. This was a time of great upheaval.” ... generations of men eighteen were Ethiopians, one was a woman, a native Egyptian, and the rest were men and of ...

Kirk Kirchev - 26/04/2018 - 19:00

Archaeological Discoveries Are Occurring Faster Than Ever

... in calcified plaque clinging to a 11th- to 12th-century woman’s tooth, challenging the assumption that male monks ...

ancient-origins - 24/12/2019 - 01:48

Australia’s Stonehenge Resurrected Part 2: Original Elders and Custodians on Site

... be part of this day. Day 2 On the second day an Original woman of considerable standing with a powerful connection to site joined our party and took the non-Original woman away to assess motivations, clarify purpose and ... in a circle and set future directions. The Original woman spoke first, setting the tone and direction of what ...

strong - 12/10/2013 - 05:07

Queen Cynethryth of Mercia: Victim of a Medieval Smear Campaign?

... reserved for men. And nowhere else did the name of a woman appear as a witness with such regularity as the Mercian ... characterization of her, Eadburh was simply a foreign woman trying to survive among her family’s enemies, and the ... her seemingly for no other reason than that she was a woman who held too much power. From these shreds of evidence, ...

Meagan Dickerson - 17/11/2021 - 13:57

The Three Fates: Destiny’s Deities of Ancient Greece and Rome

... three different forms: a maiden (the new moon), a mature woman (the full moon), and a crone (the old moon). The ...

Bryan Hill - 11/05/2015 - 14:42

Were Norsemen Tattooed? Evidence of Ink on the Rugged Rusiyyah

... Pazyryk Nomads The Siberian Ice Maiden, a Scytho-Siberian woman who lived on the Eurasian Steppes in the 5th century ...

Scott Rank - 05/08/2019 - 18:47

Jotunheim: Outsized Tales from the Norse Land of the Giants

... offered one final task, Thor must wrestle an old woman called Elli. Thor was humiliated when the old woman easily wrestled the mighty god to the ground. Despite ... lowered the sea level, creating the first tides. The old woman Elli had been old age itself, something that no one can ...

Robbie Mitchell - 25/09/2022 - 14:52