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Roman Era Tombs Discovered in Egypt Reveal Diverse Trends in Burial Architecture and Grave Goods
... He wrote: “Egyptian hieroglyphs are among the oldest writing systems in the world, dating back some 5,200 years ... by the Greeks) script was introduced which was a form of writing more akin to alphabet letters. Hieratic script ... became widely used as a faster, more functional form of writing and used for monumental inscriptions. It remained the ...
Alicia McDermott - 24/08/2017 - 23:01
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Antarctica's Ancient Origins Update – Part Two: Did Early Voyagers Leave Evidence?
... only example of a 'sticks and stones' form of (Sumerian) writing. All the other examples of inscriptive material are ... known comparisons (after Winters). Hot News I always enjoy writing 'Hot News' for A/O Readers. I search my files each ... Semitic speaking Peoples in South America, a more flexible system of writing to replace the rather cumbersome ...
William James Veall - 08/06/2018 - 01:55
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Ancient Levitation – Magicians Secret Crafts Revealed
... we experience a visual, or optical illusion, the visual system is assaulted with so much conflicting data, that our ... it! None of us want to believe we are gullible. The visual system coupled with the ego’s response to magic form a ... support AO Premium, you support independent thought and writing. Ashley Cowie is a Scottish historian, author and ...
ashley cowie - 26/01/2018 - 15:22
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Walking the Waves: How Orion’s Ability to “Walk on Water” Was Ascribed to Jesus
... familiar with Orion’s stellar sea-walking ability before writing their Gospels. Celestial Puns as Revelation Yet the ... the constellations depicted shitir shamee , “heavenly writing”—a cryptic text that divulged unassailable wisdom ... and writing in the highly complex cuneiform writing system; a task that included mastery of their spoken tongue, ...
John McHugh - 18/12/2018 - 23:02
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The environmental impact of the Maya civilization is still visible today
... the development of the Maya script, the only Mesoamerican writing system to be deciphered thus far. The Temple of Kukulkan, ...
Robin Whitlock - 09/09/2015 - 03:56
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Linguists Are Finally Unravelling the Mysteries Trapped Within Mayan Hieroglyphs
... came to understand that it was a fully functioning writing system in which it was possible to express unambiguously any ... script was officially recognized as a fully functioning writing system. Scholars also made headway in understanding ...
aprilholloway - 24/07/2017 - 01:58
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The Inca Empire: What Made it so Powerful?
... had to be devised. These include an advanced road system , highly-developed agricultural techniques, and a ... achievement of the Inca Empire is the development of a writing system. For a long time, scholars believed that the Inca Empire functioned without a writing system. This was regarded as a mystery, as writing is ...
dhwty - 09/11/2019 - 23:05
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Forget Folk Remedies, Medieval Europe Spawned a Golden Age of Medical Theory
... a failure. But if we’re looking for a coherent medical system that was intellectually and emotionally satisfying to ... took into consideration the whole person – using a system developed by Arab physicians out of Galen’s writings ... medieval medicine: it offered a satisfactory explanatory system for disease in the absence of anything better, and the ...
ancient-origins - 07/02/2017 - 13:44
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The Sacrifice of Tsali, The Cherokee Folk Hero Who Gave His Life For His People
... North Carolina. Sequoyah with a tablet depicting his writing system for the Cherokee language. Sequoyah was a Cherokee ...
dhwty - 10/03/2019 - 14:11
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The Oldest Bigfoot Photo: A Cryptozoology Conspiracy?
... a photograph of it. But there is more: the photo had some writing on the back of it. Bigfoot Is Not the Only Elusive ... Folklore The back of the photo bore this text: There is writing on the back of the bigfoot photo. (Author provided) ... consisted of lands that were in the Hudson Bay drainage system—basically the land surrounding any rivers that ...
davidchildress - 08/06/2018 - 19:01
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800-year-old message carved into Rune Stick Shows Ancient Code still used in Middle Ages
... of sex and scandal. However as culture changed, so did the writing system, and runes eventually faded from use. MORE Aboriginal ... started using the new alphabet. The main reason was the writing tools: The advantage of the runic alphabet was they ...
lizleafloor - 02/05/2015 - 14:23
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Exodus: Which Way Did Moses Choose And Why?
... the east, and it was important that an adequate defensive system was maintained. To the east these defensive ... part of what was known as the ‘Wall of the Ruler’, a system of fortress, canals and walls interlinking the lake ... support AO Premium, you support independent thought and writing. Ted Loukes is an independent researcher in the field ...
tedloukes - 29/07/2019 - 15:47
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Hammurabi and his God Given Code of Laws
... that he did not focus on establishing an administrative system that would ensure the continual running of his empire ... past Roman Law and Its Lasting Influence On the Legal System of Europe A depiction of king Hammurabi. (Mbmrock/ CC ...
dhwty - 29/06/2023 - 14:52
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Egyptomania: Multitasking Mummies Of The 19th Century
... later would have led to decyphering the secret of the writing of the ancient Egyptians. Napoleon in Cairo, by ... the other two sections were the transcription, the ancient writing of the Egyptians remained a mystery until in 1822 ... Alessandra Filiaci is the creator of ‘Tarosofia’, a system of study and creative use of the Tarot and author of ...
Alessandra Filiaci - 19/05/2023 - 19:30
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Faeries in the Realm of King Arthur
... and serve to remind us of a long-forgotten belief system that embraced a metaphysical faerie otherworld. ... and serve to remind us of a long-forgotten belief system that embraced a metaphysical faerie otherworld. ... support AO Premium, you support independent thought and writing. Neil Rushton is an archaeologist and freelance ...
nrushton - 02/03/2018 - 15:27
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New Research suggests recent phonetic decipherment of the Phaistos Disc is implausible
... most ancient Egyptian writings, and in the ancient Chinese writing. The sounds of the symbols have evolved through ... a pattern forming by chance is quite low. That is, imagine writing up a prayer, or a text with a historical theme and ... – and not meant to be read as a phonetic or alphabetic system of writing by stringing together sounds. Later, a ...
Dilip Rajeev - 18/11/2014 - 10:41
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Beyond the Aztecs: The Forgotten and Formidable Purépecha Empire
... hasn’t always been easy thanks to the fact they had no system of writing (unlike the Maya and Aztecs) and has mostly been done ... AD) it had developed social stratification, like a class system where different tribes held distinct levels of ...
Robbie Mitchell - 19/12/2023 - 17:52
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Does a Mysterious Manuscript Describe a Forgotten Malian Mausoleum in Brazil?
... Vai script was invented in 1831. But they are wrong, Vai writing has an ancient origin. In 1899, Maurice Delafosse, a ... ancient. These Vai informants also told him that the Vai system of writing was still being used in mountains to the north. ...
Clyde Winters - 26/07/2017 - 14:00
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Seeking the Yeti in the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods
... support AO Premium, you support independent thought and writing. Top Image : Concordia, the Throne Room of the ...
Willem Daffue - 09/01/2019 - 14:55
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Uncovering Ancient Pyramid Science at Teotihuacan, Where Men Become Gods
... evidence of advanced engineering built into a tunnel system, and placed directly underneath the Pyramid. ... evidence of advanced engineering built into a tunnel system, and placed directly underneath the Pyramid. As a team ... gas that was discovered. (Source: La Razón ) As of this writing, the excavation continues in an attempt to discover a ...
Cliff Dunning - 25/03/2021 - 02:36