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DNA Study Reveals Cultural Truths About Avar Warriors
... the Carpathian Basin region from the mid-sixth through the early ninth centuries AD. The Avars were an enigmatic culture ... connections over a period ranging from 567 AD into the early ninth century. It was during this time that the ... permanent settlements on the Great Hungarian Plain in the early seventh century, and soon they began to bury their ...
Nathan Falde - 25/04/2024 - 22:42
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The Uncharted Horizons of Ibn Hawqal, the World’s First Travel Writer
... his extensive explorations and mapping, the people of the early Middle Ages had a much better knowledge about the world ... were virtually unknown to the inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire or the Arab world, while realms far closer ... window into the way the world was understood in the early Middle Ages. Ibn Hawqal's legacy endures as an ...
Aleksa Vučković - 17/06/2023 - 18:54
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The Rich Mythology and Megalithic Culture of the Ancient Berbers, Lords of the Desert
... woman of Tunisia, with tattoo and traditional jewelry (early 1900s). Photo by Rudolf Lehnert. ( Public Domain ) ... Menhirs of Mzora. ( Public Domain ) The tombs of the early Berbers and their ancestors (the Caspian’s and ... Represented in human form, sometimes with a ram’s head, early depictions of rams have been found across North Africa ...
Bryan Hill - 24/04/2019 - 01:57
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Stone Quarry from Second Temple Era in Jerusalem Discovered
... was also used to supply construction materials during the Byzantine era (the fourth to seventh centuries AD), when the Emperor Constantine and other Byzantine leaders launched grand building projects designed ... It was apparently open as recently as the late 19th and early 20th centuries, before finally being abandoned and ...
Nathan Falde - 06/09/2021 - 18:57
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The Republic of Venice, The Greatest Jewel of the Mediterranean?
... they soon stabilized, coming under the protection of the Byzantine Empire. The Doge And Independence By the early 700s AD the area was known as the Byzantine province of ... For Venice to carve out its place in the Adriatic in the early medieval age, it had to wrest power from the many ...
Aleksa Vučković - 14/10/2021 - 14:47
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Where Is the True Location of Mecca?
... Mecca’s precise location was not so easy to find for early Muslim mosque architects, and they used astronomical ... first mention of Mecca didn't happen until 741 AD in the Byzantine-Arab Chronicle, and it says it's located in ... The story is best suited for Mecca. The orientation of the early mosques away from Mecca and towards Jerusalem, Petra, ...
Forest Bauer - 30/04/2022 - 22:00
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The Piraeus Lion of Venice: Runes and Roaming from Greece to Italy
... Piraeus Lion was carved of white marble and was created as early as the 4 th century BC. The lion statue is 9 feet (2.74 ... Viking mercenaries, the famous Varangians who served the Byzantine Empire, made these runic inscriptions on The ...
dhwty - 06/11/2020 - 00:58
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Cursus Publicus: The Ingenious Postal System of the Roman Empire
... tell us of postal systems existing in ancient Egypt as early as 2000 BC, and even in Chou Dynasty China, around a ... throughout the Roman Empire . Procopius writes of its early forms: “The earlier Emperors, in order to obtain ... had to run smoothly. It was a growing expense for the Byzantine Empire , which was already burdened by conflicts ...
Aleksa Vučković - 10/11/2023 - 21:59
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Ancient shipwrecks, thousands of years old, may rewrite the history of South East Asia
... some form of religious or ceremonial observance. Model of early Kedah architecture, a religious sanctuary called a ... area since at least the first century, if not earlier. A Byzantine Greek world map according to Ptolemy's first ...
Robin Whitlock - 03/09/2015 - 15:16
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1,300-Year-Old Solid Gold Pommel Is Like No Other
... northwest of Stirling in central Scotland. Dated to the early medieval period and described as “exceptionally ... gold hoard revealing stunning relics Unique Ring Pommeled Byzantine Swords Discovered at Amorium Another early 7th century Anglo-Saxon sword pommel, with leaded ...
ashley cowie - 25/10/2022 - 22:29
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Marijuana for All that Ails You: Cannabis in the Ancient World
... Vienna Dioscurides, 512 AD. The Vienna Dioscurides is an early 6th-century Byzantine Greek illuminated manuscript of an even earlier 1st ... Indian subcontinent. It has been used in food and drink as early as 1000 BC by Hindus in ancient India. ( Public Domain ...
Joanna Gillan - 04/02/2023 - 01:02
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Underwater Ruins of Greek Harbor Are Full of Surprises
... excavations focused on two areas. The first is a unique, early Byzantine mole constructed of six well-preserved wooden ... were destroyed by a massive earthquake in the late 6th or early 7th century CE. Archaeologist documenting wooden ...
ancient-origins - 29/12/2015 - 21:47
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The First Caliphs of Islam: Power, Corruption, War, and Treachery in the Rashidun Caliphate
... Sassanid Persian or Sasanian Empire in the east and the Byzantine Empire in the west. These two empires had been ... from Mainz reveal new findings on the history of the early-Islamic caliphate palace Khirbat al-Minya A drawing of ... to live in peace for the most part. Despite Umar’s early victories, his reign came to an end anticlimactically ...
Caleb Strom - 03/03/2019 - 13:58
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Divers find largest golden coin hoard ever discovered in Israel
... 25–13 BCE and was populated through the late Roman and Byzantine era. Caesarea Ancient Harbor where the gold coins ... discovered by metal detectorists on Christmas dig Rare Byzantine Coins and Gold Uncovered in Ancient Garbage Pit ...
aprilholloway - 17/02/2015 - 22:21
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The Unbreakable Barrier: Dubrovnik's Walls Through the Ages
... of the first limestone forts around the city began in the Early Middle Ages in the late 8th century AD. From this point ... the siege lasted for 15 months, showing that even by this early point the city was well fortified. Did Constantinople ... for 15 months. As the siege raged on, the city asked the Byzantine Emperor, Basil the Macedonian, for help. In ...
Robbie Mitchell - 11/05/2023 - 18:59
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The Kingdom of Bohemia: European Jewel and the Heritage of Czechs
... arms of the Kingdom of Bohemia, a kingdom founded on the early and influential Slavs in the region who eventually ... influence on the Czechs in Bohemia was established very early on in their semi-independent rule. Around 950 AD, the ...
Aleksa Vučković - 24/03/2021 - 17:49
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Child Cemetery in Thessaloniki Sheds Light on Infant Plague Burials
... renovation along the outer ramparts of the ancient Roman-Byzantine walls, archaeologists came across the stunning ... Aerial view of Thessaloniki following the Roman-Byzantine wall, Greece. ( dudlajzov / Adobe Stock) Infant ... the style of burying children in jars was practiced as early on as 4500 BC. The jury is still out about why jars are ...
Sahir - 04/05/2021 - 18:52
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From Splendor to Ruin: The Epic Tale of the Abbasid Caliphate
... became Abu Abbas as-Saffah – “the bloodthirsty.’ The Early Days of Abbasid Rule His first act as caliph was to ... just as ruthless as his predecessors. He happily put down Byzantine incursions into his lands (something they’d been ... his brother, Harun, or his mother played a role in his early demise. Building the Golden Age of the Abbasid ...
Robbie Mitchell - 05/02/2024 - 13:33
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Richard the Lionheart – The Crusader King
... Lionheart. Source: Archivist / Adobe Stock. Richard I’s Early Life Richard the Lionheart was born on the 8th of ... established a government on the island, independent of his Byzantine overlords. The tyrant refused to return the men and ...
dhwty - 10/11/2019 - 23:02
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Viking King Buried With a Pillow and Fine Silk, New Study Confirms
... must have been even more exquisite.” Silks From The Byzantine Empire The Danish researchers conducted carbon ... because they show that Denmark had connections with the Byzantine Empire, which was the only place in the Western ...
Ed Whelan - 09/10/2020 - 17:59