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ancientart: Moai at Rano Raraku, Easter Island. Photo...
ancientart:Moai at Rano Raraku, Easter Island.Photo courtesy Aurbina
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kqedscience: Think Tiny: The Science of New Year’s...
kqedscience:Think Tiny: The Science of New Year’s ResolutionsSo you want to get a fresh start in 2013? Well, that’s what a New Year’s resolution is for. The only problem is most of us don’t keep them....
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archaicwonder: Balkh, one of the oldest cities in the world In...
archaicwonder:Balkh,one of the oldest cities in the worldIn An Historical Guide to Afghanistan, it is called Umm Al-Belaad or Mother of Cities due to its antiquity. Balkh, in northern Afghanistan, was...
View ArticleDid Lucy Walk On the Ground or Stay in the Trees?
Did Lucy Walk On the Ground or Stay in the Trees?: deconversionmovement:Dec. 31, 2012— Much has been made of our ancestors “coming down out of the trees,” and many researchers view terrestrial...
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tammuz: The Babylonian New Year usually started with a parade on...
tammuz:The Babylonian New Year usually started with a parade on the Processional Street of Babylon. The lion, symbolizing the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, decorated the walls of the Processional Street...
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ancientpeoples: Arched Wooden Harp From the tomb of Any, Thebes,...
ancientpeoples:Arched Wooden HarpFrom the tomb of Any, Thebes, EgyptNew Kingdom, 1550-1069 BCEHarps were often shown in banquet scenes, decorating the walls of tombs. The harp is usually depicted on a...
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deconversionmovement: The Most Fascinating Human Evolution...
deconversionmovement:The Most Fascinating Human Evolution Discoveries of 2012Recent years have brought considerable riches for those of us interested in human evolution and 2012 proved no exception....
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nationalgeographicmagazine: Star Fields Photograph courtesy Tunç...
nationalgeographicmagazine:Star Fields Photograph courtesy Tunç Tezel, APOY/Royal ObservatoryThis image of the Milky Way’s vast star fields hanging over a valley of human-made light was recognized in...
View ArticleArchaeological News: Artifacts help pinpoint key Hatfield-McCoy battle
Archaeological News: Artifacts help pinpoint key Hatfield-McCoy battle: archaeologicalnews:LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The Hatfield clan New Year’s attack on Randolph McCoy’s cabin marked a turning point in...
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What lies beneath: 2000 BCE tomb in Oman discovered
What lies beneath: 2000 BCE tomb in Oman discovered: xagzan:By Al ArabiyaWhile building a new border check post in the northern coastal Aswad province of Oman, the squad of Royal Oman Police (ROP)...
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bluedodi: Possible Mesolithic site on North York Moors Fri, 14...
bluedodi:Possible Mesolithic site on North York Moors Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:26:38 +0100 Archaeologists are investigating a possible Mesolithic site in the North York Moors National Park (England). Field...
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ancientart: Seal Ring with the Name of Akhenaten, between circa...
ancientart:Seal Ring with the Name of Akhenaten, between circa 1351 and circa 1334 BCE (New Kingdom), made of Egyptian faience.Courtesy & currently located at the Walters Art Museum, USA:This is a...
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worldofmesopotamia: These praying figures lived in Mesopotamian...
worldofmesopotamia:These praying figures lived in Mesopotamian temples, where they represented constantly praying worshippers. As with idols of the gods themselves, these statues were thought to...
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ancientpeoples: Cylinder of Nebuchadnezzar II Neo-Babylonian...
ancientpeoples:Cylinder of Nebuchadnezzar IINeo-Babylonian dynasty, about 604-562 BCEFrom Babylon, southern IraqThis clay cylinder was found in the ruins of the city of Babylon. The cuneiform text...
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sarraounia: In a small workshop at the edge of town, Boubacar...
sarraounia:In a small workshop at the edge of town, Boubacar Sadeck sits surrounded by papers, parchments, and hides. On his business card is written in French, “Artisanal copyist of XVI century...
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Neandertal Champion Defends the Reputation of Our Closest Cousins
Neandertal Champion Defends the Reputation of Our Closest Cousins: “Although some consider Zilhão biased, he accuses others of prejudice against Neandertals, recently commenting that some colleagues...
View ArticleThe British Late Middle Palaeolithic: an interpretative synthesis of...
The British Late Middle Palaeolithic: an interpretative synthesis of Neanderthal occupation at the northwestern edge of the Pleistocene World: curioustoned:“For much of the Late Pleistocene, reduced...
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yourmaj3sty: Cancer is darker than other signs. Most of its...
yourmaj3sty: Cancer is darker than other signs. Most of its constellations/stars are particularly dim. Due to this, the ancient Magi referred to Cancer as the “wilderness”. When the Sun was entering...
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archaicwonder: Chysauster is a late Iron Age and Romano-British...
archaicwonder:Chysauster is a late Iron Age and Romano-British village of courtyard houses in Cornwall, including eight to ten houses. To the south east are the remains of a fogou, an underground...
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