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A Hypogeum in Southern Spain Reveals a Possible Epidemic During the Neolithic 5,700 Years Ago
A recent study has revealed that the hypogeum cemetery of La Beleña, located in the province of Córdoba (southern Spain), is ...
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Mujahid al-Amiri, the Slavic ruler of the taifa of Denia who gathered the best Andalusian intellectuals of the 11th century
In the Christian part of the Iberian Peninsula, the 11th century saw the rise of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, the ...
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Easter Island findings change everything we know about the Earth’s mantle and how it moves beneath the crust
Traditionally, textbooks have described the mantle as a viscous, well-mixed layer that shifts along with tectonic plates, ...
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The Relationship Between the First Bronze Alloy Used by Humans and the Deformity of Some Gods Like Hephaestus and Vulcan
Toward the end of the 4th millennium B.C., a revolutionary technology emerged in the Near East: metallurgy, which gave its ...
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The oldest reigning dynasty in the world is the Imperial House of Japan, descended from a shaman queen
If we were to ask what is the world’s oldest active monarchy, most readers would probably say the British without giving it ...
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The Oldest Alliances in the World: Portugal-England and Scotland-France
Although geostrategic interests change throughout history, for many centuries, some alliances have defied the passage of time, remaining stable and renewing themselves as if they were unaffected by ...
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Unknown Submerged Monumental Structures along with Shipwrecks and a Roman Altar, Found in the Grado Lagoon in Italy
Seven archaeological sites in the waters of the Grado lagoon (in the Italian province of Gorizia, bordering Slovenia), including shipwreck remains, a Roman-era funerary altar, and submerged monumental ...
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Sardanapalus, the Depraved Assyrian King Who Inspired Writers, Musicians, and Painters—Did He Really Exist?
There are historical figures who, for various reasons, transcend their status to become paradigms of something; in the case of the Assyrian king Sardanapalus, an archetype of corruption, debauchery, ...
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The Origin of the Inca Girl Sacrificed on the Quehuar Volcano, and that She Fed on Seaweed, Revealed by Analysis
Mummy of another Inca girl sacrificed in a volcano, Llullaillaco in Argentina. Credit: grooverpedro / Wikimedia Commons / Flickr The discovery of an Inca mummy on the Quehuar Volcano, located in the ...
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A Huge Complex of Roman Baths with Mosaics Discovered in the Ancient City of Halaesa Archonidea in Sicily
View of the bath complex and other structures discovered in ancient Halaesa in Sicily. Credit: Regione Siciliana / Università degli Studi di Palermo In the ancient city of Halaesa Archonidea (now ...
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The World Red Swastika Society, the ancient Chinese organization created in imitation of the Red Cross
No one should be alarmed by the title of this article because it has nothing to do with Nazism. We are going to talk about the Shìjiè Hóngwànzìhuì, an expression that is usually translated as the ...
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A new prehistoric culture found in a Spanish cave is the oldest evidence of Upper Paleolithic in the Iberian Peninsula
Archaeologists from the University of Valladolid have discovered in the Millán Cave, located in the northern Iberian Peninsula, in the Spanish province of Burgos, an Initial Upper Paleolithic lithic ...