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Panorama of Sacsayhuamán (Diego Delso/ CC BY-SA 4.0) — 01 Mar 2024

Hidden Monoliths Beneath Sacsayhuaman Point To Lost Civilization

By Camille M Sauvé

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Sacsayhuaman Archaeological Park, located above the ancient city of Cusco in Peru, hides a secret. Hidden beneath the archaeological sites are some very strange and beautiful stone vestiges, many taking the form of large stone monoliths,...
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Panorama of Sacsayhuamán (Diego Delso/ CC BY-SA 4.0) — 01 Mar 2024

Hidden Monoliths Beneath Sacsayhuaman Point To Lost Civilization

By Camille M Sauvé

Archaeology & Science

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Sacsayhuaman Archaeological Park, located above the ancient city of Cusco in Peru, hides a secret. Hidden beneath the archaeological sites are some very strange and beautiful stone vestiges, many taking the form of large stone monoliths,...
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The Forge of Vulcan by Diego Velázquez (1630) (Public Domain) — 09 Feb 2024

Excalibur: Extracting Swords From Stone, Ancient Metallurgical Metaphors

By Felice Vinci

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The first mention of the famous ‘Sword in the Stone’ of the Arthurian tradition is found in Robert de Boron’s Merlin, a medieval French poem, part of the 13th-century Lancelot-Grail cycle of French romances also known as the Vulgate Cycle,...
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The Forge of Vulcan by Diego Velázquez (1630) (Public Domain) — 09 Feb 2024

Excalibur: Extracting Swords From Stone, Ancient Metallurgical Metaphors

By Felice Vinci

Archaeology & Science

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The first mention of the famous ‘Sword in the Stone’ of the Arthurian tradition is found in Robert de Boron’s Merlin, a medieval French poem, part of the 13th-century Lancelot-Grail cycle of French romances also known as the Vulgate Cycle,...
Read More

The Egyptian feline deities Sekhmet and Bastet entered the pantheon simultaneously as major asteroid hits. — 07 Feb 2024

The Enigma Of Egyptian Sekhmet And Leonine Deities

By Nicholas Costa

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Typical of cats, the leonine goddesses of ancient Egypt, including Sekhmet are very elusive, despite countless research papers. A review of the attestations of the cult of feline deities in Egypt reveals their wide geographical extent. They were...
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The Egyptian feline deities Sekhmet and Bastet entered the pantheon simultaneously as major asteroid hits. — 07 Feb 2024

The Enigma Of Egyptian Sekhmet And Leonine Deities

By Nicholas Costa

Archaeology & Science

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Typical of cats, the leonine goddesses of ancient Egypt, including Sekhmet are very elusive, despite countless research papers. A review of the attestations of the cult of feline deities in Egypt reveals their wide geographical extent. They were...
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An artistic depiction of the Maritime Archaic culture, at the Port au Choix Archaeological Site. The Maritime Archaic peoples were the first to settle Newfoundland. (David W Enstrom / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 02 Feb 2024

Maritime Archaic Culture: The Red Paint People Of Newfoundland

By jim willis

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About 5,000 years ago, when the Phoenicians dominated the Mediterranean trade routes and were, perhaps, beginning to venture out into the Atlantic as far west as North America, and when a mysterious civilization was building house foundations in...
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An artistic depiction of the Maritime Archaic culture, at the Port au Choix Archaeological Site. The Maritime Archaic peoples were the first to settle Newfoundland. (David W Enstrom / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 02 Feb 2024

Maritime Archaic Culture: The Red Paint People Of Newfoundland

By jim willis

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About 5,000 years ago, when the Phoenicians dominated the Mediterranean trade routes and were, perhaps, beginning to venture out into the Atlantic as far west as North America, and when a mysterious civilization was building house foundations in...
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Library of Ashurbanipal Mesopotamia 1500-539 BC Gallery, British Museum, London, England (Gary Todd / CC0) — 26 Jan 2024

The World’s First Collectors, Museums And Libraries Of Antiquity

By Robert Garland

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People have collected objects, scripts, fossils, specimens, precious stones, artifacts and memorabilia since the dawn of mankind’s memory, for different reasons. Many possible motives come into play – people collect because of nostalgia for a...
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Library of Ashurbanipal Mesopotamia 1500-539 BC Gallery, British Museum, London, England (Gary Todd / CC0) — 26 Jan 2024

The World’s First Collectors, Museums And Libraries Of Antiquity

By Robert Garland

Archaeology & Science

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People have collected objects, scripts, fossils, specimens, precious stones, artifacts and memorabilia since the dawn of mankind’s memory, for different reasons. Many possible motives come into play – people collect because of nostalgia for a...
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