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Milky way seen from a grassy summit in, Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. ( Chin / Adobe Stock) — 07 Sep 2022

Astrophysics - The Origins Of The Zodiac In Wales

By Hugh Evans

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Astrophysics indicate the origin of the Zodiac may just be found within the Star Maps of Gwynedd, one of several counties or administrative districts in North Wales. Thousands of years ago Gwynedd was an ancient kingdom in its own right, covering...
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Milky way seen from a grassy summit in, Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. ( Chin / Adobe Stock) — 07 Sep 2022

Astrophysics - The Origins Of The Zodiac In Wales

By Hugh Evans

Archaeology & Science

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Astrophysics indicate the origin of the Zodiac may just be found within the Star Maps of Gwynedd, one of several counties or administrative districts in North Wales. Thousands of years ago Gwynedd was an ancient kingdom in its own right, covering...
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Petra against a backdrop of the night sky (Adrien / Adobe Stock) — 02 Sep 2022

Archaeo-astronomy Of The Ancient Nabataeans In Petra

By Dr Marion Dolan

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Adoration of the Sun and alignment of monuments to its annual path through the skies was universal in the ancient world. Evidence of that devotion has been uncovered in sacred architecture across hundreds of years and thousands of miles. The Sun is...
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Petra against a backdrop of the night sky (Adrien / Adobe Stock) — 02 Sep 2022

Archaeo-astronomy Of The Ancient Nabataeans In Petra

By Dr Marion Dolan

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Adoration of the Sun and alignment of monuments to its annual path through the skies was universal in the ancient world. Evidence of that devotion has been uncovered in sacred architecture across hundreds of years and thousands of miles. The Sun is...
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Caratacus, King of the Silures, delivered up by Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes to Roman General Ostorius by Francesco Bartolozzi (Public Domain) — 17 Aug 2022

Britain’s Stanwick Oppidum: Capital Of Queen Cartimandua And The Brigantes?

By Rebecca Batley

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Britain's Iron Age landscape conceals many secrets and has many tales to tell and few stories are more dramatic than that of the Brigantes and their queen Cartimandua, when the Romans arrived in Britain. A contemporary of Boudicca, Cartimandua...
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Caratacus, King of the Silures, delivered up by Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes to Roman General Ostorius by Francesco Bartolozzi (Public Domain) — 17 Aug 2022

Britain’s Stanwick Oppidum: Capital Of Queen Cartimandua And The Brigantes?

By Rebecca Batley

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Britain's Iron Age landscape conceals many secrets and has many tales to tell and few stories are more dramatic than that of the Brigantes and their queen Cartimandua, when the Romans arrived in Britain. A contemporary of Boudicca, Cartimandua...
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King Sargon Of Akkad As The Second-Coming Dumuzi — 08 Aug 2022

King Sargon Of Akkad As The Second-Coming Dumuzi

By Willem McLoud

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Sargon the Great of Akkad (fl. c. 2370-2314) is one of the greatest heroes of ancient Mesopotamian history, the one who founded the Akkadian Empire (c. 2370-2190), the very first world empire. The Akkadian myths and legends reflect the folkloric...
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King Sargon Of Akkad As The Second-Coming Dumuzi — 08 Aug 2022

King Sargon Of Akkad As The Second-Coming Dumuzi

By Willem McLoud

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Sargon the Great of Akkad (fl. c. 2370-2314) is one of the greatest heroes of ancient Mesopotamian history, the one who founded the Akkadian Empire (c. 2370-2190), the very first world empire. The Akkadian myths and legends reflect the folkloric...
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Measuring Up The Mega And Mini-Henges Of Neolithic Britain — 01 Aug 2022

Measuring Up The Mega And Mini-Henges Of Neolithic Britain

By ashley cowie

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The dictionary description of a ‘henge’ as “a circular area, often containing a circle of stones or sometimes wooden posts, dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages,” fails to depart that these circular or oval earthen enclosures dating...
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Measuring Up The Mega And Mini-Henges Of Neolithic Britain — 01 Aug 2022

Measuring Up The Mega And Mini-Henges Of Neolithic Britain

By ashley cowie

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The dictionary description of a ‘henge’ as “a circular area, often containing a circle of stones or sometimes wooden posts, dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages,” fails to depart that these circular or oval earthen enclosures dating...
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