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Map of Sargon the Great’s Akkadian empire and his mask (Deriv) — 20 Jun 2022

Res Gestae Sargonis: Sargon The Great King Of Akkad

By Willem McLoud

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The Akkadian Empire, founded by Sargon the Great, was the very first empire the world had seen, established in ancient Mesopotamia in about 2370 BC. This empire was remembered as having been exceptionally great and powerful, with great epic tales...
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Map of Sargon the Great’s Akkadian empire and his mask (Deriv) — 20 Jun 2022

Res Gestae Sargonis: Sargon The Great King Of Akkad

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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The Akkadian Empire, founded by Sargon the Great, was the very first empire the world had seen, established in ancient Mesopotamia in about 2370 BC. This empire was remembered as having been exceptionally great and powerful, with great epic tales...
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The near-symmetric pyramidal peak of the Matterhorn stands in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, and at 4,478 meters (14,692 feet) high, this is one of the highest summits in Europe( Zacharie Grossen/ CC BY-SA 3.0) — 06 Jun 2022

Equivocal Pyramids All Over The World

By ashley cowie

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There is perhaps no shape on earth so thought-provoking and awe-inspiring as a pyramid, and so mystical was this geometric form perceived in antiquity, that it was adopted for the graves and grand tombs of powerful leaders. Beginning with the...
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The near-symmetric pyramidal peak of the Matterhorn stands in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, and at 4,478 meters (14,692 feet) high, this is one of the highest summits in Europe( Zacharie Grossen/ CC BY-SA 3.0) — 06 Jun 2022

Equivocal Pyramids All Over The World

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

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There is perhaps no shape on earth so thought-provoking and awe-inspiring as a pyramid, and so mystical was this geometric form perceived in antiquity, that it was adopted for the graves and grand tombs of powerful leaders. Beginning with the...
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Mount Nemrut, Turkey Located in the city of Adiyaman is a mountain 2,150 meters high. (Samet / Adobe Stock) — 03 Jun 2022

Mount Nemrut, Apex Of The Kingdom Of Commagene

By micki pistorius

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Crowned by Mount Nemrut, the territory of the Kingdom of Commagene, landlocked by Syria on the south, Cilicia on the west, Cappadocia on the north-west, Sophene on the north-east and Osroene on the east, was not very large in circumference, and it...
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Mount Nemrut, Turkey Located in the city of Adiyaman is a mountain 2,150 meters high. (Samet / Adobe Stock) — 03 Jun 2022

Mount Nemrut, Apex Of The Kingdom Of Commagene

By micki pistorius

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Crowned by Mount Nemrut, the territory of the Kingdom of Commagene, landlocked by Syria on the south, Cilicia on the west, Cappadocia on the north-west, Sophene on the north-east and Osroene on the east, was not very large in circumference, and it...
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The Qesem Cave people severed the metapodial (the bone that connects the hoof to the leg) of a fallow deer and then wrapped it immediately in skin as its marrow could be preserved as an ample source of food for at least nine weeks. (Roni /Adobe Stock) — 30 May 2022

Qesem Cave People And The Genesis of Innovation

By Andrew Collins

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In 2000, during the construction of a highway in Israel, controlled explosives revealed a Paleolithic cave site by a large rocky outcrop just beneath the Arab-Israeli city of Kafr Qasim. What makes this site so remarkable is that the people of the...
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The Qesem Cave people severed the metapodial (the bone that connects the hoof to the leg) of a fallow deer and then wrapped it immediately in skin as its marrow could be preserved as an ample source of food for at least nine weeks. (Roni /Adobe Stock) — 30 May 2022

Qesem Cave People And The Genesis of Innovation

By Andrew Collins

Archaeology & Science

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In 2000, during the construction of a highway in Israel, controlled explosives revealed a Paleolithic cave site by a large rocky outcrop just beneath the Arab-Israeli city of Kafr Qasim. What makes this site so remarkable is that the people of the...
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Harran, City of Sin, Crusaders And Caliphs — 27 May 2022

Harran, City of Sin, Crusaders And Caliphs

By micki pistorius

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Dusty winds blow around the desolate ruins on the arid plain of Harran, and the mirage of the heat conjures up images of what was once the site of a medieval hub of science. Har means ‘fire’ in Arabic, perhaps referring to the parched land, but...
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Harran, City of Sin, Crusaders And Caliphs — 27 May 2022

Harran, City of Sin, Crusaders And Caliphs

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Dusty winds blow around the desolate ruins on the arid plain of Harran, and the mirage of the heat conjures up images of what was once the site of a medieval hub of science. Har means ‘fire’ in Arabic, perhaps referring to the parched land, but...
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