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Leiston Abbey cloister garth at dawn (Eebahgum /CC BY-SA 4.0) — 19 Jun 2023

Leiston Abbey 13th-Century Pirating Monks Of Rural Suffolk

By Rebecca Batley

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The original Leiston Abbey was once the home of pirating monks, but today the ruins of the second Leiston Abbey, showcasing some of the finest and most complete monastic remains in the south of England, lie well off the beaten track in rural...
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Leiston Abbey cloister garth at dawn (Eebahgum /CC BY-SA 4.0) — 19 Jun 2023

Leiston Abbey 13th-Century Pirating Monks Of Rural Suffolk

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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The original Leiston Abbey was once the home of pirating monks, but today the ruins of the second Leiston Abbey, showcasing some of the finest and most complete monastic remains in the south of England, lie well off the beaten track in rural...
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Horned warrior mercenary ( AlainAlexander/Adobe Stock) — 14 Jun 2023

Where Did The Shardana, Warrior Mercenaries Of Egypt Originate From?

By Willem McLoud

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A 13th-century BC inscription of Ramesses II reads: “The unruly Sherden whom no one had ever known to combat, they came boldly (sailing) in their warships from the midst of the sea, none being able to withstand them,” referring to a group of...
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Horned warrior mercenary ( AlainAlexander/Adobe Stock) — 14 Jun 2023

Where Did The Shardana, Warrior Mercenaries Of Egypt Originate From?

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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A 13th-century BC inscription of Ramesses II reads: “The unruly Sherden whom no one had ever known to combat, they came boldly (sailing) in their warships from the midst of the sea, none being able to withstand them,” referring to a group of...
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Generated Egyptian female queens (SunnyS/ Adobe Stock) — 07 Jun 2023

Egypt’s Famous Female Pharaohs And Not-So-Famous Female Rulers Resurrected

By Andrew Collins

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Cleopatra, Nefertiti, Hatshepsut are all ancient Egyptian female rulers, immortalized in films, in books, and on television. They celebrate the great achievements of powerful women in history who rose above predominantly patriarchal societies to...
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Generated Egyptian female queens (SunnyS/ Adobe Stock) — 07 Jun 2023

Egypt’s Famous Female Pharaohs And Not-So-Famous Female Rulers Resurrected

By Andrew Collins

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Cleopatra, Nefertiti, Hatshepsut are all ancient Egyptian female rulers, immortalized in films, in books, and on television. They celebrate the great achievements of powerful women in history who rose above predominantly patriarchal societies to...
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Homer, Iliad, Trojan War, Bronze Age, Greek Dark Age, Mycenaean, Iron Age, Hisarlik, Heinrich Schliemann, Achilles, Oral Tradition, Lefkandi — 17 May 2023

The Iliad: Overlapping Mycenaean Bronze Age And Dark Age Allegories

By Mary Naples

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Known as the “Age of Heroes,” the Mycenaean civilization (1600-1100 BC) was immortalized in the Homeric epics by such noteworthy characters as the imperious commander-in-chief “king of men” Agamemnon, the “swift-footed” war hero and...
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Homer, Iliad, Trojan War, Bronze Age, Greek Dark Age, Mycenaean, Iron Age, Hisarlik, Heinrich Schliemann, Achilles, Oral Tradition, Lefkandi — 17 May 2023

The Iliad: Overlapping Mycenaean Bronze Age And Dark Age Allegories

By Mary Naples

Archaeology & Science

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Known as the “Age of Heroes,” the Mycenaean civilization (1600-1100 BC) was immortalized in the Homeric epics by such noteworthy characters as the imperious commander-in-chief “king of men” Agamemnon, the “swift-footed” war hero and...
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The funeral rites of a mummy on the Nile, by Frederic Arthur Bridgman (1876–77). Speed Art Museum, Louisville (Public Domain) — 12 May 2023

The Dead Below Deck: Funerary Boat Customs

By Ken Jeremiah

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Archaeologists discovered a 5,000-year-old Egyptian funerary boat, measuring 60 feet (18 meters), that was so well preserved that it still had intact plant fibers attached to it, in 2016. Found near the pyramids in Abusir, the interesting thing...
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The funeral rites of a mummy on the Nile, by Frederic Arthur Bridgman (1876–77). Speed Art Museum, Louisville (Public Domain) — 12 May 2023

The Dead Below Deck: Funerary Boat Customs

By Ken Jeremiah

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Archaeologists discovered a 5,000-year-old Egyptian funerary boat, measuring 60 feet (18 meters), that was so well preserved that it still had intact plant fibers attached to it, in 2016. Found near the pyramids in Abusir, the interesting thing...
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