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Neanderthal child from Gibraltar88

HUMAN ANCESTORS - NEANDERTHALS & CRO-MAGNONS - Roots of humanity, Part 1

Neanderthal child from Gibraltar Let us travel back in time few hundred thousand years ago to meet our ancestors, Neanderthals, who were the most recent archaic humans who inhabited Eurasia from around...

48 comments    history humans ancient history
Angela Harris profile image84

Invention of the Wheel

The invention of the wheel is probably the most important invention of all time. Without the wheel, the world simply wouldn't exist as we know it. The invention of the wheel was at the root of the Industrial...

51 comments    technology wheel technologies
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Machu Picchu Peru

The Incas of Machu Picchu are an enigma. They were thought to have inhabited a beautiful city in the Andes mountains for about 100 years. Then they simply disappeared. Their city wasn't rediscovered until an...

6 comments    architecture south america peru
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99 Famous People of Ancient History

Abraham, Achilles, Adam, Aechylus, Aesop, Ahura Mazda, Akhenaten, Alexander the Great, Allah, Apollo, Archilochus, Archimedes, Aristotle, Aspasia, Athena, Aten, Attila the Hun, Augustus/Octavian, Bridget of...

20 comments    history jesus christ
Ma'at76

An Exploration of Ma’at Through Ancient Egyptian History

Like Ma’at, Egypt’s history is marked by duality. From the ancient Egyptians’ philosophies to their politics, the theme of duality is played out time after time. Through it they united diverse cultures,...

1 comment    justice egypt balance
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Alexander the Great and the Battle of Gaugamela

334 years before Christ, Alexander of Macedon stormed into Asia Minor and began a series of conquests that would result in the defeat of the mighty Persian Empire, the integration of Greek thought and...

8 comments    education history war
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Roman and Greek Architectural Sculpture

           In the Ancient Mediterranean World the Romans and the Greeks approached architectural decoration and sculpture according to the messages each civilization desired to relay. ...

0 comments    architecture turkey rome
Stonehenge: An amazing monument, one of the great mysteries of the ancient world.80

Mysteries of Ancient History

The World is full of incredible ancient mysteries that history books just won't teach you, and it's rather sad to me how few people are aware of some of the incredible discoveries and unknown history of this...

16 comments    education travel religion
At the Palace of Knossos (public domain) 97

Palaces of Ancient Greece.

At the Palace of Knossos (public domain) Central Court West Court Magazines (Store Houses) Residential Quarters Banquet Hall Piano Nobile (Public Apartments) Cult Rooms along the West...

5 comments    internet education religion
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Who Were The Vikings?

The Vikings came from their homes in Scandinavia, from the countries we now call Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The name Viking comes from the language which is called ‘old Norse'. In Norse Vikings means...

8 comments    life history war
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