Tag: ancient civilization
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Ba And Ka: The Human Soul in Ancient Egypt
from kingtutone.com: In Ancient Egypt, they believed that the human spirit was made up of five parts: The Ib, Sheut, Ren, Ba, and Ka. Although all five were of importance, the Ba and Ka are of major significance. The Ba is the most similar to the western idea of the soul, and the Ka is…
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‘Cult Fiction’ Traced to Ancient Egypt Priest
A recently deciphered Egyptian papyrus from around 1,900 years ago tells a fictional story that includes drinking, singing, feasting and ritual sex, all in the name of the goddess Mut.
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Calls to Destroy Egypt’s Great Pyramids Begin
from www.aina.org: According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt’s Great Pyramids–or, in the words of Saudi Sheikh Ali bin Said al-Rabi’i, those “symbols of paganism,” which Egypt’s Salafi party has long planned to cover with wax. Most recently, Bahrain’s “Sheikh of Sunni…
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Oldest Maya Calendar Found in Guatemala
A vast city built by the ancient Maya and discovered nearly a century ago is finally starting to yield its secrets. Excavating for the first time in the sprawling complex of Xultún in Guatemala’s Petén region, archaeologists have uncovered a structure…
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Ancient Skulls Found In Winter Garden Puzzle Experts
At first, it appeared to be a discovery with sinister implications: Two skulls unearthed by a swimming pool contractor in a Winter Garden neighborhood. Now, the human remains are the focus of an archaeological mystery.
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Ötzi’s Blood Detected
His DNA has been decoded; samples from his stomach and intestines have allowed us to reconstruct his very last meal. The circumstances of his violent death appear to have been explained.
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Mexican Experts Find Blood, Tissue On 2,000-Year-Old Knives, Corroborating Human Sacrifice
Traces of blood and fragments of muscle, tendon, skin and hair found on 2,000-year-old stone knives have given researchers the first conclusive evidence that the obsidian blades were used for human sacrifice so long ago in Mexico.
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mexico adds yet another brick to the 2012 maya legend
archaeologists say artifact refers to date, downplays doomsday from ap: Mexico’s archaeology institute downplays theories that the ancient Maya predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012, but on Thursday it acknowledged that a second reference to the date exists on a carved fragment found at a southern Mexico ruin site. Most experts had…