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This Medieval Greek Fortress Is a Tourist Idyll. Would a Cable Car Spoil It?
The authorities in Monemvasia, founded in the sixth century, say people with limited mobility need access to the town’s peak.
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This ancient city is the perfume capital of India
Although Damask roses are cultivated in other parts of India, the varietal favors Ganges alluvial soils surrounding the city of Kannauj ... Empire in the sixth century. On the main drag, puttering ...
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What came before the UN?: In Egypt, China, ancient bids to administer the world
PREMIUM The remarkable Terracotta Army was crafted during the Qin dynasty, in the 3rd century ... of a range of city-states ...
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The History of Georgia: Between Europe and Asia
The country of Georgia is located in the southern Caucasus where Europe meets Asia. The region has often found itself at the ...
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Is the Biblical Book of Daniel a Forgery From Alexander the Great’s Empire?
Was the Book of Daniel really written in the sixth century BC or was it a much later forgery from the Hellenistic Era?
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CLT is 6th largest growing U.S. city
Charlotte was sixth on the list. Data shows 94% of the biggest cities grew between June of 2023 and 2024. Experts believe the urban recovery is driven mostly by immigration.
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'It epitomises the strangeness of Sutton Hoo': 6th-century bucket found at Anglo-Saxon ship burial holds human cremation
A copper bucket found at Sutton Hoo in England decades ago is much more than a pretty artifact: A new micro-excavation of the sixth-century container reveals it held the cremated remains of an ...
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With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. He’s not alone
And with that, he furthers his goal to assert the entire biblical Book of Genesis should be interpreted as written — that humans were created by God’s fiat on the sixth day of creation on an ...
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Sutton Hoo mystery is SOLVED after 1,400 years: Byzantine bucket unearthed at the historic site 'contained remains of important person', archaeologists say
The Bromeswell bucket is a stunning copper alloy vessel that broke into pieces after it was buried at the historic site in Suffolk in the sixth century. It is decorated with a hunting scene ...
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Sixth-century Byzantine bucket found at Sutton Hoo was 'used to hold remains of VIP'
Credit: David Brunetti/National Trust A sixth-century Byzantine bucket which has been pieced back together after fragments of it were found at Sutton Hoo was used to contain the remains of an ...
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'It epitomises the strangeness of Sutton Hoo': 6th-century bucket found at Anglo-Saxon ship burial holds human cremation
—Missing pieces of 6th-century Byzantine bucket finally found at Sutton Hoo —Famous Sutton Hoo helmet may be clue that early Anglo-Saxons fought as mercenaries for Byzantine Empire, study suggests ...
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When Was the Trojan War? Finding Legendary Troy in History
The Trojan War, famously recounted by 8th century BCE poet Homer in the Iliad, has been a subject of awe and debate among scholars, ancient and modern, for over 2,000 years. While the views of modern ...