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  1. josip123

    The Dome of the Rock - the new Bayt alMaqdess?

    The Dome of the Rock (known also as Qubbat al-Sakhrah in Arabic) is an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. This shrine dates to the 7th century, and is the oldest extant Islamic building in the world. The Dome of the Rock is sacred not only to Muslims, but also to Jews and...
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    The Mythology of Ganesha and the Ancient Temple Well

    In the ancient world water sources were often lethally polluted, for example, in this 1949 photograph of a diseased man in India bathing near a well and polluting the drinking water. Water sources protected by temple monks were assured to be pure, adding greatly to their perceived holiness, in...
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    Christian/Catholic Witches?

    Flying through the skies on a broomstick, the popular image of a witch is as a predominantly female figure – so much so that the costume has become the go-to Halloween outfit for women and girls alike. But where did this gendered stereotype come from? Part of the answer comes from medieval...
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    What do you know about the Picts?

    The Picts were an ancient race of people that inhabited the northern territories of what is known today as Scotland. Recorded as uncultured savages in defamatory Roman accounts, new findings suggest the Picts had developed written language as far back as 1,700 years ago...
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    Noah's Ark Story Decoded

    Here I found an interesting article about Evidence that were found saying "Noah’s Ark Landed on a Mountain 17 Miles South of Ararat" Evidence that Noah’s Ark Landed on a Mountain 17 Miles South of Ararat
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    Anubis one of the mystical gods of ancient Egypt

    Anubis is one of the most prominent and mystical gods of ancient Egypt. He was known since the earliest periods in the history of the civilization that was based near the Nile River.
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    Trying to Retrace Hannibal War

    Spanish university students trying to retrace Hannibal’s war march through northeastern Spain found a huge buried moat with ancient objects in it. The moat may have been meant to protect the ancient Carthaginian warrior-leader’s troops who remained in Iberia. If the moat was defense works for...
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    Do you have a favorite tyrant

    A few short months after Caligula became Emperor, he became seriously ill. It was believed that he may have been poisoned. Although he recovered from his illness, it is said that at this point Caligula went mad. He began killing those close to him, or sending them to exile. He had Tiberius...
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    Tyr - A Norse God of Law and Promise - Breaks a promise!

    Tyr is known as a Norse god of law and promise. There is a well known myth called Binding of Fenrir, arguably the most famous tale regarding Tyr. It is a very interesting story that tells how Tyr fooled Fenrir, when gods decided to bound him with the rope, so he cannor escape. While gods were...
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    Burger Flipping Robot Named "Flippy"

    And here's Octobot :P So cute.
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    Your experience with the gods

    I used to read a lot about the pagan Gods but never actually praied to them. Odin and Frigga were one of my favourites. I always perceived them as some sort of living things but when I grew older, I drew some parallels with other religions and figured out that all of are based on the same thing...
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    Njord: The tumultuous marriage of a Norse God of the sea and a Goddess Giantess

    Hello, Here's another interesting article about Njord, the god of the sailors and fisherman. "He was a sea god with powers over the wind and the fertility of land along the coast. But what this deity is best remembered for is the strange nature of his marriage to a giantess." Njord: The...
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    Origins of the Great Viking army grave in England

    Hi, a massive grave has been found in Derbyshire, England of almost 300 violently broken bodies in the 80's. Scientists didn't know the origins of the bodies until recently. Archeologist Cat Jarman announced this week that the bodies all date to the 9th century. Source
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