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Solar architecture choreographs light and shadow across an ancient Macedonian tomb
Athens-based independent scholar Demetrius Savvides has shown that in Amphipolis, northern Greece, where the Kastas Monument ...
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Beneath the Feathered Serpent Pyramid: Mercury, Mica, and the Enduring Mysteries of Teotihuacan’s Hidden Chambers
Mirrors were thought of as a means of peering into the world of the supernatural, they were a means of discovering what would occur in the future. Thus stated Annabeth Headrick, University of Denver ...
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Tyr: The Original Norse God of War (Overshadowed by Odin)
Tyr was an important Germanic and Norse god of war, similar to the god Mars worshiped by the ancient Romans. But we know very ...
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Mercury gemstone and ritual knife found in Roman-era German Settlement
Among the artifacts discovered is a finely crafted cameo gemstone depicting Mercury, the Roman god of commerce and travel ... settlements near the ancient Roman camp of Anreppen, providing ...
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2,000-year-old Roman ring, dagger found buried under ruins in Germany. See them
Madziala In northwest Germany, near the site of the 1,600-year-old Roman military camp Anreppen, archaeologists discovered evidence of an ancient ... image of the Roman god Mercury, which they ...
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Archaeological Findings Reveal a Thriving Roman-Era Community Near the Ancient Anreppen Camp in Germany
This small gem with the god Mercury was originally attached to a finger ring in ... over 3,000 years ago, at the site of the ancient city of Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus.… ...
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The Story Of Cernunnos, The Mysterious Horned Celtic God Of Wild Places And Beasts
Scholars suspect that ancient people revered Cernunnos as some kind of ... sing to the dying as they passed into the spirit realm. His similarities to Mercury, the Roman god of travelers who helped ...