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Ancient Magical Book Reviled: The Ars Notoria – Master Perfect Memory and...

Over the centuries many books have been written claiming that loyal readers and followers of the text will be bestowed with magical powers. In some cases these books are intended to invoke demons or...

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3 Advanced Ancient Inventions Beyond Modern Understanding

We’ve lost the secret to making some of history’s most useful inventions, and for all of our ingenuity and discoveries, our ancestors of thousands of years ago are still able to baffle us with their...

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5 grisly Ancient discoveries – 2015

Archaeologists sometimes face the same gruesome discoveries that forensic scientists deal with today, having to unravel the stories behind brutal murders, sacrifices and other dark rituals.  Here are...

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5 Ancient Technology inventions that remains a mystery still today

Though out time, we had different object from ancient civilizations, that we cant explain. If it is the Baghdad battery or the Greek fire – how did they come up with such idea, even when the technology...

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The Sumerian King List still puzzles historians after more than a century of...

Out of the many incredible artifacts that have been recovered from sites in Iraq where flourishing Sumerian cities once stood, few have been more intriguing that the Sumerian King List, an ancient...

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5 of the most famous ancient heroes 2015

From the Greece mythology we have heard about the stories about Hercules and others among him. But there are also others like Samson he managed to destroy the pillars of the Temple with his strength....

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7 most horrible events in history (ancient history)

Human history is full of important, prominent and horrible events. Many of these events changed the course of history and significantly affected the destiny of many individuals, nations, countries,...

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Ancient Knowledge: What is “Kabbalah”– The tree of life of ancient history

Kabbalah is often referred to as a ancient “mysticism” or “occult ancient knowledge— but it’s a highly respected part of the Jewish traditions and deals with the essence of God and divinity. Kabbalists...

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The Elite School of Aristotle

Thirty kilometers (18.6 miles) from Vergina in Greece, a place where the tomb of Philip II is located, there is a city called Naoussa. Naoussa was a place where nymphs were worshiped for centuries, and...

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Transformation of the soul – An Alchemical process

Transformation of the soul, has been a matter well known between alchemists through out history. This particular process has C.G. Jung used and translated into into better understanding of the psyche...

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From Chrome Plating to Nanotubes: the ‘Modern’ Chemistry First Used in...

The ancient Babylonians were the first to use sophisticated geometry – a staggering 1,400 years before it was previously thought to have been developed. Sadly, these mathematical innovations were...

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Why Did Hunter-gatherer Group in Europe Unexpectedly Disappear After the Last...

A recent study has shown that a group of hunter-gatherers had survived the last Ice Age while living in the modern location of Europe, only to unexpectedly disappear about 14,500 years ago. As the...

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Expert Reveals Top Secret Venetian Glassblowing Techniques from the Renaissance

Throughout history, some artists, craftsmen and chefs have carefully protected and concealed knowledge about their processes or recipes. One such art was glass-blowing in Venice, where the process was...

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Weird Witch Bottles, Historic Efforts to Ward Off Evil Spells and Witchcraft

Witch bottles (known also as ‘spell bottles’) are apotropaic devices (things believed to have the power to avert evil influences). These objects are believed to protect their owners from the negative...

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Has the Hidden Location of the Tomb of Cleopatra Finally Been Found?

Taposiris Magna was just another archaeological site in Northern Egypt, until a rumor arose that the famous queen Cleopatra and her lover Mark Antony may have been buried there. Abu Sir (Abusir), also...

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Archaeologists uncover underground church with scenes of the damned in Turkey

An underground Orthodox church carved into rock in Turkey with scenes of Jesus rising into the sky and the killing of bad souls has been discovered—the first of its kind with such paintings, says the...

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Pier Gerlofs Donia: The Giant Frisian Rebel, Warrior, and Pirate

Pier Gerlofs Donia was a Frisian warrior, pirate, and rebel who lived between the 15th and 16th centuries AD. He is more well-known perhaps by his nicknames – Grutte Pier in West Frisian, Grote Pier...

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Examining Cryptic Grave Goods: What Are the Ancient Egyptian Funerary Cones?

Funerary cones are a type of funereal object from ancient Egypt. It is well known that the ancient Egyptians were extremely concerned about the afterlife, and that they did all they could to provide...

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Farmers in China domesticated Asian Leopard Cats 5,000 Years Ago

Farmers in China may have domesticated Asian leopard cats during the Neolithic era, more than 5,000 years ago, a new study says. This is a different species than the only living type of domestic cat...

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Lao Tzu: The Founder of One of the Three Pillars of Traditional Chinese Thought

Lao Tzu is traditionally regarded as the founder of Taoism, a school of thought that developed in ancient China. Taoism is seen as one of the three main pillars of traditional Chinese thought. The...

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