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East Iranic daggers – akīnaka
East Iranic daggers – akīnaka The akinakes were a type of dagger or short sword predominantly used by eastern Iranic tribes like the Scythians, Sarmatians & Sogdians during the first millennium BCE up to the 7th century AD. These weapons later gained popularity among the Persians and Medes due to their effectiveness. Scythian akinakes were…
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Stone Vases from Early Dynastic Period of Ancient Egypt
These early dynastic vases in display in the Grand Egyptian Museum are clear examples of advanced technology that was available to the ancient Egyptians. They are moulded from single pieces of the hardest minerals, including granite. Look at the handles, they aren’t added afterwards, they are part of the original piece of rock! The vases…
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제우스가 독수리로 변신하면 등잔이 된다?
This exquisite bronze oil lamp depicts Zeus transformed into an eagle as he carries Ganymede up to Olympus. It originates from Vani, an important centre of ancient Colchis, located in present-day western Georgia. The lamp features three spouts at the back, allowing for multiple flames. It was likely designed to be suspended, as indicated by…
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Spilling Hoard
The Spilling Hoard is one of the largest Viking Age silver hoards ever discovered in Gotland, Sweden. It was found in 1999 near the farm of Spilling and dates to around the late 9th century. The hoard consists of two separate deposits containing a combined total of about 67 kilograms of silver, including coins, ingots,…
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Comic Bats by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, circa 1846.
Comic Bats (Yatsuatari dōke kōmori). Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, circa 1846. Medium: Polychrome woodblock print. Source / Collection: Richard Kruml – JapanesePrints-London. In the early 1840s, the Tokugawa shogunate passed strict censorship laws known as the Tenpō Reforms to stop luxury spending in society. The government banned ukiyo-e artists from drawing popular kabuki theater actors. Artists…
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Paul the Apostle’s First Missionary Journey (c. 46-48 CE)
Paul the Apostle undertook multiple missionary journeys across the Roman Empire to spread Christianity, establish churches, and strengthen the faith of early Christians. Paul’s first missionary journey, accompanied by Barnabas and John Mark, took him from Antioch in Syria through Cyprus and into the regions of Pisidia and Lycaonia in modern-day Turkey, where he established…
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Missionary Journey Paul the Apostle, 49~52 CE
A map of the missionary journey Paul the Apostle undertook across the Roman Empire to spread Christianity, establish churches, and strengthen the faith of early Christians. Paul’s second missionary journey, accompanied by Silas and later joined by Timothy and Luke, expanded his mission into Europe for the first time. It took him from Antioch in…
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Baroque Piazza Navona
One of the most famous destinations in Rome, that being the Baroque Piazza Navona. It has splendid Baroque masterpieces with works by Borromini and Bernini. It is built over the exact dimensions of Domitian’s Stadium built in 86 AD. There are three fountains in the square with Bernini’s “Fountains of Four Rivers” constructed in 1651…
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The Kurds in Turkiye, Iraq, Iran and Syria
The Kurds are an ethnic group of 30-40 million people living mostly in Turkiye, Iraq, Iran and Syria.They speak a language related to Farsi (Persian) and are mostly Sunni Muslims.International treaties in the 1920s divided Kurdish lands between newly-made countries, leaving the Kurds without a state of their own.Kurdish groups have fought for autonomy or…
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Recycling in Ancient Times
Recycling is nothing new. Back in Roman times, we know that glass was reworked into objects like the beads pictured below, and good use was also found for broken Samian Ware in the form of the gaming counters, also found at Trimontium. Even before that, in the Iron Age, metal was known to be recycled…
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