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World Mysteries - Voynich ManuscriptIntroduction The Voynich Manuscript is considered to be 'The Most Mysterious Manuscript in the World'. To this day this medieval artifact resists all efforts at translation. It is either an ingenious hoax or an unbreakable cipher. The manuscript is named after its discoverer, the American ...
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The History Blog » Blog Archive » Staffordshire hoard even more valuable than thoughtThe History Blog « The history of the world in 100 ojects Staffordshire hoard even more valuable than thought The Staffordshire hoard was thought at first glance to be worth at least a million pounds. Now that experts have had a chance to examine the treasure closely, the valuation has ...
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Vanished Persian Army Said Found in Desert : Discovery NewsHundreds of bleached bones and skulls found in the desolate wilderness of the Sahara desert may be the remains of the long lost Cambyses' army, according to Italian researchers. The remains of a mighty Persian army said to have drowned in the sands of the western Egyptian desert 2,500 years ...
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Historians Reassess Battle of Agincourt - NYTimes.comHistorians Reassess Battle of Agincourt MAISONCELLE, France — The heavy clay-laced mud behind the cattle pen on Antoine Renault’s farm looks as treacherous as it must have been nearly 600 years ago, when King Henry V rode from a spot near here to lead a sodden and exhausted English Army ...
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Online Extras: Ardipithecus ramidusEditorial Understanding Human Origins News Focus A New Kind of Ancestor: Ardipithecus Unveiled Habitat for Humanity The View from Afar Introduction Light on the Origin of Man Research Articles Ardipithecus ramidus and the Paleobiology of Early Hominids The Geological, ...
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Fossil Skeleton From Africa Predates Lucy - NYTimes.comFossil Skeleton From Africa Predates Lucy Lucy, meet Ardi. Ardi, short for Ardipithecus ramidus, is the newest fossil skeleton out of Africa to take its place in the gallery of human origins. At an age of 4.4 million years, it lived well before and was much more primitive than the famous ...
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Tests on skull fragment cast doubt on Adolf Hitler suicide story | World news | The ObserverIn countless biographies of Adolf Hitler the story of his final hours is recounted in the traditional version: committing suicide with Eva Braun, he took a cyanide pill and then shot himself on 30 April 1945, as the Russians bombarded Berlin. Some historians expressed doubt that the Führer ...
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Huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure uncovered in UK - Yahoo! NewsAmateur metal detector finds Anglo-Saxon treasure
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Rudyard Kipling - A Pict SongOutlier Press A Pict Song by Rudyard Kipling Introduction A Pict Song Rome never looks where she treads, Always her heavy hooves fall On our stomachs, our hearts or our heads; And Rome never heeds when we bawl. Her sentries pass on – that is all, And we gather behind them in hordes, ...
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No one knows who Europeans are descended from (yet) : Gene ExpressionDifferences in genes between first farmers and hunter gatherers in early Europe
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