Ancient Sites
Fishermen have recently discovered a historical anchor while amassing their nets on a Caspian seashore in northern Persia. “A historical anchor located in the bed of the Caspian Sea was trapped inside the net of fishermen near the shores of the city of Noor,” ISNA quoted Iranian archaeologist Ramin Adibi as saying on Wednesday. […]
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Iranian archaeologist Seyyed Milad Hashemi has urged the need for establishing a permanent research center at the Paleolithic site of Mirak located in Semnan province. “It is of great importance to set up a research center at Mirak archaeological site, which is the oldest heritage site in Iran and the first open-air Paleolithic site in
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The Catholic military order of the Knights Templar was actually founded in Jerusalem in 1118 as an equivalent to Hassan-i Sabbah’s Order of Assassins. From their ranks to clothing and rituals, the Templars were inspired and influenced by this sect of the Nizari Ismailis After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the Islamic state grew
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Denmark For thousands of years, wooden sailboats allowed the peoples of Northern Europe to spread trade, influence and sometimes war across seas and continents. In December, the U.N.’s culture agency added Nordic “clinker boats” to its list of traditions that represent the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden jointly sought
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Scientists have discovered a vast reef of “pristine” rose-shaped corals apparently unharmed by climate change in deep water off the coast of Tahiti, UNESCO announced on Jan. 21. Mapping approximately three kilometers (two miles) long and up to 65 meters (213 feet) wide, UNESCO said it was “one of the most extensive healthy coral reefs on
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After undergoing restoration for almost three years, remains of a fifth-century church from the Byzantine era in Gaza were reopened on Monday with the strip’s Hamas group leaders embracing their “Christian brothers.” The remains of a church and monastery were first discovered in Jabalia, a city in northern Gaza, in 1997 over an area spanning
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A team of archaeologists has discovered new traces of Neanderthal sites during its intensive field survey conducted on vast areas of barren lands in Eyvanekey, northcentral Iran. Led by Iranian archaeologist Seyyed Milad Hashemi, the team has found a considerable number of stone tools, some of which underwent laboratory examinations, ILNA reported on Sunday. “This
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New archaeological findings surface on the route of the much debated “Tren Maya” project on the Yucatán peninsula. Remains of nearly 2,500 pre-Hispanic structures and 80 burial sites were found on one-sixth of the route, Mexican experts said on Tuesday. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History did not say whether any of the remains
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Even tens of millennia ago, humanity struggled with the impacts and ravages of war, and this has been exemplified once again recently as archaeological excavations revealed battered bodies buried in a cemetery at one of the world’s oldest sites showing human warfare, proving all was not well among the peoples who inhabited the east bank
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Amosaic made by a freed slave to thank God for his emancipation was unearthed during the excavation at the 6th-century Church of the Holy Apostles in southern Hatay province. The Church of the Holy Apostles was found in an orange grove in the Arpaçiftlik neighborhood by Mehmet Keleş in 2007. After Keleş recognized historical artifacts while planting
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