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FIRDAY THE 13TH, HOW DID IT BECOME A SUPERSTITION?
Where did Friday the 13th ever find it's way into the superstitions of our culture. Well there are many theories that have developed and merged together over thousands of years. The old wives tails that were told throughout time, started with Fridays...
Tags: Friday, 13, bad, luck, good, rome, ancient, gods, beliefs, murderers
Sulla's solution to the cracking of the Roman Republic
In 82 B.C. Sulla became Dictator of Rome. An office he took after winning a civil war with Marius, a civil war caused by ignoring Roman tradition. Sulla knew...
Tags: Rome, Sulla, Marius, republic, dictator, tradition, Caesar, politics, Italy, ancient, history, senate, state, civil, war, army, tribune, legislation, consul, reform, power, government, legel, illegal
Ancient civilization cut path to its own demise
The ancient South American Nasca civilization may have caused its own demise by clear-cutting huge swaths of forest, a new study has found. The civilization disappeared mysteriously around 1,500 years ago, after apparently prospering during the first...
Emperor Nero's Rotating Banquet Hall Discovered By Archaeologists
Archaeologists in Rome have discovered a rotating banquet hall, believed to be that of the emperor Nero, which rotated night and day to impress his guests. The rotating hall is mentioned by the Roman historian Suetonius. The Associated Press...
Tags: ancient, Rome, emperor, Nero, revolving, banquet, hall
'Death Stench' Is A Universal Ancient Warning Signal, Biologists Discover
The smell of recent death or injury that repels living relatives of insects has been identified as a truly ancient signal that functions to avoid disease or predators, biologists have discovered. David Rollo, professor of biology at McMaster University,...
Tags: Death Stench, Universal, Ancient, Warning, Signal, Biologists, Discovery, Evolution
Ancient Oceans Offer New Insight Into Origins Of Animal Life
Analysis of a rock type found only in the world's oldest oceans has shed new light on how large animals first got a foothold on Earth. A scientific team led by Professor Robert Frei at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, and including scientists...
Tags: Ancient, Oceans, Insight, Origin, Animal, Life, Denmark
OUR Most ANCIENT ANCESTOR Found!
Paleontologists world over were stunned at the glance of the oldest human remains ever found. They have discovered prints made by individuals scrambling down the soils of an active volcano about 3, 50,000 years ago. Italian scientists identified...
Tags: Ancient, History, Remarkable, Ancestor, Humans, Discovered, Italy
505-Million-Year-Old CRITTER Discovered!
One of the most ancient fossils to date has been discovered by paleontologists recently. This has been one of the most baffling cases as it’s giant head and gill-covered body make this creature truly unique. Now the perfectly preserved...
Tags: Ancient, Million Years, Discovered, History, Fossils
Google Earth Reveals Ancient 1,000 Years Old Fish Trap !!
Google Earth Reveals Ancient 1,000 Years Old Fish Trap !! For a millennium it has lain undisturbed beneath the waves a stone's throw from one of Britain's best-loved beaches.But now modern technology has revealed this ancient fish trap, used at the time...
Tags: amazing, ancient, breaking news, discovery, earth, fish, giant, google, google earth, google maps, news, odd news, reef, allnews, stuffs, Technology
Iceman welcomes world mummies
Bolzano :: Italy | 8 months ago
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Italy's famed Iceman will get company this week as mummies from all over the world arrive for a major show in this northern Italian city. Joining the mummified neolithic hunter in his purpose-built museum here will be more than 60 mummies from Ancient...
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