My photo album: A unique collection
My photo album: A unique collection
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Destruction of great library of Alexandria has been lamented as one of biggest losses of ancient world.
Nearly 1 million documents from across Assyria, Greece, Persia, Egypt, India and many other powerful civilizations at time graced its shelves.
Nearly 1 million documents from across Assyria, Greece, Persia, Egypt, India and many other powerful civilizations at time graced its shelves.
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Haid Al-Jazil, a medieval village, located 73km away from Wadi Dawan, Yemen. Village is perched entirely on a boulder and it is noted for its fantastic mud brick buildings that rise several stories tall. Many of them hang above rocks, at height of 100-200m above level of valley.
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Analysis of hair from the mummified remains of 22 people found in southern Peru has revealed the earliest known use of San Pedro cactus, a source of mescaline, and of the psychoactive plants that make up the drug ayahuasca.
archaeology.org/issues/503-2303/digs/11212-digs-peru-nazca-ayahuasca
(Dagmara Socha)
archaeology.org/issues/503-2303/digs/11212-digs-peru-nazca-ayahuasca
(Dagmara Socha)
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The largest baobab in Madagascar! (Adansonia Grandidieri) During the rainy season it can absorb thousands of gallons of water and store it in its vast trunk, enabling it to produce a nutrient-dense fruit in the dry season when all around is dry and arid. This is how it became known as “The Tree of Life”.
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The enigmatic Green Stone of the Great Temple in Hattusa, Turkey, which was the capital of the Hittite Empire. Its history and its origins have no been identified. believed to have had religious significance.
The stone’s type is also unknown, most likely a type of jade or serpentine, both types of stone are found in the geology of the region, and although such stones aren’t rare in the region, the fact that this one has managed to survive to this day in one piece and is significantly different from others in the area has attracted a lot of attention.
Locals have long referred to it as a "wishing stone".
The stone’s type is also unknown, most likely a type of jade or serpentine, both types of stone are found in the geology of the region, and although such stones aren’t rare in the region, the fact that this one has managed to survive to this day in one piece and is significantly different from others in the area has attracted a lot of attention.
Locals have long referred to it as a "wishing stone".
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Easter Island's monumental stone heads are well-known, but there's more to the story: all along, the sculptures have secretly had torsos, buried beneath the earth. Archaeologists have documented 887 of the massive statues, known as Moai, but there may be up as many as 1,000 of them on the island.
www.ancient-origins.net/earth
www.ancient-origins.net/earth