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Ancient Archeological Sites That Were Destroyed By Stupid Humans. Such a tragedy. The Ikea and Taliban destruction is sickening. And it certainly seems like these archaeological sites have more cultural and historical value than the short- term political and economic greed that hastened their demise. And yet, it's a small planet with finite space. If the local citizens want an Ikea, the company believes it can make money, and the local government wants the corporate taxes, I'm not sure historic preservation concerns of the minority can stand in the way. Maybe it should and I'd always argue in favor of putting greater value on our shared history than a furniture store, but if our opinion isn't the majority, what then? I recently visited a city with a beautiful downtown full of centuries-old architecture and historically important structures. Armenia – An Ancient land of Culture | nipunscorp.com.

Armenia is an ancient land of culture and it offers a little something for every traveler . Armenia is full of historical churches, monasteries, monuments, and magnificent masonry, this country that was the first to adopt Christianity and proclaim it as its state religion in 301 AD is a unique treasure for those interested in great events. It is believed that it was the home of Noah. If your interests is in nature, the beautiful Armenian Plateau ( the chain of mountains in Armenia which is situated in the Alps-Himalayan mountain system) with hidden lakes, including the mysterious Lake Sevan, waterfalls, rivers, springs, valleys, highlands and rich forests, clearly evidence the miracles of nature. mysterious Lake Sevan – So much beautiful The geography of the land and the man-made wonders of centuries old architecture, churches and monasteries, ruins bring to life the history of one of the world’s most ancient land of culture.

Recommended way of travel to Armenia - Armenia Heritage Trail. EMPIRE17. Holocaust Timeline. Jump to: 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1933 January 30, 1933 - Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000. February 22, 1933 - 40,000 SA and SS men are sworn in as auxiliary police. February 27, 1933 - Nazis burn Reichstag building to create crisis atmosphere. February 28, 1933 - Emergency powers granted to Hitler as a result of the Reichstag fire. March 22, 1933 - Nazis open Dachau concentration camp near Munich, to be followed by Buchenwald near Weimar in central Germany, Sachsenhausen near Berlin in northern Germany, and Ravensbrück for women.

March 24, 1933 - German Parliament passes Enabling Act giving Hitler dictatorial powers. See also: The History Place - Rise of Hitler April 1, 1933 - Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses. April 11, 1933 - Nazis issue a Decree defining a non-Aryan as "anyone descended from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. Tales of the Middle Ages. Voynich manuscript. The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex hand-written in an unknown writing system. The vellum on which it is written has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century (1404–1438), and may have been composed in Northern Italy during the Italian Renaissance.[1][2] The manuscript is named after Wilfrid Voynich, a Polish book dealer who purchased it in 1912.[3] Some of the pages are missing, but about 240 remain.

The text is written from left to right, and most of the pages have illustrations or diagrams. The Voynich manuscript has been studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, including American and British codebreakers from both World War I and World War II.[4] No one has yet succeeded in deciphering the text, and it has become a famous case in the history of cryptography. The Voynich manuscript was donated by Hans P. Description[edit] Codicology[edit] The binding and covers are not original to the book, but date to during its possession by the Collegio Romano.[8]

Medieval armor | Knight armour and Fantasy armor for sale :: ArmStreet. Mysterious book that contains many UNDECIFERED secrets!! Erectile dysfunction in the Middle Ages – historian examines medieval impotence cases. Like today, the problem of male impotence in the Middle Ages was often serious, and had important consequences for marriages and families. A recent article deals with the issue, explaining how it showed up in court cases in 14th century York.

‘Privates on Parade: Impotence Cases as Evidence for Medieval Gender’, by Frederick Pederson, a senior lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, analyses two cases where wives attempted to annul their marriages because they claimed their husbands were impotent. They are among six cases from the city’s records that deal with impotence that survive from the Middle Ages. These cases were adjudicated in ecclesiastical courts, also known as consistory courts, where decisions were based on canon law. Church officials were responsible for issues relating to marriages and could pronounce an annulment in cases of impotence. Within a few days of this testimony the court annulled the marriage. One witness, Thomas Waus, told the court that Katherine had sworn: Kuntz-Kamera of St. Petersburg. Posted on June 27, 2007 by “Kuntzkamera” it’s a museum in St.

Petersburg. It’s a really strange place, was founded by Russian Tsar Peter the First. He collected different weird stuff all over the Russia to this museum: freaky people and animals preserved in alcohol, torture instruments, strange paintings and much more. Here are photos from that place. Middle Ages. Pyramid Discoveries Will Force History to be Re-Written. The world’s largest and oldest pyramid has been discovered in Bosnia A pyramid has been discovered in Bosnia-Herzegovina that is larger, older and more perfectly oriented than Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza.

Located near the city of Visoko, not only is it the first pyramid to be discovered in Europe, but it is also the largest valley of pyramids in the world. Dr. Semir Osmanagic Its discoverer, Dr. The pyramid in Bosnia-Herzegovina has been dated at over 12,000 years old, and it also features the largest complex of underground tunnels ever discovered. Dr. Dr. Below are some videos that reveal further details about the Bosnian pyramids and the work of Dr.

These four videos show an interview of Dr. What Vikings really looked like. The fine decoration of the Oseberg ship in Norway, which was buried in the year 834, provides clues to what Vikings looked like. Inside the ship were two women and the archaeologists believe the ship has served as a sarcophagus. (Photo: Annie Dalbéra) There’s no shortage of myths about the appearance of our notorious Viking ancestors. To find out more about these myths, ScienceNordic’s Danish partner site, videnskab.dk, asked its Facebook readers to list their favourite myths about what the Vikings looked like. We have picked out five myths from the resulting debate and asked researchers to help us confirm or bust these myths. Armed with this information, our graphic designer then took a shot at drawing some examples of our infamous forefathers, which you can see in our picture gallery.

The five myths are: MYTH 1: Vikings were dirty and unkempt Unwashed, rough warriors with froth hanging out of the corners of the mouth. But that’s unlikely to be true: It wasn’t enough just to be clean. Project Avalon - Klaus Dona: The Hidden History of the Human Race. Click here for the PDF version of this interview (20 pages) Click here for the video presentation March 2010 **Ed note: Some transcripts contain words or phrases that are inaudible or difficult to hear and are, therefore, designated in square brackets.** BILL RYAN (BR): This is Bill Ryan here from Project Camelot and Project Avalon. It's the 20th of February, 2010, and it's my great privilege to be meeting again with Klaus Dona.

In this video presentation it’s going to be an interview with a difference because I'm going to do very little talking indeed, maybe none at all! Klaus is going to be doing an audio commentary on one of his extremely special, unusual, and fascinating slide shows about the artifacts and the various phenomena that he has been researching, discovering, investigating personally all over the world relating to what I think you could legitimately call The Hidden History of the Human Race. KLAUS DONA (KD): That's a very good summary, yes. What are we looking at here ? Europe’s Top 25 Castles – The Best Castles in Europe.

There is something about castles that inspires awe and at the same time touches a gentler, more romantic side in each of us. And if you want to visit and tour some of the best castles in the world, then Europe should be your destination as this continent certainly has more than its share. Here are the top 25 castles in Europe, in no particular order. 1. Castle Neuschwanstein in Germany Neuschwanstein Castle For many of those that see this castle for the first time, they get a niggling feeling that Castle Neuschwanstein looks so familiar. The reason for this is that the castle looks so much like the Disney castle in Florida!

2. Peles Castle Known as one of the most beautiful castles in Europe, Peles Castle can be discovered in the majestic Carpathian Mountains, near the town of Sinaia, Romania. 3. Bojnice Castle Bojnice Castle is located in Bojnice, Slovakia and is one of the most delightful romantic castles in Europe. 4. Castillo de Coca 5. Brodick Castle 6. Veliki Tabor Castle 7. Ksiaz Castle. Roman Life. ARCHAEOLOGY - Roman sarcophagus found after 20 years. ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News This file photo shows two guards waiting in front of Roman sarcophagus in Rome. According to Britain-based The Art Newspaper, an ancient Roman alabaster sarcophagus that had been stolen more than 20 years ago from a church south of Rome was returned to Italy July 18. It came from a London-based collection of antiquities and was flown back to Rome on a cargo flight in a container reportedly displaying the official seal of the Italian Embassy in London.

A special team from the cultural heritage protection division of Italy’s police force, the Guardia di Finanza, gruppo Tutela Patrimonio Archeologico, lead by Massimo Rossi, conducted the repatriation operation, reported The Art Newspaper. The sarcophagus, which dates from between the second and third centuries BC, was presented at a press conference in Rome and then returned to its hometown of Aquino, around 100 kilometers south of the capital, where it is on display in the deconsecrated Church of Santa Marta.

Archaeologists unearth 5,000-year-old 'third-gender' caveman. Archaeologists investigating a 5,000-year-old Copper Age grave in the Czech Republic believe they may have unearthed the first known remains of a gay or transvestite caveman, reports the Telegraph. The man was apparently buried as if he were a woman, an aberrant practice for an ancient culture known for its strict burial procedures. Since the grave dates to between 2900 and 2500 BC, the man would have been a member of the Corded Ware culture, a late Stone Age and Copper Age people named after the unique kind of pottery they produced. Men in this culture were traditionally buried lying on their right side with their heads pointing west, but this man was instead buried on his left side with his head pointing east, which is how women were typically buried.

"From history and ethnology, we know that people from this period took funeral rites very seriously so it is highly unlikely that this positioning was a mistake," said lead archaeologist Kamila Remisova Vesinova. Top 100 of medieval castles. Archaeologists Excavate a Lost Kingdom Buried Beneath Volcanic Ash. Like Pompeii, evidence shows a human settlement frozen in time by volcanic pyroclastic flows. In 1980, people began to take notice when workers from a commercial logging company began dredging up pottery fragments and bones in an area near the little village of Pancasila on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Other locals began finding coins, brassware and charred timber in the same region, all buried beneath a thick layer of volcanic deposits. The finds were not far from the foot of the Tambora volcano, a volcano that, in April of 1815, produced the largest eruption in recorded history. In fact, so intense was the eruption, it's atmospheric effects influenced weather patterns across faraway Europe and North America.

And in one evening alone, it destroyed at least one entire village kingdom near its feet. Sigurdsson's discovery touched off a series of formal excavations beginning in 2006 and continuing to this day under the direction of Dr M. Turkey to create world's largest museum of civilizations. Turkey exhibits an unprecedented activity in the area of the restitution of cultural property removed from the country. The country has an excuse - the creation of the world's largest museum of civilizations. The Turks not only want to return the heritage of their ancestors, Seljuks, but also ancient artifacts of Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Hittites - the cultures and peoples who once lived here.

The Museum of Civilizations will be built in Ankara on the area of 25,000 square meters. Completion of the construction of the ambitious project is scheduled for 2023 - the 100th year anniversary of the Republic of Turkey. According to the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey Ertuğrul Günay, the capital will be proud to host the largest museum in the world. Yet, there is a difference between building the walls and filling them with exhibits. Last spring, as a friendly gesture, Germany gave the Turkish Republic the statue of the Sphinx from Hattuša, the former capital of the Hittite Empire. 15 Fascinating Facts About Ancient Egypt. History Ever since my childhood I have been fascinated with all things relating to Ancient Egypt.

I have tried for a long time to come up with a good idea for a list relating to it and this is the first (of what I hope will be many!) These facts should serve as a good introduction to Ancient Egyptian culture and society – and hopefully many will be things you did not know. 1. A Pharaoh never let his hair be seen – he would always wear a crown or a headdress called a nemes (the striped cloth headdress made famous by Tutankhamen’s golden mask (pictured above). 2.

In order to deter flies from landing on him, Pepi II of Egypt always kept several naked slaves nearby whose bodies were smeared with honey. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Sources: National Geographic, James’ Interesting Facts Jamie Frater Jamie is the founder of Listverse. Life in the 1500's | Funny Historical Facts on Life from the Brobdingnagian Bards. New Discovery of the oldest civilization ever existed on the face of earth in IRAN (Persia) Colossal statue of Neo-Hittite warrior king found. Ancient underwater cities being found that are 10,000 years old. How Could An Ancient City Survive In The Desert? Welcome to Catalhoyuk. Pubes in Ancient Athens. The Shapes of Medieval Swords. Sex, Society, and Medieval Women. Atlantis : the evidence. Stone Age Poison Pushes Back Dawn Of Ancient Civilization 20,000 Years.

Medieval Castle History, Design of Medieval Castles, Haunted Castles: www.medieval-castle.com. Center for History and New Media » Teaching + Learning. Minoan Culture and its Women. Photolog: British Museum. Medieval Times & Castles. Smarthistory: a multimedia web-book about art and art history. 8000 years older than pyramids ! Gobekli Tepe, Human's First yet Known Temple in Northern Kurdistan. Ancient Rome  ::  Roman Entertainment. The History of Costume - Index #1. Unexplained Mystical Structures HC/HD. History: Romans. EAWC: Ancient Rome. Visualising Giza. Lost Pyramids and Other Hidden Ancient Artifacts. Home - Ancient-Warfare.com, the online home of Ancient Warfare magazine - Ancient-Warfare.com, the online home of Ancient Warfare magazine. BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Lost city 'could rewrite history' Broadcast Yourself. 500 year old map of ‘America’ discovered in Munich.

Medieval Codex Calixtinus recovered; four arrested. UK citizenship test: Could you pass on British history? | UK news. Canaanite. British history quiz results: Could you be a UK citizen? | UK news. Ancient 'Cow Woman' Skeleton Called Bizarre. Excavations at Ancient Galilean Synagogue Expose Samson Mosaic. Star of David? How about Star of Baal! The Ivy League of Ancient Roman Gladiator Schools.

Jordan Times. YouTube. How did the ancient city of Palmyra support such a large population? Gobekli Tepe: The underground theory. Underwater and Oceanic Oddities : WebUrbanist. UNDERWATER PYRAMIDS: JAPAN. Best of History Web Sites. Sex In The Middle Ages: 10 Titillating Facts You Wanted To Know But Were Afraid to Ask. Absolutely INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY.