AvatarThe HipsterAvatarAvatar200,000-Year-Old Bedding Found in South Africa May Be World's OldestSmithsonian Magazine - Alex FoxArchaeologists studying the interior of a cliffside cave in South Africa have found what may be the world’s oldest bedding, reports Cathleen O’Grady …
AvatarThe HipsterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAncient Mesopotamian Lullabies, Sung to Soothe and Warn Babiesancient-origins.net - Riley WintersLullabies are not a recent invention. In fact, they stretch back thousands of years, undoubtedly to the time before written history. Many ancient …
AvatarThe HipsterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo7 Wonders of the Ancient Worldtouropia.com - Mike KaplanThe Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is one of the first travel lists in history. The idea of creating a list of architectural wonders arose …
AvatarThe HipsterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPlato was right: Earth is made, on average, of cubesphys.org - University of PennsylvaniaPlato, the Greek philosopher who lived in the 5th century B.C.E., believed that the universe was made of five types of matter: earth, air, fire, …
AvatarThe HipsterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoComparing Akhenaten’s Amarna Period Art to Traditional Egyptian Artthecollector.com - Nicole B. HansenThe Amarna Period is known for its religious iconoclasm. The pharaoh Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten to reflect his worship of a sole god, …
AvatarThe HipsterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe History of Egyptian Hieroglyphs and the Rosetta Stonethecollector.com - Vladislav TchakarovThe Egyptian hieroglyphs are among the first writing systems known to men. Used by Egyptians for over 3000 years, their understanding today wouldn’t …
AvatarThe HipsterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoKing Tut’s Tomb: Howard Carter’s Untold Storythecollector.com - Guillaume DeprezWe look at Tut’s tomb and the gold treasures it contained with astonishment. But in Antiquity Egypt’s gold was already legendary. Few people ever got …
AvatarThe HipsterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAncient Egypt: The Only Intact Egyptian Pharaohs Tombs Ever Discoveredthecollector.com - Guillaume DeprezThe tomb of Tutankhamun is one of the most fascinating discoveries ever made, but it wasn’t an intact discovery. It had been looted twice in …
AvatarThe HipsterPyramids Are Not What You Think They Are: Underground Halls Beneath ThemUniverse Inside You on YouTubeAccording to geological evidence, the Sphinx was not 4,500 years old, as was commonly accepted, but much older, in fact, over 10,000 years old, dating back w...
AvatarThe HipsterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoShillings, gods and runes: Clues in language suggest a Semitic superpower in ancient northern Europephys.org - Robert MailhammerRemember when Australians paid in shillings and pence? New research suggests the words for these coins and other culturally important items and …