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Türkiye · TurkeyImagine standing on the shores of the modern-day Black Sea about 8,000 years ago. Instead of brackish waves, you would have seen a calm freshwater lake surrounded by fertile plains and forested hills. That landscape changed dramatically around 7,600 years ago. Marine geologists William Ryan and Walter Pitman, after years of sediment analysis and sonar […] The post Could There Have Been a Civilization Before the Ice Age? appeared first on Curiosm…Read Article
Could There Have Been a Civilization Before the Ice Age?
Egypt · EgyptIn 1799, French soldiers near Egypt’s Nile Delta uncovered a large inscribed slab that would become known as the Rosetta Stone. It contained the key to decoding ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, unlocking the voices of a long-lost civilization. While the stone itself bore no serpent imagery, Egypt’s surviving monuments and tombs are filled with depictions of […] The post The Global Serpent: Why Snake Symbolism Appears in Every Ancient Culture appear…Read Article
The Global Serpent: Why Snake Symbolism Appears in Every Ancient Culture
Luxor · LuxorAt the heart of King Tutankhamun’s tomb lay a dagger whose blade gleamed with a pale, silvery shine. In February 1923, when Howard Carter first breached the pharaoh’s sealed burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings, he uncovered a blade that looked unlike any bronze or copper artifact in the suites of funerary treasure. […] The post Forged by the Heavens: Ancient Iron from the Stars appeared first on Curiosmos.Read Article
