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Migration
‘Modern-day culture and civilization owes a lot to the earliest civilizations that emerged after millions of years of human evolution. Human civilization has come a long way from an age when there were no defined means of communication and hunting was the primary source of food. Gradually, agriculture took over from…
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DNA confirms Aboriginal culture one of Earth’s oldest
‘ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS ARE descendents of the first people to leave Africa up to 75,000 years ago, a genetic study has found, confirming they may have the oldest continuous culture on the planet. Professor Eske Willerslev of the University of Copenhagen, who led the study, says Aboriginal Australians were the first modern…
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Oldest living population in the world
‘In another study, in the American Journal of Human Genetics, researchers found that when these ancestors of Aboriginals crossed through Asia, they may have interbred with Siberian people known as the Denisovans. For that study, DNA was extracted from a finger bone excavated in the freezing temperatures of Siberia to…
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The cradle of civilization
‘If you look back at the time when humans first decided to give up their nomadic, hunter-gatherer lifestyle in favor of settling down at one place, six distinct cradles of civilization can be clearly identified: Egypt, Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and Iran), the Indus Valley (present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan), China,…
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
‘More than 2,000 years ago, travelers would write about incredible sights they had seen on their journeys. Over time, seven of those places made history as the "wonders of the ancient world." Check them out here. The Pyramids of Giza - Built: About 2600 B.C. Egypt. Massive tombs of Egyptian pharaohs, the pyramids are the…
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What Destroyed the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
‘The Great Pyramid of Giza was built in 2570 BC and is still standing today. It is believed to have taken 20 years and as many as 100,000 workers to complete the Great Pyramid, which was built as a tomb for the 4th dynasty Egyptian pharaoh named Khufu. It was built as part of a complex that included temples and many other…
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The destruction of the seven worlds continued …………….
‘The Statue of Zeus at Olympia (Δίας μυθολογία) was built in 430 BC and was destroyed by fire in 426 AD. Carved from ivory, on a throne of cedarwood, the statue was created by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 430 BC. In its right hand was a life-size statue of Nike, the goddess of victory, and in its left was a large…
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A bit more about the destruction ……
The Lighthouse of Alexandria (ὁ Φάρος τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας) was built in 280 BC and was destroyed by earthquake in 1323 AD. Located on the island of Pharos in the harbor of Alexandria, the lighthouse may be the most famous lighthouse in history. The lighthouse was very different than modern lighthouses in that it was built in…
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Omobude Sonia
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Tiffi and Kimmy go to a baseball game
The summer is still in full swing and things are really quiet in Soda World so Kimmy decides that she’d like to spend more time with Tiffi in Candy Town. She calls her sister and they make plans. A couple of days later Tiffi meets up with Kimmy at the pier. Hugs and kisses. “Hey Kimmy, there is a baseball game here in town…
