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Romani Language
Romani is an Indo-European language, belonging to the Indic subbranch which includes Sanskrit and Hindi. Because of the Romani diaspora throughout Europe and West Asia, it developed in close contact with European and Iranian languages. It...
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Religious Developments in Ancient India
For well over 1,000 years, sacred stories and heroic epics have made up the mythology of Hinduism. Nothing in these complex yet colourful legends is fixed and firm. Pulsing with creation, destruction, love, and war, it shifts and changes...
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A Linguistical Analysis of Ancient Celtic Languages
The Celtic languages form a branch of the Indo-European (IE) language family. They derive from Proto-Celtic and are divided into Continental Celtic languages (Lepontic, Gaulish, Galatian, Noric, Celtiberian, Gallaecian) and Insular Celtic...
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Proto-Elamite Tablets
The so-called proto-Elamite script is still undeciphered. The influence of contemporary Mesopotamian writing and sealing is clear, however. From Susa, Iran. Circa 3000-2800 BCE. Lent by the Musee de Louvre. It is currently housed in the British...
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Proto-geometric Amphora
The Proto-geometric style (1000-900 BCE) of Greek pottery decoration was a forerunner of the full Geometric style. This amphora dates from the first half of the 10th century BCE and displays the popular circle design. These were achieved...
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Proto-Elamite Figure with Ibex Horns
Striding figure with ibex horns, a raptor skin draped around the shoulders, and upturned boots.
c. 3000 BCE, Proto-Elamite Period.
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Proto-Historical Statue from Egypt
Base of a calcite royal statue. It depicts four heads of foreigners. From modern-day Egypt. Proto-historical period, 2nd Dynasty, circa 2700 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).
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Proto-Aeolic Capital
A Proto-Aeolic capital (fore-runner of the Ionic capital) from Ramat Rachel. The capital was an invention and feature of Phoenician architecture.
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Indo-European Languages
The Indo-European languages are a family of related languages that today are widely spoken in the Americas, Europe, and also Western and Southern Asia. Just as languages such as Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian are all descended from...
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Runes
Runes are letters in the runic alphabets of Germanic-speaking peoples, written and read most prominently from at least c. 160 CE onwards in Scandinavia in the Elder Futhark script (until c. 700 CE) and the Younger Futhark - which illuminated...