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Trephination
Trephination (also known as trepanning or burr holing) is a surgical intervention where a hole is drilled, incised or scraped into the skull using simple surgical tools. In drilling into the skull and removing a piece of the bone, the dura...
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Topara Ceremonial Vessel
This ceremonial vessel made of terracotta clay was created by the Topará Culture, which occupied and coexisted with the Paracas Culture in Paracas Peninsula and in the nearby Ica Valley in what is present-day Peru. The exchange of artistic...
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The Nazca Lines: A Life's Work
The World Heritage-listed Nazca lines are a well-known part of the ancient heritage of Peru. One woman spent over 50 years studying and protecting them. Ana Maria Cogorno Mendoza shares the story of Dr Maria Reiche. The lines and geoglyphs...
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Tom Scott vs Irving Finkel: The Royal Game of Ur | PLAYTHROUGH | International Tabletop Day 2017
YouTuber Tom Scott has flown drones through lightning, he’s taken on the first human-powered theme park, he’s even visited Penistone. But he’s never taken on a British Museum curator in the world’s oldest playable board game… UNTIL NOW...
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Valkyrie
A Valkyrie is a figure in Norse mythology depicted as a warrior woman on horseback, a wolf or boar, and armed with a spear, who decides the fate of warriors in battle and carries the dead to Odin’s Valhalla. Valkyrie means "chooser of the...
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Kinkakuji
Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto, Japan, more formally referred to as Rokuon-ji or 'Deer Garden Temple' and otherwise known as 'The Temple of the Golden Pavilion', was first built in 1397 CE. Originally the retirement residence of the shogun Ashikaga...
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Miniature Paracas Effigy Jar - 3D View
Post-fired ceramic from the Ica Valley on the south coast of Peru crafted in the Early Horizon (approx. 3rd century BCE) by the Paracas culture. The Nazca civilization were the heirs of the Paracas culture.
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A Brief History of the Dog Collar
The dog collar, so often taken for granted, has a long and illustrious history. Anyone fortunate enough to share their life with a dog in the present day is participating in an ancient tradition every time they place a collar around their...
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Interview: Super/Natural: Textiles of the Andes
Over the course of several millennia, textiles were the primary form of aesthetic expression and communication for the diverse cultures that developed throughout the desert coasts and mountain highlands of the Andean region. Worn as garments...
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Homolovi I and the Adobe Pueblo - 2017
The ancestral Hopi village of Homol’ovi and the satellite village of called the AdobePueblo, recorded in August of 2017. This ancient village was home to a number of Hopi clans from around AD 1280 to 1400. The original village utilized stone...