along the foothills of the valley dating from the 3rd to the 5th century C.E. In several of the caves and niches‚ often linked by galleries‚ there are remains of wall paintings and seated Buddha figures. In the valleys of the Bamiyan’s tributaries are further groups of caves including the Kakrak Valley Caves‚ some 3km south-east of the Bamiyan Cliffs where among the more than one hundred caves dating from the 6th to 13th centuries are fragments of a 10m tall standing Buddha figure and a sanctuary
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Azal‚ Ghamdan‚ and other names and each name has a big reason and a great story behind it‚ but the first and the most known name was "Shem Ben Noah" why ? .. because in the 4th Century B.C Shem ben Noah has built the city so they called it by his name the City named by the Famous name Sana’a in the Middle of the 1st Century A.C mostly and this name means The fortified Cit‚ and Sana’a is The Highest Capital in the Arab World Old sana’a was a safe City because of the high locality and the big Clayey
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History of Sculpture Prehistoric Periods Much surviving prehistoric art is small portable sculptures‚ with a small group of female Venus figurines such as the Venus of Willendorf (24‚000–22‚000 BC) found across central Europe; the 30 cm tall Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel of about 30‚000 BCE has hardly any pieces that can be related to it. The Swimming Reindeer of about 11‚000 BCE is one of the finest of a number of Magdalenian carvings in bone or antler of animals in the art of the Upper
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The Shroud of Turin has been an object of major debate since its discovery in the 14th century. People have tried to prove its authenticity for hundreds of years. A study of the cloth done in 1988 came to the conclusion that the Shroud was‚ in fact‚ a forgery. However‚ new discoveries have cast doubt on the reliability of the sample taken for carbon dating‚ which showed that the Shroud was manufactured between the years 1260 AD and 1390 AD. So the questions still remains‚ is it real? Is the Shroud
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well-known Sanskrit play by Kālidāsa‚ dramatizing the story of Shakuntala told in the epic Mahabharata. It is considered to be the best of Kalidasa’s works. Its date is uncertain‚ but Kalidasa is often placed in the period between the 1st century BCE and 4th century CE. The Sanskrit title means "pertaining to token-recognized-Śakuntalā"‚ so a literal translation could be Of Śakuntalā who is recognized by a token. The title is sometimes translated as The Recognition of Śakuntalā or The Sign of Śakuntalā
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it was that of a man‚ and at the time was said to be her partner in the acts. However‚ this was later unproven as further investigation was done on the bodies. Carbon dating showed that Windeby Girl died during the first century AD‚ whereas her supposed partner lived three centuries earlier. Due to the fact that there were no signs of trauma or struggle according the evidence on the body‚ ideas that this may have been a sacrificial ritual were proposed. Later Investigation: Windeby Girl is a Boy
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Women in Classical Ancient Greece (5th Century BC) held an inferior social position to men. Although they were prominent in the Greek Mythology (Goddess of Wisdom Athena‚ Goddess of the Hunt Artemis) and writing such as Sophocles’ Antigone (441 BC)‚ the average woman stayed at home‚ spinning and weaving and doing household chores. They never acted as hostesses when their husbands had parties and were seen in public only at the theater (tragic but not comic) and certain religious festivals. Women
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invented the steam engine 2‚000 years ago Almost two millennia before the rest of humanity entered the industrial age‚ the Greek inventor Hero invented the steam engine‚ wind-powered machinery‚ and theories of light that couldn’t be improved for centuries. And then he invented some really crazy stuff. Scientific geniuses have to pull off a tricky balancing act before they’re even born. Great minds like Albert Einstein or Isaac Newton were born at precisely the right time for their ideas to be really
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destroyed; nothing left but the ruins. Although this was such a tragedy‚ also with the death of three people‚ the reconstruction did not take long to start up. The new building was built in many different stages but Tabaret Hall officially re-opened on May 1st‚ 1905‚ and was newly designed by an architect named A. Von Herbulis. In the process of Herbulis’ design‚ he chose to use re-enforced concrete because it was known for its fire resistance. As well the design and features for the new Tabaret Hall was
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5 billion years ago the earth came into existence around? 40‚000 years ago modern human beings arrived around? before writing the term ’’prehistory’’ refers to the period before? 1.6% In regard to genetic makeup and body chemistry‚ the difference between humans and apes is? australopithecus as early as five million years ago‚ which of the following flourished in east Africa? "the southern ape" what does australopithecus mean? intelligence and language skills the most important development of
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