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POPSDwarf Hippo fossils found on Cyprus The bones are dated around 10,000 BC Traces of Humans have been found dating from 8.000 BC, The hippos isolated on Cyprus, adapted, to the conditions, but the arrival of man seemed to lead to their disappearance. (They must have been easy to catch.)
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POPSSnake Cults Dominated Early Arabia Benoist said early Middle Eastern traditions held that snake venom was viewed as "a source of power over life." Snakes are prevalent in Persian Gulf regions. She pointed out that the association of snakes with power over life even carried over into the Old Testament. One passage describes Moses placing a bronze snake on a pole so that anyone who had been bitten by a snake would be healed upon seeing it.
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POPSThe Story of Inca "Reconstructed" Archaeologists have gleaned important clues on the rise and fall of the mighty Inca empire and the civilizations that existed before it from fossilized mites that survived on the dung of llama, the South American domesticated beast of burden.
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POPSOlmec influenced ancient city discovered The ruins, which consist of the bases of six ceremonial temples and two small sculptures of jaguar-like men, were discovered when a neighboring brewery began building a parking lot.
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POPSDead Sea Scrolls: New Remarkable Discovery in Qumran A remarkable find in Qumran supports the traditional view that says Essenes were the authors of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls, the very essence of the "Messianic" sect who practised an ascetic life and considered the founders of the Christian escatology, before BCE.
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