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POPSNewgrange Winter Solstice LIVE!!! Solstice 2007: Heritage Ireland are proud to present a "live" webcast of the winter solstice at Newgrange. The live stream will begin at 8.30 am on 21st and 22nd December 2007. To view the webcast you will require Windows Media Player. Click here to check your system. The following link will open a pop-up window to display the webcast. If you have problems opening this link, please ensure that you have got pop-ups enabled. View the webcast.
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POPSFake eye - prosthetics from 4,800 years ago. Harris said the primary reason for the artificial eyeball would not have been medical. "She could have worn a patch, but perhaps her family wanted her to look her best for public appearances," he explained. Damn the wealthy!!;) I'm sure all the other girls back then would have wanted the fake eye too.
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POPSOriginal First Page of the Bible They recently discovered a smaller scroll hidden in the cylinder of the first scroll of the ancient Biblical scriptures, believed to be the actual "first page" of the Bible. When deciphered, it read ...
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POPS'Amazon Stonehenge' found in Brazil "Only a society with a complex culture could have built such a monument," archaeologist Mariana Petry Cabral, of the Amapa Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (IEPA), told O Globo newspaper.
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POPSBaha’i shrines chosen as World Heritage sites The World Heritage List was established by UNESCO in 1972 to identify, protect, and preserve places of “cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value.” So far, 184 nations have signed the World Heritage Convention, which defines the general standards of selection for the list, and more than 850 sites have been recognized, including natural areas, such as East Africa’s Serengeti and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
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POPSEarth Mysteries - Ancient Sites and Landscapes Interesting site that investigates the things of earth that are revered or considered sacred. Stonehenge in particular, and the occurrence of ley lines through sacred sites in England and throughout the world is discussed.
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POPSThe Georgia Guidestones Who built them? Why? A lot of myths and mysteries surround this monument. Are they some elaborate though expensive joke or does something more sinister lie behind? Who knows. There they stand anyway. You can read the commandments at the source.
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