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The best Ancient Origins articles for this week. Enjoy! If you cannot see this email properly, please click [here]( [main] [Top10Banner]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [image?cs_ema...]( The Ancient Subterranean City of Nushabad: Why Were People Living Underground? [The Ancient Subterranean City of Nushabad: Why Were People Living Underground?]( When you wander the tunnels of the underground city of Nushabad you are tracing your way back from modern day Iran to ancient history. The walls echo with the memories of the Sassanian period and perhaps even its predecessors. Refuge, tourist site, and fascinating archaeological site – Nushabad enthralls its visitors. Nushabad (known also as Ouyi) is a city located in Isfahan, a province in the center of Iran. This city is famed for its remarkable complex of underground tunnels and chambers... [Read more...]( The Mysterious Midas City: 2,800-Year-Old City with Monumental Facades and Strange Inscriptions [The Mysterious Midas City: 2,800-Year-Old City with Monumental Facades and Strange Inscriptions]( A being named Midas has been immortalized in Yazılıkaya, Turkey. Many people think the famous inscription dedicated to this person referred to the king remembered for his ‘golden touch’, but that’s just because the deity associated with the Midas Monument is usually known by another name. Yazılıkaya (known also as Phrygian Yazılıkaya, or Midas Kenti) is a village located in the northwestern Turkish province of Eskişehir. This village is notable for its archaeological remains from the... [Read more...]( What is this Mysterious Ancient Structure Found in Downtown Miami? [What is this Mysterious Ancient Structure Found in Downtown Miami?]( Downtown Miami, Florida is the home to a giant circle with hundreds of holes cut into the limestone bedrock. It is uncertain what the mysterious Pre-Columbian circle was made for – was an ancient structure once built there? Did the Maya or local indigenous population make the site? Or could it just be the remnants of a modern septic system? The Miami Circle (known alternatively as the Miami River Circle or Brickell Point) is an archaeological site located in downtown Miami, Florida... [Read more...]( [image?cs_ema...]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Skeleton Found in Scotland Was 4,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Farmer [Skeleton Found in Scotland Was 4,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Farmer]( Human remains discovered 138 years ago in Stirling, Scotland, have been identified as belonging to a Bronze Age farmer who worked the land more than four millennia ago. This makes the man officially the earliest known resident of the ancient capital of Scotland. The remains of the young man were discovered back in 1879, when workmen were digging for gravel hit the slabs of a stone-lined cist as Daily Record reports. The human skeleton was buried inside a chambered cairn – a burial... [Read more...]( Extinct Cave Lion Cub in ‘Perfect’ Condition Found in Siberia Raising Cloning Hopes [Extinct Cave Lion Cub in ‘Perfect’ Condition Found in Siberia Raising Cloning Hopes]( A prehistoric lion cub has been found in permafrost on the bank of Tirekhtykh River of the Abyisky district of Yakutia by local resident Boris Berezhnov. The young beast's head was resting on a paw in frozen ground for up to 50,000 years, as shown in these amazing first pictures. Excited scientists unveiled the discovery - its facial features clearly visible - in Yakutsk today. The animal was aged around one and a half to two months old when it perished. It is not yet clear whether the cub was male or female... [Read more...]( The Gospel of Satan: Grand Grimoire is One of the Creepiest Medieval Manuscripts Out There! [The Gospel of Satan: Grand Grimoire is One of the Creepiest Medieval Manuscripts Out There!]( The Grand Grimoire, sometimes referred to as the ‘Red Dragon’ or the ‘Gospel of Satan’, is a medieval grimoire believed to possess immense powers. According to legend, it was written by an apocryphal figure by the name of Honorius of Thebes, who is claimed to have been possessed by Satan himself. The Grand Grimoire is said to be one of the most potent occult books in existence, and contains instructions for the summoning of demons. This grimoire is often said to have been written... [Read more...]( [we-have-a-dr...]( 10 Ancient Serial Killers That Foreshadowed Jack The Ripper [10 Ancient Serial Killers That Foreshadowed Jack The Ripper]( What makes someone a serial killer? Even though psychologists and criminologists have been working for decades to accurately define and identify what makes a person commit such cold-blooded murders again and again, we are afraid that the answer to this question could be way more complicated that it appears to be at first glance. The causes of psychopathy remain somewhat of a mystery. While these questions about the nature of a serial killer remain unanswered, another point... [Read more...]( Ancient Advanced Technology: 2,400-Year-Old Yakhchals Kept Ice in the Desert [Ancient Advanced Technology: 2,400-Year-Old Yakhchals Kept Ice in the Desert]( The ancients were cleverer than some people today assume. They didn’t have rockets or electricity, at least no indisputable proof has been found of such technologies, but they did come up with technology that we don’t usually associate with the ancient world. The yakhchal (meaning ice pit) was a type of ancient refrigerator built in the deserts of Persia (now Iran), which was made without electricity, modern coolants, or most elements of modern refrigerators. It demonstrates the ability of humans to find... [Read more...]( [Evolving Science]( The Philosopher-King of Ancient Rome: Marcus Aurelius' Imperium [The Philosopher-King of Ancient Rome: Marcus Aurelius' Imperium]( Marcus Aurelius is famed for various accomplishments—his title as the last of the Five Good Emperors; his extensive study of and literary accomplishments in the field of Stoicism; and, last but not least, defeating numerous longstanding enemies of the Roman Empires: the Parthians, the Marcomanni and the Sarmatians, to name a few. Marcus Aurelius is, in fact, one of the few living examples of Plato's infamous "philosopher king" ideology—that is, a successful leader defined by his... [Read more...]( Stunning Minoan Gemstone Owned by a Bronze Age Warrior Rewrites the History of Ancient Greek Art [Stunning Minoan Gemstone Owned by a Bronze Age Warrior Rewrites the History of Ancient Greek Art]( In the more than two years since University of Cincinnati researchers unearthed the 3,500-year-old tomb of a Bronze Age warrior in southwest Greece, an incredible trove of riches has emerged, including four gold signet rings that have challenged accepted wisdom among archaeologists about the origins of Greek civilization. But that wasn't the only secret hidden there beneath the hard-baked clay. It would take another year before the so-called "Griffin Warrior" revealed his most stunning... 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