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The best Ancient Origins articles for this week. Enjoy! [logo4fixed] View this email [in your browser]( [Top10Banner]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [image?cs_ema...]( The Saqqara Bird: Did the Ancient Egyptians Know How to Fly? [img3]( The pride of flying too close to the sun was a costly endeavor for Icarus. Mythology says he fled Crete on wings of feathers and wax built by his father Daedalus, of King Minos’ labyrinth fame. His story should have been a warning to mankind so that it would not challenge the will of the gods, but it was not... fortunately. A hundred years ago, the adventure of flying began with the Wright brothers and their dual propeller glider with a gasoline engine. From that moment... [Read more...]( Would You Like to Own an Archaeological Site in Turkey? For $8.3 Million You Can [img3]( Part of the ancient city of Bargylia is up for sale in Turkey. It boasts 133 hectares (330 acres) of land and contains the ruins of an ancient amphitheater, acropolis, fortification walls, a bath, and a necropolis. Classified a Grade 1 archaeological site, the land is selling for 35 million lira ($8.3 million or £6.1 million). The notice of the property’s availability became known to the international media through Hurriyet Daily News . The Turkish paper also reports that construction on the Turkish... [Read more...]( Hoard of Scrolls and Artifacts Discovered in Antique Japanese Statuette [secret-text]( According to the Japanese State Broadcaster NHK, experts have made an astonishing discovery in a Buddhist statuette in Japan. Investigators, from the Nara National University examined the statuette and they were amazed to discover some 180 artifacts inside the object, that is usually kept at the Hokkeji Temple in the ancient Japanese capital of Nara. Some 150 artifacts - mainly scrolls - were discovered in the body of the statuette and another thirty in its head. This raises the question as to why the items were apparently hidden in a statuette and forgotten. Not even the head priest had any inkling that the figure contained such a treasure trove... [Read more...]( The 1,500-Year-Old Love Story Between a Persian Prince and a Korean Princess that Could Rewrite History [img3]( More than a thousand years before the first European explorer reached Korea’s shores, the Persian Empire was writing love stories about Korean princesses. It’s a little-known story that could change the way we see our history. Recently, historians took a second look an old Persian epic written around 500 AD and realized that, at the center of the tale, was the unusual story of a Persian prince marrying a Korean princess. It’s an incredible discovery. Up until recently, we weren’t sure that the... [Read more...]( [banner_0]( Spectacular Science! Lab-Grown Mini Neanderthal Brains Could Explain What Makes Humans Different [img3]( We’re living in an age when many people believe there are no limits to what technology can do. Apply that to paleogenetics and you’ll see research into ancient disease, the domestication of animals, the genes Neanderthals passed on to humans, prehistoric migration routes, and so much more. The next step for a leading paleogenetics researcher and his team? Mini Neanderthal brains! According to The Telegraph , the lab-created brain tissue will be about the size of a lentil and grown... [Read more...]( Sem Priests of Ancient Egypt: Their Role and Impact in Funerary Contexts—Part I [alchemical]( The office of sem or setem priest of Ptah, the patron god of the craftsmen in Memphis, Lower Egypt, was a prestigious one. Considered a sacred feline with a connection to the Heliopolitan cult via the priests who wore cloaks fashioned out of their pelts, leopards were much sought after beasts. Even though they ceased to exist in the country by the New Kingdom Period, annual tributes from Nubia ensured a steady supply of both live animals and their skins; several examples of symbolic portrayals of leopards have been discovered in the tombs of royals and nobles alike... [Read more...]( 2,000-Year-Old Remains of Horse Killed by Pompeii Volcano Found in Tomb Raider Tunnel [img3]( Donkeys, pigs, and dogs have all been found amongst the ruins of Pompeii, but the remains of a carbonized horse are the first example archaeologists have come across of that animal. While the discovery is great, the way it was found is unsettling. The Local.it reports the horse was found in a stable, complete with a trough, beside a large Roman villa. Unfortunately, archaeologists were not the first to make the discovery – tomb raiders are responsible for unearthing the horse. Nonetheless, Massimo... [Read more...]( [banner]( Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities Announces there are NO Hidden Chambers in Tut’s Tomb [img3]( The Egyptian antiquities ministry have announced the results of a new survey on the tomb of Tutankhamun. They have apparently discredited a theory, that suggest there was a second chamber in the Pharaoh’s tomb. It had been speculated that this second undiscovered chamber was the tomb of the famous Queen Nefertiti. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities announced the official result of the investigation and stated categorically that there is no second chamber... [Read more...]( Beyond a Fighting Game: Unmasking the Origins of Mortal Kombat Mythology [infant-dna]( The “Mortal Kombat” franchise is based on a vast mythology. It is not just invented legends but actually sourced from various world mythologies as well. This article will take a look at elements from real myths and present the most relevant aspects which appear in Mortal Kombat. Mortal Kombat brings forth the idea of a multitude of realms. The representatives of each realm have to battle combatants from Outworld who want to capture and subdue all other realms in existence. In Mortal Kombat, Earth Realm is regarded as the ultimate prize, as it is the “jewel of the Universe”... [Read more...]( [FindUs_small...]( [FindUs_small...]( [FindUs_small...]( [FindUs_small...]( [FindUs_small...]( [FindUs_small...]( [FindUs_small...]( [FindUs_small...]( You Might Like [image?cs_ema...]( [image?cs_ema...]( [image?cs_ema...]( [image?cs_ema...]( [image?cs_ema...]( [image?cs_ema...]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( You have received this email because you have subscribed to [Ancient-Origins.net](. 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