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The best Ancient Origins articles for this week. Enjoy! [View web version]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Nine Parts of the Human Soul According to the Ancient Egyptians The idea of the human soul has fascinated humankind for thousands of years. Cultures around the world have sought to explain the soul or spirit in a wide and fascinating variety of ways. The soul is often an important aspect of religion and is closely tied to the afterlife, reincarnation, and spiritual realms . This means the concept of the soul is integral to many belief systems and that in many cases the descriptions and explanations of the soul are lengthy and complex. For the religious and non-religious alike the soul remains a symbol of self... [Read more...]( Norman Artifacts Indicate Long-lost Monastery Has Been Found in Ireland --------------------------------------------------------------- In Ireland a long-lost 13 th century monastery has been found along with a large number of medieval artifacts. Monastic farms and other buildings that belonged to French and Norman monks who had settled in Ireland were unearthed... [Read more...]( Ancient Celtic Woman Emerges from Zurich Tree Coffin In Elegant Dress --------------------------------------------------------------- 2,200 years ago an Iron Age woman was buried in what is today Zurich and in her 'Tree Coffin’ she was dressed and draped for a ball…in the afterlife. The ancient Celtic woman’s remains were excavated in March 2017 during a construction... [Read more...]( Suggested Weekly Video [AFRICAN GOLD | The story of Mansa Musa, the Richest Man In History]( SARGON OF AKKAD: The Rise and Fall of An Empire World’s First Human-Monkey Hybrid Created In China A team of American and Spanish scientists relocated to China to jump European laws and they have created the world’s first human-monkey embryo, in the next step in the controversial breeding of animals for the human organs program. Notes on ‘animal testing’ appear in 4th and 3rd centuries BC writings of the ancient Greeks and Galen was a 2nd-century Roman physician who dissected pigs and goats, and thus is known as the “Father of Vivisection”. Then, in 12th-century Moorish Spain the Arabic physician, surgeon, and poet Ibn Zuhr... [Read more...]( 9 Ancient Physicians and Legendary Healers that Changed Medicine Forever --------------------------------------------------------------- Most people have heard of the eminent physician Hippocrates and his famous oath. But far fewer know of Shennong, Avicenna, and Andreas Vesalius – some of the lesser-known figures to have transformed the face of ancient... [Read more...]( Rare Stone Steles With Unknown Figures Found At Neolithic Site in Switzerland --------------------------------------------------------------- A remarkable series of standing stones have been found near one of the most important Neolithic sites in Switzerland, and indeed in the entire Alpine region of Europe. The unearthed stones are casting more light on the Late Stone Age... [Read more...]( Touching 4,000-Year-Old Royal Double Burial Found in Kazakhstan Archaeologists working in a desolate and remote area of the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan have made a remarkable discovery. They found the remains of an adolescent couple from 4000 years ago in a grave that had a treasure trove of gold and bronze burial goods. The couple was found in a graveyard that is providing insights into a rich and sophisticated culture that thrived in the region during the Bronze Age. The astonishing burial was made in the remote and inhospitable Karaganda region in Kazakhstan. This was once popularly known as the “middle of nowhere” and was... [Read more...]( Who Were the Mysterious Neolithic People That Enabled the Rise of Ancient Egypt? --------------------------------------------------------------- To many, ancient Egypt is synonymous with the pharaohs and pyramids of the Dynastic period starting about 3,100 BC. Yet long before that, about 9,300 - 4,000 BC, enigmatic Neolithic peoples flourished. Indeed, it was the lifestyles and cultural innovations... [Read more...]( The Peloponnesian War: Intrigues and Conquests in Ancient Greece --------------------------------------------------------------- When speaking of ancient Greece, most of us tend to think of their sprawling city states, iconic classical culture, philosophers, and myths – and rightly so. Classical Greece was certainly a civilization like no other – well ahead of its time. But under the surface of such highly developed cultures, conflict brews... [Read more...]( Rare Ancient Buddhist Text Discovered In Doomed Temple Super-Complex Near Kabul Archaeologists in Afghanistan have discovered exceptionally rare pieces of an ancient Buddhist manuscript dated to around the seventh century AD at an ancient settlement near Kabul. In the spring of 1963, a French geologist set out from Kabul to survey a large outcrop of copper-bearing strata in the mountains above the village of Mes Aynak, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Kabul in Logar province in eastern Afghanistan. There, he discovered a vast religious settlement occupied between the third and seventh centuries located at a key location on the famed... [Read more...]( You Might Like [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Copyright 2019 Ancient Origins - Stella Novus Limited, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to our newsletter list. If you do not wish to receive our newsletter emails in the future, please unsubscribe here. 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