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Ancient Libraries and Archaeology

Ancient Libraries, scrolls, alphabets and other collections of knowledge in the ancient world. Places and buildings being uncovered by Archaeology. Also includes OOP artifacts. OOP means Out Of Place. Things like the Antikythera Mechanism, the Baghdad Batteries and the Flying Machines on stone walls in India and Egypt.
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Queen Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple El Deir ElBahary, Luxor West Egypt
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Aztec Civilization
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Reading Quotes
Book Magic
Library Of Alexandria
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What would the world be like if the Library of Alexandria had not burned down? What treasures did it contain that would have inspired us today?
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Creative Jobs :: Careers for Graphic Designers, Copywriters, Social Media Managers, Proof Readers and More.
What does library science teach?
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Flynn Carsen
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Ancient Library
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The Librarian
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Baywatch
11 Of The Coolest Librarians From Pop Culture, Because Not Every Librarian Is Like the One From Your High School
11 Of The Coolest Librarians From Pop Culture, Because Not Every Librarian Is Like the One From Your High School | Bustle
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Egyptian Mummies
Ancient Egyptian Gods
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Roman Art
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Egyptian Gods
Ancient Rome
Ancient Romans
How lead-based Egyptian eye makeup was used to treat eye ailments ? - History of the Ancient World
Hypatia was a woman neoplatonist philosopher in Roman Egypt. She advised rulers; taught Christians, Jews, atheists, and followers of ancient Egyptian gods; and was killed by a Christian mob and dragged through the streets for "witchcraft." Her father was Theron. He was reputed to be the LAST Chief Librarian or Director of the Library of Alexandria!!! See the movie AGORA for her story!!!!
the library is the temple of learning and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history
Library Sayings
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Educational Infographic
Teaching With the Library of Congress: Visit the LOC online @ http://www.loc.gov/index.html ~ via Best Colleges Online, 1/10/13
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Library science 101 (infographic)
Library science 101 - this great #infographic explains what library science is, what librarians do, and why these services are important to communities.
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Library Of Celsus
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Inside Library of Celsus at Ephesus.The Library of Celsus is a Roman mausoleum and library built in the early 2nd century AD. As one of the most beautifully reconstructed buildings in Ephesus, it has become an icon of the ancient city.
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Greek History
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Ancient Athens
Classical Greece
Greek Language
Greek Culture
Iron Age
Greek Art
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Ostraka (c. 500 BCE) in The Spurlock Museum. Each year, the Athenians could choose to hold an ostracism. If so, citizens could scratch the names of those they wanted banished from the city on an "ostrakon" a broken piece of pottery recycled as a ballot, which they placed in urns. The one most often named would be "ostracised" from the city (for ten years).
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British History
Anglo Saxon
Saxon History
Anglo Saxon History
Sutton Hoo
Ancient Artefacts
Suffolk England
The British Museum
English History
Sutton Hoo
Ceremonial Mask of Sutton Hoo: Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, in Suffolk, England is the site of two 6th- and early 7th-century cemeteries. One contained an undisturbed ship burial including a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artifacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance, now held in the British Museum in London. by Malcolm Bott
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Helsinki
Ancient Underground City
Underground City
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Underground Cities
Red Tour
The More You Know
History Facts
Ancient Cities
8 Ruined Cities That Remain a Mystery to This Day
Derinkuyu, early Byzantine Empire, begun as early as 7th century BC, reached greatest size 500-1000 CE (5 stories deep, room for 20,000 + livestock, & more). Dug beneath homes into the soft sandy volcanic rock of the Turkish region of Cappadocia. Thrived during the middle ages, a model for surviving apocalypse. Massive rocks covered entrances, air shafts kept it ventilated. Eventually, long shafts connected with other underground cities. Sealed up after the 10th century, was reopened in 1969.
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Ancient Aliens
Ancient Sumer
Ancient Scripts
Ancient Sumerian
Ancient Writing
Ancient Languages
Ancient Near East
Ancient Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
The Earliest Autograph Signatures (Circa 3,100 BCE) A pictographic list of titles and professions in ancient Sumeria (top), with the scribe's signature on the reverse side (bottom.) Pictographic lexical lists written in ancient Sumerian pictographic script on clay tablets are the earliest literature known, and also the earliest known evidence of school and learning.
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Africa Travel
Ancient Ruins
Ancient Architecture
Ancient History
Meroe Sudan
Hidden Beauty
Libya
Ancient Civilizations
The Hidden Beauty Of El-bijrawia Pyramids In Meroe Sudan