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Our August meeting (Sunday 3rd, ONLINE via Zoom) will feature Dr Jacquelyn Williamson giving a talk on "Nefertiti's Sun Temple: Queenship and Death at Amarna".

Nefertiti's Sun Temple, called a "Sunshade of Re," is a fascinating puzzle. Although partially destroyed in antiquity, enough remains of its decoration to ask, and sometimes answer, new questions about the Amarna Period of ancient Egypt (1/3)

AO THROWBACK - On October 9 1929 a German theologian named Gustav Adolf Deissmann was cataloguing items in the Topkapi Palace library in Istanbul when he happened across a curious parchment located among some disregarded material.
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Archaeologists generally regard Mesopotamia as "the beginning of civilization" but shocking new evidence that defies comprehension clearly suggests that highly advanced civilizations existed in pre-history.
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shop.ancient-origins.netAncient Origins: Artifacts and Anomalies  

AO THROWBACK - China's enigmatic Baigong Pipes were a mystery. Nestled in a cave near Mount Baigong 150 000-year-old iron pipes lead to a salt-water lake. What could explain this seemingly out of place phenomenon?
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