No one knows what this ancient script says. Now there’s a $1 million prize to crack the code
For 150 years, people have tried to decipher mysterious symbols written by an advanced civilization believed to rival ancient ...
Jewelers Spotlight Fish in Their Designs
The intriguing shapes and colors of sea creatures are turning up in gold and silver, diamonds and aquamarines. Ancient ...
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No one knows what this ancient script says. Now there’s a $1 million prize to crack the code
If deciphered, the script could offer a glimpse into a Bronze Age civilization believed to rival ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia ... so Indus symbols that look like fish might represent gods.
You Can Win $1 Million If You Decode 4,000-Year-Old Indus Valley Script Mystery
MK Stalin, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, announced a $1 million reward in January for anyone who can successfully decode ...
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Decoding the Indus Script: Politics, progress, and puzzles
M.K. Stalin has announced a $1 million prize to decipher the enigmatic Indus Valley script. Scholars believe the script, ...
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On the Origin of the Pork Taboo
With the growth of the world’s first urban areas, starting in southern Mesopotamia around 3500 ... and other animals,” he says. Fish without scales, rock badgers, and certain birds were ...
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Love and the Goddess
She remained the symbol of fertility ... And so it is in the agricultural world of ancient Mesopotamia, the Egyptian Nile, but also in the earlier planting culture systems, that the goddess ...
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Following your senses in Oman: the beauty of the Frankincense trail
“It is a traditional welcome,” says Khalid, “just like you would receive in every local Omani home – an age-old symbol of hospitality ... in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, and in ...