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Pompeii is a preserved ancient Roman city that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, along with surrounding communities.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Pompeii

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Pompeii, Italy is located in Campania, which is located 14 miles from Naples. It was built on a spur formed by a prehistoric lava flow near the Sarnus River.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Pompeii

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"The town was excavated in the 19th and 20th century CE and due to its excellent state of preservation it has given an invaluable insight into the Roman world and may lay claim to being the richest archaeological site in the world in terms of the sheer volume of data available to scholars."

https://www.ancient.eu/pompeii/

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-Pompeii was settled in the Bronze Age.
-The rich volcanic soil made for great agriculture, specifically grapes and olives.
-Pompeii was favoured by Rome and had many large buildings.
-The population was estimated to be between 10,000-12,000, one third being slaves. Twice as many people would have lived in the surrounding areas on farms and villas.

https://www.ancient.eu/pompeii/

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Dionysiac frieze, Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii

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Dionysian Cult Cycle (?), Villa of Mysteries, before 79 C.E., fresco, Pompeii, Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

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Archaeologists that were excavating the site at Pompeii discovered air pockets that indicated human remains. They later decided to fill these air pockets with plaster and then carefully chip away the layers of ash- revealing the remains of the victims at the moment of their death.

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-The people of Pompeii did not know that the mountain (Mount Vesuvius) was a volcano about to erupt.
-Because the city was buried so quickly, archaeologists have been able to view a "snapshot" of Roman life (food, clothing, art, etc.).
-The remains of Pompeii are visited by over 2.6 million people per year.

http://www.aroundrometours.com/30-interesting-facts-about-pompeii-and-mount-vesuvius-art39-uid1.htm

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https://wanuskewin.com/our-story/archaeological/

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/archaeology/stonehenge/

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https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/414

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/archaeology/giza-pyramids/

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/archaeology/emperor-qin/

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https://www.stmuhistorymedia.org/oracle-bones/

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/world-heritage/petra-jordan/

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I have always woundered how they got there.

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because near by the stone hedge is another misery the hexagon shaped cliff rocks near by stone hedge so I wonder if they are connected in some way?

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"The Giza Pyramid was built to endure an eternity." The fourth- dynasty king, Sneferu 2686- 2667 B.C. along with the Egyptian Architecture, was first to create the shape of the pyramid. King Sneferu built three pyramids, but the first two that he built were a failure. The three of Giza's fame pyramids was built from about 2550 to 2490 B.C.
https://discoveringegypt.com/pyramids-temples-of-egypt/pyramids-of-giza/

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Stonehenge is a circle of large stones in England. It is estimated the building of this site started in about 3000 BC. While there is not proof to the exact location, many legends and stories have been formed around it.

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Stonehenge in southern England ranks among the world's most iconic archaeological sites and one of its greatest enigmas. The megalithic circle on Salisbury Plain inspires awe and fascination-but also intense debate some 4,600 years after it was built by ancient Britons who left no written record.

The monument's mysterious past has spawned countless tales and theories. According to folklore, Stonehenge was created by Merlin, the wizard of Arthurian legend, who magically transported the massive stones from Ireland, where giants had assembled them. Another legend says invading Danes put the stones up, and another theory says they were the ruins of a Roman temple. Modern-day interpretations are no less colorful: some argue that Stonehenge is a spacecraft landing area for aliens, and even more say it's a giant fertility symbol in the shape of female genitalia.

Archaeological investigation of the site dates back to the 1660s, when it was first surveyed by antiquarian John Aubrey. Aubrey wrongly credited Stonehenge to the much later Celts, believing it to be a religious center presided over by Druid priests.

Centuries of fieldwork since show the monument was more than a millennium in the making, starting out 5,000 years ago as a circular earthen bank and ditch. A complicated pattern of wooden posts was replaced in about 2600 B.C. by 80 dolerite bluestones from Wales that were rearranged at least three times once the larger sarsen stones were added several hundred years later. These huge sandstone blocks, each weighing around 25 tons, were transported some 19 miles (30 kilometers) to create a continuous outer circle with five trilithons (pairs of uprights with a lintel on top) forming a horseshoe within. It's been estimated that it took well over 20 million hours to construct Stonehenge.

Holy Site or Scientific Observatory?

Modern debate over the monument's meaning has two main camps: those who see it as a holy site, and others who believe it represents a scientific observatory. Both camps base their theories on the site's celestial influence, with alignments to the sun and moon taken as evidence of rituals linked to the changing seasons and the summer and winter solstices. Alternatively, alignments identified particularly with stars point to a megalithic calendar used for working out dates or to reflect or predict astronomical events such as solar eclipses.

Recently a radical new theory has emerged-that Stonehenge served as a "prehistoric Lourdes" where people came to be healed. This idea revolves around the smaller bluestones, which, researchers argue, must have been credited with magical powers for them to have been floated, dragged, and hauled 145 miles (233 kilometers) from west Wales. A team lead by Tim Darvill of Bournemouth University, U.K., announced in 2005 that it had located the quarry the bluestones came from, only for another study to suggest the stones had made the journey earlier, powered naturally by ice age glaciers. Excavations at Stonehenge co-directed by Darvill in 2008 bolstered the hypothesis, also based on a number of Bronze Age skeletons unearthed in the area that show signs of bone deformities.

Competing to solve the enduring prehistoric puzzle is Sheffield University's Mike Parker Pearson, co-leader of the Stonehenge Riverside Project, which is partly funded by the National Geographic Society. Discoveries by the project team supported Parker Pearson's claim that Stonehenge was a center for ancestor worship linked by the River Avon and two ceremonial avenues to a matching wooden circle at nearby Durrington Walls. The two circles with their temporary and permanent structures represented, respectively, the domains of the living and the dead, according to Parker Pearson.

"Stonehenge isn't a monument in isolation," he says. "It is actually one of a pair-one in stone, one in timber. The theory is that Stonehenge is a kind of spirit home to the ancestors."

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Scientists Try to Crack Stonehenge's Prehistoric Puzzles

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Stonehenge in southern England ranks among the world's most iconic archaeological sites and one of its greatest enigmas. The megalithic circle on Salisbury Plain inspires awe and fascination-but also intense debate some 4,600 years after it was built by ancient Britons who left no written record.

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Teotihuacan, Mexico is the "holy city". Teotihuacan  also means the place where gods were created.
Teotihuacan is famous for its variety of statues and memorials. The city is famous for The Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/414

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Wanuskewin is an archaeological site that is rich in site that tell the story of early life in the Opimihaw Creek Valley, with finds that archaeologist have founding dating back 6,000 years ago. Wanuskewin is the longest archaeological dig. Dr. Ernie Walker and his other researches have been finding treasures since 1970 and still continue today. The bold plan for this is that since the surrounding areas are expanded they have to figure out the best way to preserve and develop the land. "Wanuskewin Heritage Park Authority (WHPA) is a non-for-profit organization governed by twelve (12) Board of Directors that consists of both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal members." meaning all the donations and money given to them is put into the research and not given to any of the shareholders in the organization.
https://wanuskewin.com/our-story/future-plans/
https://wanuskewin.com/our-story/archaeological/

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"Wanuskewin heritage park is located one the Opimihaw creek upstream of the South Saskatchewan River just outside of Saskatoon. "

https://wanuskewin.com/our-story/archaeological/

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Stonehenge, England is located in Salisbury Plain, which is about 8 miles north of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

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Stonehenge | History, Location, Map, Meaning, & Facts

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Stonehenge, prehistoric stone circle monument, cemetery, and archaeological site located on Salisbury Plain, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. It was built in six stages between 3000 and 1520 BCE, during the transition from the Neolithic Period to the Bronze Age.

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The Pyramids at Giza are located in  Giza Plateau, near the modern city of Cairo.

"https://www.ancient.eu/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza/"

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-" The entrance of the tunnel was discovered in 2003 and its contents came to light after the archaeologists worked meticulously for nine years. "
-SInce its discorvery 50,000 relics have been uncoveredin the city
-" The relics found include jewellery, seeds, animal bones and pottery like their human figurines. "
-" The main excavations, performed by Professors Saburo Sugiyama of Aichi Prefectural University in Japan and Rubén Cabrera, a Mexican archaeologist "
-Decapitated animal and human bodies have been found buried within temples
-" Sergio Gomez has been working to access new parts of the complex, and has  reached the end of a tunnel that could hold a king's tomb. "
-The entire city has not yet been fully excavated
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-https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29828309
-https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/archaeology/teotihuacan/

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The Rose city are hand-hewn caves with temples and tombs carved from blushing pink sandstone in the high desert of Jordan. The rosy color of the rock is what give it it's name, 'Rose City'. A Civilization known as the Nabateans lived in the Rose City.

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the Petra Jordan is located in Israel.  the Petra Jordan is also called the rose city due to the color of the stone  it is one of the oldest metropolises in the world a guy named Swiss explorer discovered the Petra Jordan in 1812 . salt blowing from the dead sea is making the walls of the Petra Jordan solid and is slowly hampering the structures the Petra Jordan is one of the biggest attractions to Israel lots of movies have movie scene of them in front of the beautiful sight like the Indianan Jones. 

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the Petra Jordan is located in Israel.  the Petra Jordan is also called the rose city due to the color of the stone  it is one of the oldest metropolises in the world a guy named Swiss explorer discovered the Petra Jordan in 1812 . salt blowing from the dead sea is making the walls of the Petra Jordan solid and is slowly hampering the structures the Petra Jordan is one of the biggest attractions to Israel lots of movies have movie scene of them in front of the beautiful sight like the Indianan Jones. 

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https://ohfact.com/interesting-facts-about-petra/

https://www.northsouthtravel.com/10-interesting-facts-about-petra

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Shi Huangdi (also known as in personal name, Zhao Zheng.Ying Zheng) was born in 259 BCE in Qin state in northwestern China. He was the creator of the first unified Chinese empire.

When Zheng was 13 he was offered the throne in 246 BCE and was most likely to unite the rest of China under the rule of the Qin state. At the time Qin was known to be a barbarous country, but because of this, they were a strong country with great military and government.

When Zheng was emperor at the time, he continued the sacred titles of ruler (where they change their names as emperor) to Shi Huangdi which translates to "First Sovereign Emperor". When he was emperor, he wanted to make a proper civilization for the empire; he forced the aristocratic families to live in the capital (Xianyang), divided the country into 36 military districts and began ordering for constructions of roads, canals and fortresses.

Though he accomplished so much in his life, there was many attempts of assassination on him, and by 210, Shi Huangdi died and was buried in a gigantic funerary compound out of a mountain - where now the terracotta soldiers are now found.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shihuangdi

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Were positioned in relation to certain star constellations or certain stars.

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Teotihuacán is located 50 km north from Mexico city. It was built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D. It is the largest city in pre-Aztec central, Mexico. Its population is round 125,000-200,000 people.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/414
https://www.britannica.com/place/Teotihuacan

Map of Teotihuacan

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Oracle bones also know as dragon bones,  are pieces of ox scapula or turtle plastron, which were used for pyromancy, a method of telling the future using fire, in ancient China, mainly during the Shang dynasty.
They were used by the other dynasties but not as regular as the Shang.   These methods all declined when the book known as the I-Ching (a fortune-telling manual which uses hexagrams and yarrow sticks) became more popular in the Zhou Dynasty.

Inscriptions related how prosperous the Shang Dynasty was and how people spent their time, which all corroborate what the later historians wrote. Details like when cities were built, land cleared, businesses started, crops planted, types of animals/objects sold, places traveled to, areas traded with, marriages arranged, taxes paid, taxes raised, taxes not lowered, astronomical events, and the activities of the emperor's court such as specific hunting trips, tours of the kingdom, and appointments to positions all are recorded on the oracle bones.

https://www.stmuhistorymedia.org/oracle-bones/
https://www.ancient.eu/Oracle_Bones/

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"Wanuskewin strives to grow and develop as a center of excellence and a place for gathering, sharing and learning."
It is a place to meet people, share and learn new things through the histories and with each other.
https://wanuskewin.com/our-story/mission-values/

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Stonehenge was discovered in the 17th century, and Archaeologists began their theories in about 1660. When it was first found, there were many debates about its purpose. Since the 1970s, Geologists have been wondering how this came to be.

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Stonehenge's Multiphase Construction

Archaeologists believe England most iconic prehistoric ruin was built in several stages, with the earliest constructed 5,000 or more years ago. First, Neolithic Britons used primitive tools-possibly made from deer antlers-to dig a massive circular ditch and bank, or henge, on Salisbury Plain. Deep pits dating back to that era and located within the circle-known as Aubrey holes after John Aubrey, the 17th-century antiquarian who discovered them-may have once held a ring of timber posts, according to some scholars.

Did you know? In 1620, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, dug a large hole in the ground at the center of Stonehenge looking for buried treasure.

Several hundred years later, it is thought, Stonehenge's builders hoisted an estimated 80 non-indigenous bluestones, 43 of which remain today, into standing positions and placed them in either a horseshoe or circular formation.

During the third phase of construction, which took place around 2000 B.C., sarsen sandstone slabs were arranged into an outer crescent or ring; some were assembled into the iconic three-pieced structures called trilithons that stand tall in the center of Stonehenge. Some 50 sarsen stones are now visible on the site, which may once have contained many more. Radiocarbon dating suggests that work continued at Stonehenge until roughly 1600 B.C., with the bluestones in particularly being repositioned multiple times.

The Megaliths of Stonehenge

Stonehenge's sarsens, of which the largest weighs more than 40 tons and rises 24 feet, were likely sourced from quarries 25 miles north of Salisbury Plain and transported with the help of sledges and ropes; they may even have already been scattered in the immediate vicinity when the monument's Neolithic architects first broke ground there.

The smaller bluestones, on the other hand, have been traced all the way to the Preseli Hills in Wales, some 200 miles away from Stonehenge. How, then, did prehistoric builders without sophisticated tools or engineering haul these boulders, which weigh up to 4 tons, over such a great distance?

According to one longstanding theory, Stonehenge's builders fashioned sledges and rollers out of tree trunks to lug the bluestones from the Preseli Hills. They then transferred the boulders onto rafts and floated them first along the Welsh coast and then up the River Avon toward Salisbury Plain; alternatively, they may have towed each stone with a fleet of vessels. More recent hypotheses have them transporting the bluestones with supersized wicker baskets or a combination of ball bearings, long grooved planks and teams of oxen.

As early as the 1970s, geologists have been adding their voices to the debate over how Stonehenge came into being. Challenging the classic image of industrious Neolithic builders pushing, carting, rolling or hauling the craggy bluestones from faraway Wales, some scientists have suggested that glaciers, not humans, did most of the heavy lifting.

The globe is dotted with giant rocks known as glacial erratics that were carried over long distances by moving ice floes. Perhaps Stonehenge's mammoth slabs were snatched from the Preseli Hills by glaciers during one of the Ice Ages and deposited a stone's throw away-at least comparatively-from Salisbury Plain. Most archaeologists have remained cool toward the glacial theory, however, wondering how the forces of nature could possibly have delivered the exact number of stones needed to complete the circle.

Who Built Stonehenge?

According to the 12th-century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose tale of King Arthur and mythical account of English history were considered factual well into the Middle Ages, Stonehenge is the handiwork of the wizard Merlin. In the mid-fifth century, the story goes, hundreds of British nobles were slaughtered by the Saxons and buried on Salisbury Plain.

Hoping to erect a memorial to his fallen subjects, King Aureoles Ambrosias sent an army to Ireland to retrieve a stone circle known as the Giants' Ring, which ancient giants had built from magical African bluestones. The soldiers successfully defeated the Irish but failed to move the stones, so Merlin used his sorcery to spirit them across the sea and arrange them above the mass grave. Legend has it that Ambrosias and his brother Uther, King Arthur's father, are buried there as well.

While many believed Monmouth's account to be the true story of Stonehenge's creation for centuries, the monument's construction predates Merlin-or, at least, the real-life figures who are said to have inspired him-by several thousand years. Other early hypotheses attributed its building to the Saxons, Danes, Romans, Greeks or Egyptians.

In the 17th century, archaeologist John Aubrey made the claim that Stonehenge was the work of the Celtic high priests known as the Druids, a theory widely popularized by the antiquarian William Stukeley, who had unearthed primitive graves at the site. Even today, people who identify as modern Druids continue to gather at Stonehenge for the summer solstice. However, in the mid-20th century, radiocarbon dating demonstrated that Stonehenge stood more than 1,000 years before the Celts inhabited the region, eliminating the ancient Druids from the running.

Many modern historians and archaeologists now agree that several distinct tribes of people contributed to Stonehenge, each undertaking a different phase of its construction. Bones, tools and other artifacts found on the site seem to support this hypothesis. The first stage was achieved by Neolithic agrarians who were likely indigenous to the British Isles. Later, it is believed, groups with advanced tools and a more communal way of life left their stamp on the site. Some have suggested that they were immigrants from the European continent, but many scientists think they were native Britons descended from the original builders.

Stonehenge's Function and Significance

If the facts surrounding the architects and construction of Stonehenge remain shadowy at best, the purpose of the arresting monument is even more of a mystery. While historians agree that it was a place of great importance for over 1,000 years, we may never know what drew early Britons to Salisbury Plain and inspired them to continue developing it.

There is strong archaeological evidence that Stonehenge was used as a burial site, at least for part of its long history, but most scholars believe it served other functions as well-either as a ceremonial site, a religious pilgrimage destination, a final resting place for royalty or a memorial erected to honor and perhaps spiritually connect with distant ancestors.

In the 1960s, the astronomer Gerald Hawkins suggested that the cluster of megalithic stones operated as an astronomical calendar, with different points corresponding to astrological phenomena such as solstices, equinoxes and eclipses. While his theory has received quite a bit of attention over the years, critics maintain that Stonehenge's builders probably lacked the knowledge necessary to predict such events or that England's dense cloud cover would have obscured their view of the skies.

More recently, signs of illness and injury in the human remains unearthed at Stonehenge led a group of British archaeologists to speculate that it was considered a place of healing, perhaps because bluestones were thought to have curative powers.

Stonehenge Today

One of the most famous and recognizable sites in the world, Stonehenge draws more than 800,000 tourists a year, many of whom also visit the region's numerous other Neolithic and Bronze Age marvels. In 1986 Stonehenge was added to UNESCO's register of World Heritage sites in a co-listing with Avebury, a Neolithic henge located 17 miles away that is older and larger than its more famous neighbor.

Stonehenge has undergone several restorations over the years, and some of its boulders have been set in concrete to prevent collapse. Meanwhile, archaeological excavations and development of the surrounding area to facilitate tourism have turned up other significant sites nearby, including other henges.

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Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument that took Neolithic builders an estimated 1,500 years to erect. Located in southern England, it is comprised of roughly 100 massive upright stones placed in a circular layout.

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They were used during the Shang Dynasty in ancient China, from 1600 BCE.  They are still being discovered in the Zhōuyuán, the original location of the Zhou.

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The Romans came and

invaded  in 106 A.D., and  forced the Nabateans to surrender. The Roman Empire annexed and gained territory and changed its name to Arabia Petraea.

They continued to rule over the city for more than 250 years until the middle of the fourth century A.D., when an earthquake destroyed a lot of buildings. The Byzantines eventually took control of the region, and governed Petra for some 300 years.
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-middle-east/petra

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Indigenous people way of life evolved to suit their unique environment." They were nomadic hunter gatherer peoples"
http://www.earthscapeplay.com/project/wanuskewin-heritage-park-interpretive-playground/

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During the 1800s Chinese villagers dug up some of these bone and used them for what they called "dragon bones''. Which was a traditional way of medicine where they would grind up fossils from thousands of years ago into tonics or poultices.

https://www.ancient.eu/Oracle_Bones

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Khufu's son (Khafre) is the one who started the project, and its meant to prepare for the next generations to the Gods. It was built for 20 years and about 100,000 slaves worked on it.

"https://discoveringegypt.com/pyramids-temples-of-egypt/pyramids-of-giza/"

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The Nabateans were very wealthy and skilled traders. Their wealth grew from the lucrative incense trade. The location of their cite surrounded by mountains kept them hidden from being discovered by outsiders for centuries. "Nonetheless, the Nabateans continued to prosper for a while. King Aretas IV, who ruled from 9 BCE to 40 CE, built a chain of settlements along the caravan routes to develop the prosperous incense trade"
http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/his_nabateans.html

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- used as a method of telling the future using fire, aka pyromancy.
- Were discovered by past Chinese civilizations, who would rebury them.
- Found in the 1800s by Chinese villagers, who referred to them as "dragon bones" and used them to treat malaria and knife wounds after being ground up into a powder and mixed with other animal bones
- would be used as a way of fortune telling, diviners would as Chinese deities about the future and the questions were carved onto bone or shell.  This was done in a oracle bone script using a sharp tool and blood.  Name of diviner and date were also added. Then, heat was applied with a metal rod and they would record the cracks that they used to predict the future.
- Bear earliest known Chinese writing.
- Still being discovered in  Zhōuyuán.

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Found in the underground tomb were thousands of clay soldiers. Each with their own unique facial expressions and weapons. Their purpose was to accompany the first emperor of China (Qin Shi Huang) to the after life. Along with the clay soldiers they also found fine vessels, rare and valuable stones, and  models of palaces, pavilions, and offices. Although the discovery of the tomb  was one of the greatest archeologist discoveries, a lot of it remains unexplored. According to ancient writings that Qin Shi Huang was obsessed with trying to live forever.

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The tomb of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, despite being involved in one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all times, endures as a mystery to archaeologists and historians as it remains largely sealed up and unexplored. The strange and deadly history of the tomb and its contents was sealed within and buried beneath vegetation for thousands of years.

The two decades following 218 BC was a period of instability in the Mediterranean as the Roman Republic went to war with the Carthaginians. In the Far East, by contrast, this period was relatively stable, as a unified China emerged from the chaos of the Warring States Period. Qin Shi Huang was the man responsible for uniting the seven warring states to form the first imperial dynasty of China. The first emperor of China was as obsessed with life as he was with the afterlife. Whilst occupied with the search for the elixir of immortality, Qin Shi Huang was also busy building his tomb.

A 2017 study of ancient texts written on thousands of wooden slats reveals the extent of the emperor's power and his desire to live forever. The artifact includes an executive order from Emperor Qin Shi Huang for a nationwide hunt for the elixir of life and also the replies from local governments. One village, called "Duxiang", reported that no miraculous potion had been found there yet but assured the emperor that they would continue to search. Another place, "Langya," claimed to have found an herb on an "auspicious local mountain," which could do the job.

As a matter of fact, the construction of the emperor's tomb began long before Qin Shi Huang became the first Chinese emperor. When Qin Shi Huang was 13 years old, he ascended the throne of Qin, and immediately began building his eternal resting place. It was only in 221 BC, however, when Qin Shi Huang successfully unified China that full-scale construction would begin, as he then commanded manpower totaling 700,000 from across the country. The tomb, located in Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, took over 38 years to complete, and was only finished several years after his death.
Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. (Public Domain) Painted portrait of historian Sima Qian, ( Public Domain) Tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang is covered by vegetation and resembles a hill. ) Terracotta Warriors and Horses, is a collection of sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. Xi'an, China. (Aneta Ribarska/ Numerous elaborate artifacts have been recovered around the site, such as this chariot and horses found outside of the tomb mound. (Tomasz Sienicki/ ) Top Image: Artist's reconstruction of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. Source: China.org.cn )
An account of the construction of Qin Shi Huang's tomb and its description can be found in the Records of the Grand Historian, which was written by the Han dynasty historian, Sima Qian. According to this source, Qin Shi Huang's tomb contained 'palaces and scenic towers for a hundred officials', as well as numerous rare artifacts and treasures. In addition, the two major rivers of China, the Yangtze and the Yellow River, were simulated in the tomb using mercury. The rivers were also set mechanically to flow into the great sea. Whilst the rivers and other features of the land were represented on the floor of the tomb, its ceiling was decorated with the heavenly constellations. Thus, Qin Shi Huang could continue to rule over his empire even in the afterlife. To protect the tomb, the emperor's craftsmen were instructed to make traps which would fire arrows at anyone who entered the tomb.

Qin Shi Huang's funeral was conducted by his son, who ordered the death of any concubines of the late emperor who did not have sons. This was done in order to provide company for Qin Shi Huang in the afterlife. When the funerary ceremonies were over, the inner passageway was blocked, and the outer gate was lowered, so as to trap all the craftsmen in the tomb. This was to ensure that the workings of the mechanical traps and the knowledge of the tomb's treasures would not be divulged. Finally, plants and vegetation were planted on the tomb so it resembled a hill.

Although a written record regarding Qin Shi Huang's tomb was already in existence roughly a century after the emperor's death, it was only re-discovered in the 20th century (whether the tomb has been robbed in the past, however, is unknown). In 1974, a group of farmers digging wells in Lintong County dug up a life-size terracotta warrior from the ground. This was the beginning of one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all times. Over the last four decades, about 2000 terracotta warriors have been uncovered. It is estimated, however, that a total of between 6000 and 8000 of these warriors were buried with Qin Shi Huang. Furthermore, the terracotta army is but the tip of the iceberg, as the emperor's tomb itself remains unexcavated.

It is unlikely that the tomb of Qin Shi Huang will be opened any time soon. For a start, there are the tomb's booby traps, as mentioned by Sima Qian. Despite being over two millennia old, it has been argued that they would still function as effectively as the day they were installed. Furthermore, the presence of mercury would be incredibly deadly to anyone who entered the tomb without appropriate protection. Most importantly, however, is the fact that our technology at present would not be adequate to deal with the sheer scale of the underground complex and the preservation of the excavated artifacts. As a case in point, the terracotta warriors were once brightly painted, though exposure to the air and sunlight caused the paint to flake off almost immediately. Until further technological advancements have been made, it is unlikely that archaeologists will risk opening the tomb of the first emperor of China.

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Moskowitz, C., 2012. The Secret Tomb of China's 1st Emperor: Will We Ever See Inside?. [Online]
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Available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2189908/Some-things-best-left-untouched-Why-Chinese-ignoring-best-secret-tomb.html

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Qin tomb, major Chinese archaeological site near the ancient capital city of Chang'an, Shaanxi sheng (province), China, now near the modern city of Xi'an. It is the burial place of the first sovereign emperor, Shihuangdi of the Qin dynasty (221-207 bce), who unified the empire, began construction of the Great Wall of China, and prepared for death by constructing a 20-square-mile (50-square-km) funerary compound, the treasures of which began to come to light only some 2,100 years after his death.

In March 1974 a work brigade of farmers drilling a well discovered a subterranean chamber that archaeologists later found contained an army of some 8,000 life-size, terra-cotta soldiers (assembled from separately fired sections but given individually detailed faces) and horses, along with richly adorned chariots of wood (now disintegrated) and of bronze; iron farm implements; bronze and leather bridles; objects of silk, linen, jade, and bone; and such weapons as bows and arrows, spears, and swords, cast from an unusual 13-element alloy, which are still shiny and sharp today. The terra-cotta figures, once brightly painted with mineral colours, were grouped into a specific military formation-a configuration of vanguard bowmen and crossbowmen, outer files of archers, groups of infantrymen and charioteers, and an armoured rear guard-that followed the military prescriptions of the time. Three nearby chambers-one holding more than 1,300 ceramic figures representing a smaller, complementary force of foot soldiers, chariots, and cavalry, one with 68 members of what probably represents an elite command unit, and one that is empty-were also discovered in the 1970s. Buried above and around many of the broken figures are the remnants of timber roofing, which may have collapsed because of a fire shortly after the emperor's death. These four so-called Xi'an digs are covered with protective roofing and, even as the archaeologists' work proceeds, serve as the unique in-site Museum of Qin Figures; a new exhibit hall was opened above one of the pits in 1994.

The buried army faces east, poised for battle, about three-quarters of a mile from the outer wall of the tomb proper, guarding it from Shihuangdi's chief former adversaries, who had come from that direction. In pits nearby have been found the remains of seven humans (possibly the emperor's children), a subterranean stable filled with horse skeletons, an assemblage of half-size bronze chariots, 70 individual burial sites, a zoo for exotic animals, and other artifacts.

The tomb itself, which may have been looted shortly after its completion, remains unexcavated. It lies within an inner wall and beneath a four-sided pyramid mound that was originally landscaped to appear as a low, wooded mountain. The interior is reputedly a vast underground palace that took about 700,000 conscripted workmen more than 36 years to complete. The historian Sima Qian ( c. 145- c. 87 bce) wrote:

The labourers dug through three subterranean streams, which they sealed off with bronze to construct the burial chamber. They built models of palaces, pavilions, and offices and filled the tomb with fine vessels, precious stones, and rarities. Artisans were ordered to install mechanically triggered crossbows set to shoot any intruder. With quicksilver the various waterways of the empire, the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, and even the great ocean itself were created and made to flow and circulate mechanically. With shining pearls the heavenly constellations were depicted above, and with figures of birds in gold and silver and of pine trees carved of jade the earth was laid out below. Lamps were fueled with whale oil so that they might burn for the longest possible time.

The compound was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987. Archaeological excavations on the site continued into the 21st century, and archaeologists anticipated that it would take years to unearth the entire tomb complex.

The region surrounding the Qin tomb holds the mausoleums of several other ancient Chinese rulers, including those of Taizong, second emperor (626-649 ce) of the Tang dynasty, and the Han emperor Wudi (141-87 bce).

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Stonehenge's Multiphase Construction

Archaeologists believe England most iconic prehistoric ruin was built in several stages, with the earliest constructed 5,000 or more years ago. First, Neolithic Britons used primitive tools-possibly made from deer antlers-to dig a massive circular ditch and bank, or henge, on Salisbury Plain. Deep pits dating back to that era and located within the circle-known as Aubrey holes after John Aubrey, the 17th-century antiquarian who discovered them-may have once held a ring of timber posts, according to some scholars.

Did you know? In 1620, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, dug a large hole in the ground at the center of Stonehenge looking for buried treasure.

Several hundred years later, it is thought, Stonehenge's builders hoisted an estimated 80 non-indigenous bluestones, 43 of which remain today, into standing positions and placed them in either a horseshoe or circular formation.

During the third phase of construction, which took place around 2000 B.C., sarsen sandstone slabs were arranged into an outer crescent or ring; some were assembled into the iconic three-pieced structures called trilithons that stand tall in the center of Stonehenge. Some 50 sarsen stones are now visible on the site, which may once have contained many more. Radiocarbon dating suggests that work continued at Stonehenge until roughly 1600 B.C., with the bluestones in particularly being repositioned multiple times.

The Megaliths of Stonehenge

Stonehenge's sarsens, of which the largest weighs more than 40 tons and rises 24 feet, were likely sourced from quarries 25 miles north of Salisbury Plain and transported with the help of sledges and ropes; they may even have already been scattered in the immediate vicinity when the monument's Neolithic architects first broke ground there.

The smaller bluestones, on the other hand, have been traced all the way to the Preseli Hills in Wales, some 200 miles away from Stonehenge. How, then, did prehistoric builders without sophisticated tools or engineering haul these boulders, which weigh up to 4 tons, over such a great distance?

According to one longstanding theory, Stonehenge's builders fashioned sledges and rollers out of tree trunks to lug the bluestones from the Preseli Hills. They then transferred the boulders onto rafts and floated them first along the Welsh coast and then up the River Avon toward Salisbury Plain; alternatively, they may have towed each stone with a fleet of vessels. More recent hypotheses have them transporting the bluestones with supersized wicker baskets or a combination of ball bearings, long grooved planks and teams of oxen.

As early as the 1970s, geologists have been adding their voices to the debate over how Stonehenge came into being. Challenging the classic image of industrious Neolithic builders pushing, carting, rolling or hauling the craggy bluestones from faraway Wales, some scientists have suggested that glaciers, not humans, did most of the heavy lifting.

The globe is dotted with giant rocks known as glacial erratics that were carried over long distances by moving ice floes. Perhaps Stonehenge's mammoth slabs were snatched from the Preseli Hills by glaciers during one of the Ice Ages and deposited a stone's throw away-at least comparatively-from Salisbury Plain. Most archaeologists have remained cool toward the glacial theory, however, wondering how the forces of nature could possibly have delivered the exact number of stones needed to complete the circle.

Who Built Stonehenge?

According to the 12th-century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose tale of King Arthur and mythical account of English history were considered factual well into the Middle Ages, Stonehenge is the handiwork of the wizard Merlin. In the mid-fifth century, the story goes, hundreds of British nobles were slaughtered by the Saxons and buried on Salisbury Plain.

Hoping to erect a memorial to his fallen subjects, King Aureoles Ambrosias sent an army to Ireland to retrieve a stone circle known as the Giants' Ring, which ancient giants had built from magical African bluestones. The soldiers successfully defeated the Irish but failed to move the stones, so Merlin used his sorcery to spirit them across the sea and arrange them above the mass grave. Legend has it that Ambrosias and his brother Uther, King Arthur's father, are buried there as well.

While many believed Monmouth's account to be the true story of Stonehenge's creation for centuries, the monument's construction predates Merlin-or, at least, the real-life figures who are said to have inspired him-by several thousand years. Other early hypotheses attributed its building to the Saxons, Danes, Romans, Greeks or Egyptians.

In the 17th century, archaeologist John Aubrey made the claim that Stonehenge was the work of the Celtic high priests known as the Druids, a theory widely popularized by the antiquarian William Stukeley, who had unearthed primitive graves at the site. Even today, people who identify as modern Druids continue to gather at Stonehenge for the summer solstice. However, in the mid-20th century, radiocarbon dating demonstrated that Stonehenge stood more than 1,000 years before the Celts inhabited the region, eliminating the ancient Druids from the running.

Many modern historians and archaeologists now agree that several distinct tribes of people contributed to Stonehenge, each undertaking a different phase of its construction. Bones, tools and other artifacts found on the site seem to support this hypothesis. The first stage was achieved by Neolithic agrarians who were likely indigenous to the British Isles. Later, it is believed, groups with advanced tools and a more communal way of life left their stamp on the site. Some have suggested that they were immigrants from the European continent, but many scientists think they were native Britons descended from the original builders.

Stonehenge's Function and Significance

If the facts surrounding the architects and construction of Stonehenge remain shadowy at best, the purpose of the arresting monument is even more of a mystery. While historians agree that it was a place of great importance for over 1,000 years, we may never know what drew early Britons to Salisbury Plain and inspired them to continue developing it.

There is strong archaeological evidence that Stonehenge was used as a burial site, at least for part of its long history, but most scholars believe it served other functions as well-either as a ceremonial site, a religious pilgrimage destination, a final resting place for royalty or a memorial erected to honor and perhaps spiritually connect with distant ancestors.

In the 1960s, the astronomer Gerald Hawkins suggested that the cluster of megalithic stones operated as an astronomical calendar, with different points corresponding to astrological phenomena such as solstices, equinoxes and eclipses. While his theory has received quite a bit of attention over the years, critics maintain that Stonehenge's builders probably lacked the knowledge necessary to predict such events or that England's dense cloud cover would have obscured their view of the skies.

More recently, signs of illness and injury in the human remains unearthed at Stonehenge led a group of British archaeologists to speculate that it was considered a place of healing, perhaps because bluestones were thought to have curative powers.

Stonehenge Today

One of the most famous and recognizable sites in the world, Stonehenge draws more than 800,000 tourists a year, many of whom also visit the region's numerous other Neolithic and Bronze Age marvels. In 1986 Stonehenge was added to UNESCO's register of World Heritage sites in a co-listing with Avebury, a Neolithic henge located 17 miles away that is older and larger than its more famous neighbor.

Stonehenge has undergone several restorations over the years, and some of its boulders have been set in concrete to prevent collapse. Meanwhile, archaeological excavations and development of the surrounding area to facilitate tourism have turned up other significant sites nearby, including other henges.

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Stonehenge's Multiphase Construction

Archaeologists believe England most iconic prehistoric ruin was built in several stages, with the earliest constructed 5,000 or more years ago. First, Neolithic Britons used primitive tools-possibly made from deer antlers-to dig a massive circular ditch and bank, or henge, on Salisbury Plain. Deep pits dating back to that era and located within the circle-known as Aubrey holes after John Aubrey, the 17th-century antiquarian who discovered them-may have once held a ring of timber posts, according to some scholars.

Did you know? In 1620, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, dug a large hole in the ground at the center of Stonehenge looking for buried treasure.

Several hundred years later, it is thought, Stonehenge's builders hoisted an estimated 80 non-indigenous bluestones, 43 of which remain today, into standing positions and placed them in either a horseshoe or circular formation.

During the third phase of construction, which took place around 2000 B.C., sarsen sandstone slabs were arranged into an outer crescent or ring; some were assembled into the iconic three-pieced structures called trilithons that stand tall in the center of Stonehenge. Some 50 sarsen stones are now visible on the site, which may once have contained many more. Radiocarbon dating suggests that work continued at Stonehenge until roughly 1600 B.C., with the bluestones in particularly being repositioned multiple times.

The Megaliths of Stonehenge

Stonehenge's sarsens, of which the largest weighs more than 40 tons and rises 24 feet, were likely sourced from quarries 25 miles north of Salisbury Plain and transported with the help of sledges and ropes; they may even have already been scattered in the immediate vicinity when the monument's Neolithic architects first broke ground there.

The smaller bluestones, on the other hand, have been traced all the way to the Preseli Hills in Wales, some 200 miles away from Stonehenge. How, then, did prehistoric builders without sophisticated tools or engineering haul these boulders, which weigh up to 4 tons, over such a great distance?

According to one longstanding theory, Stonehenge's builders fashioned sledges and rollers out of tree trunks to lug the bluestones from the Preseli Hills. They then transferred the boulders onto rafts and floated them first along the Welsh coast and then up the River Avon toward Salisbury Plain; alternatively, they may have towed each stone with a fleet of vessels. More recent hypotheses have them transporting the bluestones with supersized wicker baskets or a combination of ball bearings, long grooved planks and teams of oxen.

As early as the 1970s, geologists have been adding their voices to the debate over how Stonehenge came into being. Challenging the classic image of industrious Neolithic builders pushing, carting, rolling or hauling the craggy bluestones from faraway Wales, some scientists have suggested that glaciers, not humans, did most of the heavy lifting.

The globe is dotted with giant rocks known as glacial erratics that were carried over long distances by moving ice floes. Perhaps Stonehenge's mammoth slabs were snatched from the Preseli Hills by glaciers during one of the Ice Ages and deposited a stone's throw away-at least comparatively-from Salisbury Plain. Most archaeologists have remained cool toward the glacial theory, however, wondering how the forces of nature could possibly have delivered the exact number of stones needed to complete the circle.

Who Built Stonehenge?

According to the 12th-century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose tale of King Arthur and mythical account of English history were considered factual well into the Middle Ages, Stonehenge is the handiwork of the wizard Merlin. In the mid-fifth century, the story goes, hundreds of British nobles were slaughtered by the Saxons and buried on Salisbury Plain.

Hoping to erect a memorial to his fallen subjects, King Aureoles Ambrosias sent an army to Ireland to retrieve a stone circle known as the Giants' Ring, which ancient giants had built from magical African bluestones. The soldiers successfully defeated the Irish but failed to move the stones, so Merlin used his sorcery to spirit them across the sea and arrange them above the mass grave. Legend has it that Ambrosias and his brother Uther, King Arthur's father, are buried there as well.

While many believed Monmouth's account to be the true story of Stonehenge's creation for centuries, the monument's construction predates Merlin-or, at least, the real-life figures who are said to have inspired him-by several thousand years. Other early hypotheses attributed its building to the Saxons, Danes, Romans, Greeks or Egyptians.

In the 17th century, archaeologist John Aubrey made the claim that Stonehenge was the work of the Celtic high priests known as the Druids, a theory widely popularized by the antiquarian William Stukeley, who had unearthed primitive graves at the site. Even today, people who identify as modern Druids continue to gather at Stonehenge for the summer solstice. However, in the mid-20th century, radiocarbon dating demonstrated that Stonehenge stood more than 1,000 years before the Celts inhabited the region, eliminating the ancient Druids from the running.

Many modern historians and archaeologists now agree that several distinct tribes of people contributed to Stonehenge, each undertaking a different phase of its construction. Bones, tools and other artifacts found on the site seem to support this hypothesis. The first stage was achieved by Neolithic agrarians who were likely indigenous to the British Isles. Later, it is believed, groups with advanced tools and a more communal way of life left their stamp on the site. Some have suggested that they were immigrants from the European continent, but many scientists think they were native Britons descended from the original builders.

Stonehenge's Function and Significance

If the facts surrounding the architects and construction of Stonehenge remain shadowy at best, the purpose of the arresting monument is even more of a mystery. While historians agree that it was a place of great importance for over 1,000 years, we may never know what drew early Britons to Salisbury Plain and inspired them to continue developing it.

There is strong archaeological evidence that Stonehenge was used as a burial site, at least for part of its long history, but most scholars believe it served other functions as well-either as a ceremonial site, a religious pilgrimage destination, a final resting place for royalty or a memorial erected to honor and perhaps spiritually connect with distant ancestors.

In the 1960s, the astronomer Gerald Hawkins suggested that the cluster of megalithic stones operated as an astronomical calendar, with different points corresponding to astrological phenomena such as solstices, equinoxes and eclipses. While his theory has received quite a bit of attention over the years, critics maintain that Stonehenge's builders probably lacked the knowledge necessary to predict such events or that England's dense cloud cover would have obscured their view of the skies.

More recently, signs of illness and injury in the human remains unearthed at Stonehenge led a group of British archaeologists to speculate that it was considered a place of healing, perhaps because bluestones were thought to have curative powers.

Stonehenge Today

One of the most famous and recognizable sites in the world, Stonehenge draws more than 800,000 tourists a year, many of whom also visit the region's numerous other Neolithic and Bronze Age marvels. In 1986 Stonehenge was added to UNESCO's register of World Heritage sites in a co-listing with Avebury, a Neolithic henge located 17 miles away that is older and larger than its more famous neighbor.

Stonehenge has undergone several restorations over the years, and some of its boulders have been set in concrete to prevent collapse. Meanwhile, archaeological excavations and development of the surrounding area to facilitate tourism have turned up other significant sites nearby, including other henges.

Fact Check

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-it is an important place to all people because it is a spiritual place
-very humble place
-peaceful place where people can come and visit to do offerings and prayers
-it is and educational place for people to come and learn about Aboriginal stories and its culture
https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/importance-wanuskewin-heritage-park

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-Most powerful and influential city in the area by 400 AD.
-The Aztecs found the city in the 1400's.
-Aztecs named it Teotihuacan.
-Teotihuacan = The Place Where the Gods Were Created.

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-americas/teotihuacan

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12, 000 BP - Glacier recedes
6,000 BP - First human occupation occurs at Wanuskewin
2,000 BP - Appearance of bow and arrow and pottery technology signalling dramatic technological changes for area inhabitants
2,000 BP -  Construction of medicine wheel at Wanuskewin
1867 -   Treaty Six signed signalling the end of occupation at Wanuskewin by Plains First Nations groups
1902 - Homesteading begins at Wanuskewin
1932 -  Saskatoon Archaeological Society recognizes importance of area after visiting Medicine Wheel
1975 -  Medicine Wheel examined for any astrological alignment
1982 -  Archaeologist Dr. Ernie Walker and other researchers conduct a detailed archaeological survey, identifying 19 Pre-Contact sites
1984 -  Province of Saskatchewan designates Wanuskewin a Provincial Heritage Property
1987 -  Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth II visits the park and designates it a National Historic Site on behalf of the Government of Canada
1992 -  Wanuskewin Heritage Park Interpretive Centre opens
https://wanuskewin.com/our-story/archaeological/

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The tallest pyramid was built by  Pharaohs Khufu, the back pyramid was built by Khafre and the front pyramid was built by Menkaure.  Altogether, they built the three famous pyramids of Giza.

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A video showing and explaining Oracle Bones

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A video showing and explaining Oracle Bones

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One piece of block weights 2-3 tons!!!!!!

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One piece of block weights 2-3 tons!!!!!!

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-Mesoamerican beliefs
-Aztec civilization
-Worshipped the god queto Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon
-https://youtu.be/451jzIesWoU

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These bones showed us ancient Chinese writing and beliefs. They show questions people had about their lives and the kings activities.
https://www.ancient.eu/Oracle_Bones/

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When they were searching for artifacts they found lots of liquid mercury, in a treasure trove.
They spent a long time searching for the Teotihuacán’s rulers. "Most of its history is unknown
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/24/mexicos-ancient-city-guards-its-secrets-but-excavation-reveals-new-mysteries

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We have always wondered how the huge rocks ended up there in such a perfect circle. And whats even more curious about it is that near by the stone hedge is another mysterious formation is hexagon shaped rocks that are very tall but stay the same hexagon shape near a cliff there are hundreds of them. So it makes you think if they are connected in some way?
So now it is time now that you have read all of this information to decide how you think they are there.



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We have always wondered how the huge rocks ended up there in such a perfect circle. And whats even more curious about it is that near by the stone hedge is another mysterious formation is hexagon shaped rocks that are very tall but stay the same hexagon shape near a cliff there are hundreds of them. So it makes you think if they are connected in some way?
So now it is time now that you have read all of this information to decide how you think they are there.



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Ying Zheng) was born in 259 BCE in Qin state in northwestern China. He