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Jason & the Argonauts
The pan-Hellenic mythological hero Jason was famed for his expedition with the Argonauts - as the sailors on their ship the Argo were known - in search of the Golden Fleece in Kolchis on the Black Sea, one of the most popular and enduring...

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Herodotus on Animal Sacrifice in Egypt
II:38. The males of the ox kind they consider to belong to Epaphos, and on account of him they test them in the following manner: If the priest sees one single black hair upon the beast he counts it not clean for sacrifice; and one of the...

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Amun
Amun (also Amon, Ammon, Amen, Amun-Ra) is the ancient Egyptian god of the sun and air. He is one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt who rose to prominence at Thebes at the beginning of the period of the New Kingdom (c. 1570-1069...

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Battle of Salamis
The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle between Greek and Persian forces in the Saronic Gulf, Greece in September 480 BCE. The Greeks had recently lost the Battle of Thermopylae and drawn the naval Battle at Artemision, both in August 480...

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Crafts
The word 'Craft' comes from the Middle English word for 'strength' or 'skill' derived from the Old English word craeft which comes from Old High German kraft, for strength, and means “skill in planning, making, executing” and, by extension...

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Persian Ram Sculpture
Ram, South-West Iran, Khûzistan (?), 19th Century BCE, limestone. Musée L (Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium). Made of 242 photos with Zephyr3D Lite from 3DFlow.

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Egyptian Ram´s Head
Egyptian ram´s head with a wig adorned with cobra diadem. 19th Dynasty, c. 1305-1196 BCE, diorite. Nye Carlsberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen, Denmark). Unknown provenance. Made with Memento Beta (now ReMake) from Autodesk.

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Amun in the Form of a Ram
Amun in the form of a ram, protecting King Taharqa from Temple T at Kawa, Sudan 25th Dynasty, 690-664 BCE.

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Carthaginian Warfare
Carthaginian warfare has been overshadowed by defeat to Rome in the Punic Wars, but for six centuries before that Carthage was remarkably successful in conquering lucrative territories in North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, and Sicily. By...

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Amun
Ram-headed Amun-Ra from ancient Egypt.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.