Excavations of Penjikent of ancient Sogdiana

Published February 11, 2021

Excavations of Penjikent of ancient Sogdiana

In the spring of 1932, the shepherd Jur-Ali Mahmed-Ali, near the Tajik village of Hayrabad, found a half-rotted basket full of leather scrolls covered with incomprehensible letters. He gave it to the secretary of the local district committee. He took the mysterious scrolls to Dushanbe, where scientists recognized in them the unknown letters of ancient Sogdiana...

Finding Eldorado

Published April 24, 2021

Finding Eldorado

Another abode of sages who own countless treasures is called Eldorado. This name comes from the Spanish El-dorado - "golden country". This is the name of the mythical area, teeming with gold and precious stones, "where these treasures are as common as we have an ordinary cobblestone". The appearance of the legend about this country is associated with the discovery of America...

Ancient Olympia

Published January 02, 2022

Ancient Olympia

Ancient Olympia is located in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the picturesque valley of the Alfea River, at the foot of Mount Kronos. This city has long been known as the largest religious center in Greece, where the cult of Olympian Zeus was revered. During the heyday of Ancient Greece, ancient Olympia had a pan-Hellenic significance...

Akhenaten - heretic pharaoh

Published September 27, 2022

Akhenaten - heretic pharaoh

In 1887, a woman from the small village of Tell el-Amarna accidentally found several clay tablets with incomprehensible signs. It was the archive of the 18th dynasty pharaohs Amenhotep III and his son and successor Amenhotep IV (Akhenaton), who ruled in the 14th century BC. It contained their correspondence with the kings of the Hittites, Mesopotamia and other regions of Asia Minor...

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