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As archaeological discoveries revealed the scale of the Hittite kingdom in the second half of the 19th Century, Archibald Henry Sayce postulated, rather than to be compared to Judah, the Anatolian civilization " worthy of comparison to the divided Kingdom of Egypt ", and was " infinitely more powerful than that of Judah ".
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Among the most exciting recent archaeological discoveries in Greece is the recognition that the sanctuary site near the modern village of Kalapodi is not only the site of the oracle of Apollon at Abai but that it was in constant use for cult practices from early Mycenaean times to the Roman period.
Some of this material has been revised by Leo XIII, in view of archaeological and other discoveries.
Despite the archaeological discoveries, the Garden Tomb has become a popular place of pilgrimage among Protestants.
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The find, described as " one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the 1980s ", caused a media sensation.
It was hailed as one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 1980s.
Since then, new archaeological discoveries point to Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist influences, which are likely to have come to the islands straight from the Subcontinent.
All these relatively recent archaeological discoveries are today exhibited in a side room of the small National Museum in Male ' along with other artifacts.
This theory is based on the lack of archaeological discoveries, which would indicate major building investments undertaken by the Bohemian state.
() ( 26 November 1862 – 26 October 1943 ) was a Hungarian-British archaeologist, primarily known for his explorations and archaeological discoveries in Central Asia.
Recent archaeological and linguistic discoveries helped in understanding passages that have traditionally been difficult to translate.
In 2010, following archaeological discoveries at the Roman ruins in Chester, some writers suggested that the Chester Roman Amphitheatre was the true prototype of the Round Table but the English Heritage Commission, acting as consultants to a History Channel documentary in which the claim was made, declared that there was no archaeological basis to the story.
After the surrender, a dispute arose over the fate of French archaeological and scientific discoveries in Egypt, including a group of artefacts, biological specimens, notes, plans and drawings collected by the members of the commission.
Recent archaeological discoveries in Finnish Lapland were originally seen as the continental version of the Komsa culture about the same age as the earliest finds on the coast of Norway.
Important archaeological discoveries have been made in several formerly-inhabited caves.
However, the following account of the Assyrian kings, which was among the archaeological discoveries in Babylon, differs from the Samaritan and Jewish Biblical accounts:
New archaeological discoveries by a team of international scientists, in 2006, have revealed that the Santorini event was much more massive than previously thought ; it expelled of magma and rock into the Earth's atmosphere, compared to previous estimates of only in 1991 ,< ref >
Although the early centuries ( first half of the third millennium and earlier ) are still poorly understood, the archaeological discoveries have shown unequivocally that Ur was a major urban center on the Mesopotamian plain.
Recent archaeological discoveries in Harappa and Chanhu-daro suggest that sericulture, employing wild silk threads from native silkworm species, existed in South Asia during the time of the Indus Valley Civilization, roughly contemporaneous with the earliest known silk use in China.
Wales is known to have been inhabited since at least the Upper Paleolithic period, and the Gower Peninsula has been the scene of several important archaeological discoveries.
Some of the archaeological discoveries are: Stone axes of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic period, potteries and objects of the ancient cities of Curium and Amathus, as well as Roman terracottas, gold jewellery, coins, sculptures, columns, vases, earrings, rings, necklaces, marble statues etc.
Numerous archaeological discoveries show that the area has been inhabited since the Paleolithic era.
The area of Mauthausen has been settled for many millennia, as shown by archaeological discoveries dating back to the Neolithic age.
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An archaeological investigation of the site of the visitors ' centre before building started revealed the foundations of the medieval precinct wall, with a gateway, and stonework discarded during manufacture, showing that the area was the site of the masons ' yard while the Abbey was being built.
In Denmark, recent archaeological excavations at Lejre, where Scandinavian tradition located the seat of the Scyldings, i. e., Heorot, have revealed that a hall was built in the mid-6th century, exactly the time period of Beowulf.
The rockface at the west end of the building was cut away, although it is unclear how much remained in Constantine's time, as archaeological investigation has revealed that the temple of Aphrodite reached far into the current rotunda area, and the temple enclosure would therefore have reached even further to the west.
The exact location was then lost, owing to more than 500 years of subsequent development, until the archaeological investigations of 2012 ( see the Archaeological investigation section ) revealed the site of the garden and of Greyfriars church.
The last archaeological investigation of the Roper Vault revealed that the suspected head of More rests in a niche separate from the other bodies there, possibly due to later interference.
Its strategic position has been evident throughout its history: archaeological finds have revealed that the area has always been a focus for peoples entering and leaving Britain.
Recent archaeological excavations have revealed the ruins of a cabin in Hafnir on the Reykjanes peninsula ( close to Keflavík Airport ).
During the early 20th century, archaeological excavations conducted by the Italian Archaeological School and by the American Classical School on the Athenian Acropolis and on other sites within Attica revealed Neolithic dwellings, tools, pottery and skeletons from domesticated animals ( i. e. sheep, fish ).
An archaeological survey of the ground underneath the planned development's first phase has revealed what appear to be parts of the Nimcock Native American village, and also parts of the Rosegill slave community.
Twelve lagoons were prepared to hold the mud until it dried, but initial archaeological investigation of the site for the lagoons revealed the presence of a Middle Bronze Age field system, the first such system found to the east of the Cambridgeshire Fens.
Recent archaeological discoveries have revealed cultural and economic relationships between the Hernici and the Etruscans around the 7th century BC, perhaps it was commercial center, which conducted trade with Magna Graecia.
During 2003, archaeological excavations at Oxwell Mains ( Lafarge Cement Works ) near Dunbar revealed the site of a Mesolithic house believed to be circa 9th Millennium BC.
Bent, whose archaeological experience had all been in Greece and Asia Minor, stated in The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland ( 1891 ) that the ruins revealed either the Phoenicians or the Arabs as builders.
The archaeological excavations conducted in 1987-88 underneath the monastery ruins revealed several Viking graves which have served to confirm the earlier age of the original settlement.
There has also been archaeological work done especially at Niani, reputed to be the capital of Mali, by Polish and Guinean archaeologists in the 1960s which revealed the remains of a substantial town dating back as far as the 6th century.
There were reports of looting of Iraq's archaeological treasures, mostly from the National Museum of Iraq ; up to an alleged 170, 000 items, worth billions of U. S. dollars: these reports were later revealed to be vastly exaggerated.
The oldest site of known habitation at Chepstow is at Thornwell, overlooking the estuaries of the Wye and Severn close to the modern M48 motorway junction, where archaeological investigations in advance of recent housing development revealed continuous human occupation from the Mesolithic period of around 5000 BC until the end of the Roman period, about 400 AD.
Merv's origins are prehistoric: archaeological surveys have revealed many survivals of village life as far back as the 3rd millennium BC.
An archaeological site in the village revealed shafts and bases of columns, caves, a pool, and a burial ground.
Over 70 years of archaeological research has revealed that the Hohokam cultivated varieties of cotton, tobacco, maize, beans and squash, as well as harvested a vast assortment of wild plants.
Since 1976, continuing archaeological excavations concentrated in the southeastern part of modern Gyeongju have revealed parts of the so-called Silla Wanggyeong ( Silla royal capital ).
An archaeological dig in May 2006 revealed that the town's ancestors may date back further than 250 BC.
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