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Palestrina
Palestrina , town (1991 pop. 15,802), in Latium, central Italy. It is an agricultural market. It is located on the site of Praeneste, a town founded by c.800 BC and later destroyed (and rebuilt) by the Romans in the 1st cent. BC Of note are the ruins of a temple of Fortuna (8th cent. BC), celebrated... Read more
Taanach
Taanach , in the Bible, royal city of Canaan, central ancient Palestine, the modern Tell Ti'innik, West Bank, SE of Megiddo. Sisera was defeated here by Deborah and Barak. It is also spelled Tanach. Remains dating from about the 26th cent. BC were excavated (1901-4) here. ... Read more
Scythia
Scythia , ancient region of Eurasia, extending from the Danube on the west to the borders of China on the east. The Scythians flourished from the 8th to the 4th cent. BC They spoke an Indo-Iranian language but had no system of writing. They were nomadic conquerors and skilled horsemen. They seem t... Read more
frieze
frieze in architecture, the member of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice or any horizontal band used for decorative purposes. In the first type the Doric frieze alternates the metope and the triglyph; that of the other orders is plain or sculptured. The 5th-century BC treasury of... Read more
Numidia
Numidia , ancient country of NW Africa, very roughly the modern Algeria . It was part of the Carthaginian empire until Masinissa , ruler of E Numidia, allied himself (c.206 BC) with Rome in the Punic Wars . After the Roman victory over Carthage led to peace in 201 BC, Masinissa was awarded rule o... Read more
Pontus
Pontus ancient country, NE Asia Minor (now Turkey), on the Black Sea coast. On its inland side were Cappadocia and W Armenia. It was not significantly penetrated by Persian or Hellenic civilization. In the 4th cent. BC, Pontus was taken over by a Persian family, profiting by the breakup of the empi... Read more
Macedon
Macedon , ancient country, roughly equivalent to the modern region of Macedonia . In the history of Greek culture Macedon had its single significance in producing the conquerors and armies who created the Hellenistic empires and civilizations. Macedon proper constituted the coast plain NW, N, ... Read more
Babylonian captivity
Babylonian captivity in the history of Israel, the period from the fall of Jerusalem (586 BC) to the reconstruction in Palestine of a new Jewish state (after 538 BC). After the capture of the city by the Babylonians some thousands, probably selected for their prosperity and importance, were deporte... Read more
Anatolian languages
Anatolian languages , subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see The Indo-European Family of Languages , table); the term "Anatolian languages" is also used to refer to all languages, Indo-European and non-Indo-European, that were spoken in Anatolia in ancient times. The progress m... Read more
cuneiform
cuneiform [Lat.,=wedge-shaped], system of writing developed before the last centuries of the 4th millennium BC in the lower Tigris and Euphrates valley, probably by the Sumerians. The characters consist of arrangements of wedgelike strokes generally impressed with a stylus on wet clay tablets, wh... Read more

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biblical archaeology
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...at Ebla (Tell Mardikh in Syria)—the center of a large Caananite empire that flourished c.26th-23th cent. BC After two centuries of biblical archaeology, it is possible to read the Bible in a new light. It has become clear that...

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Cheops
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Cheops (fl. early 26th century bc ), Egyptian pharaoh of the 4th dynasty; Egyptian name Khufu . He commissioned the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza.

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The games of 676 BC: a visit to the centenary of the ancient Olympic games.
Magazine article from: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance; 5/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...that the Games of the 26th Olympiad of the modern...that in the summer of 676 BC (2,672 years ago...know for sure whether a century had special meaning in...we do know that the 26th Olympiad of the ancient...that the Games of 676 BC may have indeed been an...
Anglo Swiss Resources Inc.: Update-Kenville Gold Mine-Nelson, BC Canada.
Business Wire; 4/4/2002; 700+ words ; ...the Kenville Gold Mine, which ranked as the 26th. largest gold producer in British Columbia .(BC Mine File Records - 1991). The mine has been an important gold producer for more than a century, with recorded production of more than 2 tonnes...
NOVEL IDEA
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 12/10/2000; 700+ words ; ...learn but took me a long time to sort through. Wild Goose Qigong originated in the Sichuan Province of China around 26th Century BC, when the population fell prey to ills from weather and lack of movement. They created a process "imitating the...
Boston College downs Morris Brown
News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/27/2001; ; 611 words ; ...From this point on, BC's lead would dip under...Eagle uniform. Bell is the 26th player in BC history to reach such a...first sophomore to pass the century mark. After a brief celebration...point baskets helped BC to increase its lead into...
GE Healthcare: CT Scanning of Ancient Egyptian Mummies at Bowers Museum Uncovers New Evidence of Early Embalming Techniques; Noninvasive Technology Virtually ''Unwraps'' Mystery of Mummies in Life and Death.
Business Wire; 4/7/2005; 700+ words ; ...human remains through the centuries," said Keller. CT scanning...Thebes and lived in the 26th Dynasty, about 600 BC. She was a lady of the...22nd Dynasty, about 900 BC. She was a woman of high...25th Dynasty, about 700 BC. He worked a
Museum pieces
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 5/3/2004; ; 582 words ; ...dating from the 1st millennium BC. Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt...used the shafts over several centuries, starting in the 26th dynasty (664-525 BC) and continuing into the Ptolemaic...period, which ended with the 30 BC death of Cleopatra. The shafts...
Ancient Egyptian Treasure Trove Found in Mediterranean CAIRO, June 3
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/3/2000; 399 words ; ...from ancient Egypt, some dating to the 26th dynasty (seventh century BC) and the 30th dynasty (fourth century BC), he added. Coins from the Byzantine...which were built in the Greek era (332 BC to 305 BC) and sank into the sea in a...
THE TREASURES OF ISIS.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 6/8/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...of the gods. But disaster struck in the 8th century AD, and the cities disappeared. Submerged probably...Some of the artefacts have been dated to the 26th Pharaonic dynasty in the 7th century BC. Divers have used the latest electronic technology...
Using DNA to unravel a 2,500-year Persian riddle.(World)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 12/8/2000; 700+ words ; ...celebrated 5th-century BC Greek historian who portrayed...Several attempts in the past century to find any evidence of...Alexander the Great in 332 BC and which still exists...he invaded Egypt in 525 BC, putting an end to the 26th Dynasty of the Pharaohs...covered much of the next ...
PR Newswire Midwest Summary Wednesday, June 21 to 4 P.M. EST.
PR Newswire; 6/21/2000; 700+ words ; ...Initiatives for the Next Century (LINC) To Empower Latino...21/2000 10:47 r e bc-MI-McDonalds-search...21/2000 11:00 r a bc-ID-AOSSM-knee...Researchers Announce at the 26th Annual SFW090 06/21/2000 11:00 r f bc-CA-Microsoft (ITRAN...