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Vistula River: Early Tribes & Trade
The Vistula River is among the most important rivers of Europe. From its source in the Carpathian Mountains, the river travels north to...

Sylvia Rose
May 19, 20246 min read
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Aetsi: Boars, Snakes & Baltic Amber
The Aesti (Aestii, Astui, Aests) appear at a time when European cultures mingle, and trade routes connect north to south. Neither Germans...

Sylvia Rose
May 16, 20247 min read
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Vistula Lagoon Baltic Nature & History
The Vistula Lagoon (Zalew Wiślany) is a brackish water lagoon on the Baltic Sea 90 km (56 mi) long, 10 to 19 km (6 to 15 mi) wide, and up...

Sylvia Rose
May 16, 20246 min read
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Neman River - Nature, History, Lore
Neman River is the primary feed into the Curonian Lagoon at the Baltic Sea. It's the main reason the sea lagoon is freshwater. The...

Sylvia Rose
May 14, 20245 min read
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Curonian Freshwater Baltic Sea Lagoon
Curonian Lagoon is a freshwater body beside the Baltic Sea at western Lithuania, separated from the sea by the narrow Curonian Spit....

Sylvia Rose
May 13, 20245 min read
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Ram God of Egypt Ba-neb-djedet
Ba-neb-djedet is a four-headed ram god of Lower Egypt. His cult center Djedet gives rise to tales of satanic goat rituals. He's equated...

Sylvia Rose
Mar 20, 20245 min read
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Eridu - City of Ancient Gods Mesopotamia
Eridu is among the earliest cities in Mesopotamia, and the first urban center in the south land of Sumer. The seat of ancient gods, Eridu...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 9, 20249 min read
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Hapkis - Hittite & Kaska Hostilities
Hapkis is an ancient vassal kingdom created to contain the unruly Kashka (Kaska, Kaška, Kaskians) of the Pontic Mountains. The range runs...

Sylvia Rose
Jan 27, 20244 min read
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Tumanna: Ancient Black Sea Kingdom
Tumanna is a northern Anatolian settlement of the ancient world. Embracing the south coast of the Black Sea, in the late Bronze Age...

Sylvia Rose
Jan 26, 20243 min read
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Thapsos - Trade Center & Necropolis
The culture of the island community of Thapsos is one of the most important of prehistory. On the southern coast of Sicily, it's an area...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 6, 20235 min read
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Nefertari Queen of Peace Ancient Egypt
In the 13th century BCE, King's Wife Nefertari of Egypt helps orchestrate what seems impossible - peace and friendship between bitter...

Sylvia Rose
Nov 25, 20234 min read
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Ancient Deities: Proto Indo European Gods
The Ancient Pantheon of Gods goes back to 4500 - 2500 BCE. Proto-Indo-European language and culture are common ancestors of a large group...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 16, 20234 min read
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Amazing Legacy of Alexander von Humboldt
We're familiar with Humboldt squid, and Humboldt penguins who swim in the Humboldt current off the coast of Peru. In the nineteenth...

Sylvia Rose
Aug 7, 20233 min read
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Modern Mirrors, Elevators & Kindergarten
Modern mirrors, electric elevators and Kindergarten are among the 19th century German inventions popular today. During and after the...

Sylvia Rose
Jul 25, 20233 min read
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Steam & Style - Agrippina of the Rhine
This is the story of paddle steamship Agrippina of the Rhinel the fate of the Empress Agrippinal; and the lowdown on Victorian era trends.

Sylvia Rose
May 1, 20233 min read
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Lora Ley Adventures - Feast of Fools
Action, celebration and madness ensue as half-Nyx Lora and Wolf find themselves in the year 1148, the early Middle Ages of Germania....

Sylvia Rose
Apr 18, 20232 min read
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