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The word "Vatican" comes from the ancient Etruscan goddess Vatika, guardian of the dead, ruler of the underworld.

on a hill was a massive Etruscan burial ground. Vatika was worshipped there as the protector of graves and the gatekeeper to the realm below.

They built the world’s biggest church on her sacred graveyard and kept her name.

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The Haunted Bathhouse in Ancient Greece

From the ancient writings of Plutarch, we can find a greek ghost story of the ghost of a young orphaned boy named Damon haunted a bathhouse in Chaeronea in Greece. According to the legend, the ghost haunted the place for centuries.

From the ancient writings of Plutarch, we can find a greek ghost story of the ghost of a young orphaned boy named Damon haunted a bathhouse in Chaeronea in Greece. According to the legend, the ghost haunted the place for centuries, perhaps even to this day? Many of the oldest ghost stories sounds eerily alike to those of today, showing that the concept of ghost have been fairly consistent across…

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Clay tablet, 

Table for the water clock signed by the scribe Nabû-apla-iddina,

Late Babylonian, 600BC-500BC,

Clay, Height: 8.20 cm, Thickness: 2.50 cm, Width: 11.80 cm.

Courtesy of The British Museum

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Aeschylus in 500 B.C.E. (DESCRIBING THE EGYPTIANS) "I can see the crew, with their Black limbs and white tunics"... -Aeschylus 500 B.C.E.

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Old Norse - Nouns and Pronouns

This is written in old Norse with English Translation and in Younger and Elder Furthark and Anglo Saxon Futhorc

Key

Younger Futhark

Elder Futhark

Anglo Saxon

The Old Norse nouns and pronouns belong to one of three genders - masculine, feminine and neuter. The gender for the most part can't be predicted.

Masculine nouns can be identified by an 'r' (ᛣ᛫ᚱ᛫ᚱ) or an 'i' (ᛁ᛫ᛁ᛫ᛁ) ending. The 'r' ending generally means that it's a strong noun while an 'i' is a weak noun.

Normative - subject, predictable nouns and adjectives.

Accusative/Direct - direct object, object of certain prepositions

Dative/Indirect - direct object, object of certain prepositions

Genitive/Posessive - possessive

Pronouns - YR/EF/ASF

hann - he, it, him - ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚺᚨᚾ᛫ᚻᚪᚾ᛫ (normative/direct)

Honum - him, it - ᚼᚨᚾᚢᛄ᛫ᚺᛟᛀᚢᛗ᛫ᚻᚩᚾᚢᛗ᛫ (dative/indirect)

Hans - his, its - ᚼᛅᚾᛋ᛫ᚺᚨᚾᛋ᛫ᚻᚪᚾᛋ᛫ (possessive)

Hon - she, it - ᚼᚨᚾ᛫ᚺᛟᛀ᛫ᚻᚩᚾ (normative)

Hana - her, it - ᚼᛅᚾᛅ᛫ᚺᚨᛀᚨ᛫ᚻᚪᚾᚪ (accusative)

Henni - her, it - ᚼᛁᚾᛁ᛫ᚺᛖᛀᛁ᛫ᚻᛖᚾᛁ (dactive)

Hennar - hers, its - ᚼᛁᚾᛁᛣ᛫ᚺᛖᛀᚨᚱ᛫ᚻᛁᚾᚨᚱ (genitive)

Normative - R ending

Herjólfr bjó á Drepstokki

Herjolf lives in Drepstokk

YF - ᚼᛁᚱᚨᚿᚠᛣ᛫ᛒᛁᚨ᛫ᛅ᛫ᛏᚱᛁᛒᛋᛏᚨᚴᛁ᛫

EF - ᚺᛖᚱᛃᛟᛚᚠᚱ᛫ᛒᛃᛟ᛫ᚨ᛫ᛞᚱᛖᛈᛋᛏᛟᚴᛁ᛫

ASF- ᚻᛖᚱᛄᚩᛚᚠᚱ᛫ᛒᛄᚩ᛫ᚪ᛫ᛞᚱᛖᛈᛋᛏᚩᛣᛁ

Accusative - no different ending

Þorgerðr sá Herjólf

Thorgerd saw Herjolf

YF - ᚦᚨᚱᚴᛁᚱᚦᛣ᛫ᛋᛅ᛫ᚼᛁᚱᛁᚨᚳᚠ᛫

EF - ᚦᛟᚱᚷᛖᚱᚦᚱ᛫ᛋᚨ᛫ᚺᛖᚱᛃᛟᛚᚠ᛫

ASF- ᚦᚪᚱᚷᛖᚱᚦᚱ᛫ᛋᚩ᛫ᚻᛖᚱᛄᚩᛚᚠ᛫

Dactive - i ending

Ingólf gaf Herjólfi land

Ingolf gave land to Herjolf

YF - ᛁᚾᚴᚨᛚᚠ᛫ᚴᛅᚠ᛫ᚼᛁᚱᛁᚨᛚᚠᛁ᛫ᛚᛅᚾᛏ

EF - ᛁᛜᛟᛚᚠ᛫ᚷᚨᛚ᛫ᚺᛗᛖᚱᛃᛟᛚᚠᛁ᛫ᛚᚨᛀᛞ᛫

ASF- ᛁᚾᚷᚩᛚᚠ᛫ᚷᚪᛚ᛫ᚻᛖᚱᛄᚩᛚᚠᛁ᛫ᛚᚪᚾᛞ᛫

Genitive - s ending

Þorgerðr hét kona Herjólfs

Herjolf's wife is called Thorgerd

YF - ᚦᚩᚱᚷᛖᚱᚦᚱ᛫ᚻᛖᛏ᛫ᛣᛟᚩᚪ᛫ᚻᛖᚱᛄᚩᛚᚠᛋ᛫

EF - ᚦᚨᚱᚴᛁᚱᚦᛣ᛫ᚼᛁᛏ᛫ᚴᚨᚾᛅ᛫ᚼᛁᚱᛁᚨᛚᚠ᛫

ASF- ᚦᛟᚱᚷᛖᚱᚦᚱ᛫ᚼᛖᛏ᛫ᚴᛟᛏᚨ᛫ᚺᛖᚱᛃᛟᛚᚠᛋ᛫

More Vocabulary

Normative - for the most part, in normative the ending for masculine noums end in R whereas for feminine and neuter don't.

Here's some vocabulary

M - maðr - man - ᛄᛅᚾ᛫ᛗᚨᚦᚱ᛫ᛖᚩᚪᚦᚱ᛫

F - ferð - journey - ᚠᛁᚱᚦ᛫ᚠᛖᚱᚦ᛫ᚠᛖᚱᚦ

N - skip - ship - ᛋᚴᛁᛒ᛫ᛋᚲᛁᛈ᛫ᛋᛣᛁᛈ

M - konungr - king - ᚴᚨᚾᚢᚾᚴ᛫ᚲᛟᚾᚢᛜᚱ᛫ᛣᚩᚾᚢᚾᚷᚱ᛫

F - sök - cause - ᛋᛅᚴ᛫ᛋᛟᚲ᛫ᛋᚩᛣ᛫

N - land - land - ᛚᛅᚾᛏ᛫ᛚᚨᛀᛞ᛫ᛚᚪᚾᛞ᛫

M - sonr - son - ᛋᚨᚾᛣ᛫ᛋᛟᛀᚱ᛫ᛋᚩᚾᚱ᛫

F - leið - way/road - ᚳᛁᛁᚦ᛫ᛚᛖᛁᚦ᛫ᛚᛖᛁᚦ᛫

N - mál - speech - ᛄᛅᚳ᛫ᛗᚨᛚ᛫ᛖᚪᛚ᛫

M - hestr - horse - ᚼᛁᛋᛏᛣ᛫ᚺᛖᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᚻᛖᛥᛏᚱ᛫

M - vikingr - viking - ᚠᛁᚴᛁᚾᚴᛣ᛫ᚠᛁᚲᛁᛜᚱ᛫ᚠᛁᛣᛁᚾᚷᚱ᛫

F - vik - bay - ᚠᛁᚴ᛫ᚠᛁᚲ᛫ᚠᛁᛣ᛫

N - sverð - sword - ᛋᚠᛖᚱᚦ᛫ᛋᚠᛖᚱᚦ᛫ᛋᚠᛖᚱᚦ᛫

N - þing - assembly - ᚦᛁᚾᚴ᛫ᚦᛁᛜ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᚷ᛫

F - hlið - slope - ᚼᚳᛁᚦ᛫ᚺᛚᛁᚦ᛫ᚻᛚᛁᚦ᛫

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Fragment of a relief with a Persian warrior, one of the guards of Darius or Xerxes. Iran, C. 500 BC. 

This relief shows head of a warrior in a tall tiara, with a quiver for arrows behind his back and a spear in his hand. (The Immortal Alexander The Great, Hermitage Amsterdam 2010) 

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Greek Corinthian Helmet, circa 550-500 BC.

Bronze, 22.5 x 21 x 29 cm (8.9 x 8.3 x 11.4 in.) 

Safani Gallery Inc.