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Word seems far more ancient than Islam and may be origin of the word Behemoth in modern Judeo-Christian lore. Bake-kujira ( Japanese ) – Ghost whale Cetus ( Greek ) – a monster with the head of a boar or a greyhound, the body of a whale or dolphin, and a divided, fan-like tail
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus (185 BC – 129 BC), known as Scipio Aemilianus or Scipio Africanus the Younger, was a Roman general and statesman noted for his military exploits in the Third Punic War against Carthage and during the Numantine War in Spain.
The name Pelasgians (Ancient Greek: Πελασγοί, romanized: Pelasgoí, singular: Πελασγός Pelasgós) was used by Classical Greek writers to refer either to the predecessors of the Greeks, [1] [2] or to all the inhabitants of Greece before the emergence of the Greeks.
The Book of Enoch, deuterocanonical in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, names the remaining four archangels Uriel, Raguel, Zerachiel, and Ramiel. [31] Other sources name them Uriel, Izidkiel, Haniel, and Kepharel. [32] In the Coptic Orthodox Church the names of these four archangels are given as Suriel, Sedakiel, Sarathiel and Ananiel. Several ...
"Olmec-style" face mask in jade. The Olmec civilization developed in the lowlands of southeastern Mexico between 1500 and 400 BC. [3] The Olmec heartland lies on the Gulf Coast of Mexico within the states of Veracruz and Tabasco, an area measuring approximately 275 kilometres (171 mi) east to west and extending about 100 kilometres (62 mi) inland from the coast. [4]
Ancient Egyptian Language † – 𓂋𓏺𓈖 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖. Formerly spoken in: Ancient Egypt; Ancient Greek † – Ἑλληνική Formerly spoken in: much of the Mediterranean Sea (until 1453) Andalusian Arabic † – عربية أندلسية Formerly spoken in: Al-Andalus (modern-day Spain and Portugal) Anfillo – Mao Spoken in ...
Ancient Greek name English name Description Ἀχλύς (Akhlús) Achlys: The goddess of poisons, and the personification of misery and sadness. Said to have existed before Chaos itself. Αἰθήρ (Aithḗr) Aether: The god of light and the upper atmosphere. Αἰών (Aiōn) Aion: The god of eternity, personifying cyclical and unbounded time.
Evidence of the Past: A Map and Status of U.S. Ancient Remains; Royal DNA of Europe; List of ancient DNA Archived 18 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine; List of haplogroups of famous Japanese people Archived 30 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine "Famous peoples Y DNA and mt DNA haplotypes". DIS-Filbyter. [permanent dead link