Ancient cultures around the world found their own forms of gum.
The earliest trumpets, used as signaling or ceremonial instruments in many ancient cultures, were very natural: they were made of such things as ram's horns, ox horns, seashells, and elephant tusks.
With a spectacular spotted coat, muscular body and jaws powerful enough to crush a human skull, the jaguar is a formidable feline, inspiring ancient cultures such as the Maya who depicted the cat in jewellery and ceramics.
One of the aims of the institute, she says, is to find interconnections between ancient cultures as well as look at what the institute sees as under-represented ancient cultures -- and the culture of ancient Babylonian math, she says, is ripe for popular revision.
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And so it is when you have such an ancient culture as the indigenous cultures in Australia.
My love of travel began with childhood visits to Mexican ruins and beaches, and I feel the U.S. is fortunate, not cursed, to be so close to a place that offers jungles, deserts, volcanoes, beaches, coral reefs, ancient pyramids, living pre-European cultures and some of the world's most satisfying cuisines.
In the past, in various cultures, it may have been ancient warriors, Olympians, or saints.
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Strategically positioned on historic trade routes linking East and West, this ancient city has conserved an astounding monumental heritage reflecting the diverse cultures of the peoples that have settled here over millennia including the Hittites, Assyrians, Greeks, Romans, Umayyads, Ayyubids, Mongols, Mamelukes and Ottomans.
Although the ancient Egyptians were well-known for their mummification practices, other cultures also used special embalming procedures to preserve their dead.
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