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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Established around 500 B.C. in Crotone, Italy, the Pythagorean Brotherhood was one of the earliest secret societies. Crotone was a flourishing Greek colony
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Chinese Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Lao Tzu (Laozi or Lao-tze), known as the Old Master, was an ancient Chinese philosopher, almighty sage, creator of Taoism and author of
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Little is known about his life except that he lived between 610 and 546 BC. He was the son of Praxiades, a Milesian, and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Hypatia was a great ancient scholar who was more interested in science than religion. Her quest for scientific knowledge was admirable but clouded
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The so-called 'Anatomical Machines' are preserved in the underground crypt of the Sansevero Chapel, located in the historic center of Naples, Italy. The 'Anatomical
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The earliest systematic concept of mind and body stems from the philosophy of the Greek philosopher Plato (429-347 BC). Plato is considered one
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In 399 B.C., one of the greatest philosophers of all time, Socrates was sentenced to death. Socrates was a courageous man who stood up
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Aristotle of Stagira (c. 384 BC - 322 BC) founded his own school, called High School, in the year 335 BC. It was located
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Excavation of the royal tombs of the Marquis of Haihun State of China's Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD) revealed many relics and among them, there is
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AncientPages.com - On January 27, 1593, the Vatican began a seven-year trial against an Italian Dominican cleric, Giordano Bruno. Bruno was born in Nola, at the foot of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In China, he is mostly known as Master Kong or Kong Fuzi, we know him as Confucius. Like the other great teachers of Central
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AncientPages.com - On November 15, 1280, Albertus Magnus died, known as Albert The Great or "Universal Doctor." He was born ca. 1200 and educated at the University of
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AncientPages.com - On November 14, 1716, Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, a famous German philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, died. Born on July 1, 1646, in Leipzig, Germany, Leibniz was
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AncientPages.com - On October 14, 1644, William Penn, English philosopher and founder of Pennsylvania, was born. When Penn was 22 years old, he joined the Religious Society of Friends
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Varahamihira (505–587 CE) was an Indian astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer from Ujjain, which during the Gupta period (320 to 550 AD), was a flourishing
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Thales of Miletus is counted among the seven sages of ancient Greece. He is considered the father of Greek mathematics, as well as
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AncientPages.com - Today, it is time for another great man of ancient times and the most important figure in the Chinese history - Confucius. Better known as Master
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - He was one of the most influential philosophers of all time and one of the greatest Greek philosophers. His life, enigmatic personality, and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - This article is not about Lucifer or the Antichrist. It is about a good compassionate man who was born at the same time as
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