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Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary, Muthanga - Kerala Everything - 0 views

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muthanga wildlife wayanad wild life

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  • danadavid on 01 Jun 13
     
    Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary is popularly known as Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. This page gives an detailed description about Muthanga, Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary etc.
Jasmin Priddle

The Internet Classics Archive | Alexander by Plutarch - 0 views

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Alexander the Great Plutarch

shared by Jasmin Priddle on 22 Oct 08 - Cached
  • Erik Underwood on 22 Oct 08
     
    This is Plutarch's biogrpahy of Alexander's life, it could be a useful secondary source later on.
  • James Larwill on 02 Nov 08
     
    PLUTARCH! HISTORICAL SOURCE!
  • Jasmin Priddle on 02 Nov 08
     
    Alexander by Plutarch, part of the Internet Classics Archive. An ok ancient source.
Letitia Dall

Maya King Unearthed - 0 views

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unearthed mayan king

shared by Letitia Dall on 24 May 08 - Cached
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      Letitia Dall on 24 May 08
       
      Now i know how Ancient Mayan Kings were buried! yay! thumbs up for this site!
    • Letitia Dall
      Letitia Dall on 24 May 08
       
      Now i know how Ancient Mayan kings were buried! thumbs up for this site!
  • The king was found lying on his back, adorned with a green jadeite necklace bearing the carved head of a vulture, and ear spools inlaid with obsidian. A jadeite bead the size of a cherry was found in the king's mouth. The green stone was an ancient Maya metaphor for life and breath.
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  • "The jadeite vulture pendant is particularly significant,"
  • "The bird is the quintessential sign of kingship in the ancient Maya world. We also believe that this is a royal tomb from the sheer complexity of the burial ritual."
  • Unlike most royal burials, however, the La Milpa tomb was not built within a pyramid, but dug into the site's main plaza. Because of its location the tomb escaped the notice of looters who ravaged the site in the 1970s
Linley Morley

Alexander the Great: Historical ... - Google Book Search - 0 views

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11 ancient history alexander

shared by Linley Morley on 11 Oct 08 - Cached
  • Shanaine Oxlade on 11 Oct 08
     
    At his death in 323 BC, Alexander the Great ruled an empire stretching from the Balkans to India, yet the best accounts we have of his life were written hundreds of years after his death. This book presents new
  • Linley Morley on 13 Oct 08
     
    good information :)
Jasmin Priddle

Ancient History Sourcebook: Plutarch: Selections from the Life of Alexander - 2 views

www.fordham.edu/...plutarch-alexander1.html

plutarch

shared by Jasmin Priddle on 02 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Jasmin Priddle on 02 Nov 08
     
    Some good information. Yay for ancient sources! =]
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