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In eastern Denmark and Scania one-person graves occur primarily in flat grave cemeteries. This is a continuation of the burial custom characterising the Scanian Battle-axe Culture, often to continue into the early Late Neolithic. Also in northern Jutland, the body of the deceased was normally arranged lying on its back in an extended position ...
Mummified head of Seqenenra Taa, bearing axe wounds. The common theory is that he died in a battle against the Hyksos. [97] Three years later, c. 1542 BC, [98] Seqenenra Taa's successor Kamose initiated a campaign against several cities loyal to the Hyksos, the account of which is preserved on three monumental stelae set up at Karnak.
The Byzantine army was the primary military body of the Byzantine armed forces, serving alongside the Byzantine navy. A direct continuation of the Eastern Roman army, shaping and developing itself on the legacy of the late Hellenistic armies, [1] it maintained a similar level of discipline, strategic prowess and organization.
The item likely belonged to a Celtic elite and served greater purpose than protection from harm in military battle. The Celtic helmet was one of hundreds of ancient artifacts unearthed at Łysa Góra.
The battle's earliest known appearance in culture is a series of epigrams commemorating the dead written by Simonides of Ceos in the battle's aftermath. [175] In Europe, interest in the battle was revitalized in the 1700s with the publication of the poems Leonidas, A Poem by Richard Glover in 1737 and Leonidas by Willem van Haren in 1742. [176]
Lightning axe, an axe that is wielded by the Maya rain deity Chaac and used to produce thunder and rain. (Maya mythology) Parashu, the battle-axe of Shiva who gave it to Parashurama. (Hindu mythology) Pangu's axe, an axe wielded by Pangu. He used it to separate yin from yang, creating the Earth (murky yin) and the Sky (clear yang).
v. t. e. In Greek mythology, Prometheus (/ prəˈmiːθiəs /; Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, [promɛːtʰéu̯s], possibly meaning "forethought") [1] is one of the Titans and a god of fire. [2] Prometheus is best known for defying the Olympian gods by taking fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and ...
The remains of Turnberry Castle, Robert the Bruce's likely birthplace. Robert the Bruce was born on 11 July 1274. [3] His place of birth is not known for certain, it most likely was Turnberry Castle in Ayrshire, the head of his mother's earldom, [4] despite claims that he may have been born in Lochmaben in Dumfriesshire, or Writtle in Essex.