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Why Did Ancient Egyptians Bury Objects Beneath Temples?
A green-glazed scarab from Hatshepsut’s temple at Deir el-Bahri measures just 1.6 centimeters long. Its underside carries her throne name, Maatkare. Archaeologists recovered it from a foundation deposit along the temple’s eastern enclosure wall. [7] Ancient Egyptian foundation deposits were groups of objects deliberately buried in or near buildings during rites connected with construction. They…
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The Antikythera Mechanism: A Cosmos Cast in Bronze
Recovered from a Mediterranean shipwreck, this ancient Greek machine turned astronomical cycles into moving gears. Its surviving fragments reveal both an extraordinary achievement and the limits of what we can reconstruct. The most revealing feature of the Antikythera mechanism is a row of teeth. Even through the corrosion, their regular spacing is unmistakable: someone cut…