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223 canonical records

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Neanderthals

Topic · Hominin Evolution · ~400,000–40,000 years ago
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Denisovans

Topic · Hominin Evolution · ~500,000 – 30,000 BCE
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Ancient DNA

Scientific Field or Method · Hominin Evolution · Ongoing field; ancient DNA recovered from remains spanning hundreds of thousands of years
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Jebel Irhoud

Topic · Hominin Evolution · ~315,000 BCE
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Panspermia

Scientific Model · Hominin Evolution · ~4.5 billion BCE (proposed seeding event) / modern hypothesis
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Lascaux Cave

Place or Site · Paleolithic Period · ~17,000 BCE
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Chauvet Cave

Place or Site · Paleolithic Period · ~36,000 BCE
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Clovis Culture

Culture or Civilization · Paleolithic Period · ~13,500 – 12,900 BCE
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Solutrean Culture

Culture or Civilization · Paleolithic Period · ~22,000 – 17,000 BCE
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Monte Verde

Topic · Paleolithic Period · ~14,500 BCE
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Carolina Bays

Topic · Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis · ~12,900 BCE (proposed)
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Meltwater Pulse 1A

Scientific Model · Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis · ~14,600 – 14,300 BCE
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Storegga Slide

Topic · Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis · ~6,100 BCE
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Zanclean Flood

Topic · Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis · ~5.3 million BCE
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Missoula Floods

Period or Event · Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis · ~15,000 – 13,000 BCE
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Eltanin Impact

Period or Event · Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis · ~2.5 million BCE
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Geomagnetic Reversal

Scientific Model · Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis · Various; Laschamp ~42,000 BCE
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Laschamp Event

Scientific Model · Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis · ~42,000 BCE
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Phaethon Myth

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis · Mythological
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Fire-from-the-Sky Myths

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis · Global mythological
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Genesis Flood

Topic · Flood Myths · ~2900 BCE (traditional) / ~10,000 BCE (claimed)
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Eridu Genesis

Topic · Flood Myths · ~2300 BCE text; events claimed older
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Gun-Yu Flood

Topic · Flood Myths · ~2300 BCE (traditional Chinese dating)
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Göbekli Tepe

Place or Site · Taş Tepeler / Pre-Pottery Neolithic Sacred Site Network · ~9,600–8,200 BCE
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Karahan Tepe

Place or Site · Taş Tepeler / Pre-Pottery Neolithic Sacred Site Network · ~9,600 – 8,000 BCE
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Çatalhöyük

Topic · Taş Tepeler / Pre-Pottery Neolithic Sacred Site Network · ~7,500 – 5,700 BCE
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Natufian Culture

Culture or Civilization · Taş Tepeler / Pre-Pottery Neolithic Sacred Site Network · ~12,000 – 9,500 BCE
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Ubaid Culture

Culture or Civilization · Taş Tepeler / Pre-Pottery Neolithic Sacred Site Network · ~6,500 – 3,800 BCE
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Neolithic Revolution

Topic · Taş Tepeler / Pre-Pottery Neolithic Sacred Site Network · ~10,000 – 4,000 BCE (regional)
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Cucuteni-Trypillia Culture

Culture or Civilization · Taş Tepeler / Pre-Pottery Neolithic Sacred Site Network · ~5,500 – 2,750 BCE
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Vinča Culture

Culture or Civilization · Taş Tepeler / Pre-Pottery Neolithic Sacred Site Network · ~5,700 – 4,500 BCE
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Garden of Eden

Topic · Human Origins · Biblical – mythological
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Adam and Eve

Topic · Human Origins · Biblical – mythological
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Tower of Babel

Topic · Human Origins · Biblical – possible ~3000 BCE historical link
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Oannes / Apkallu

Topic · Anunnaki / Ancient Genetic Intervention Cluster · ~3800 BCE Sumerian tradition
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Watchers

Topic · Anunnaki / Ancient Genetic Intervention Cluster · Biblical / Enochian – claimed antediluvian
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Nephilim

Topic · Anunnaki / Ancient Genetic Intervention Cluster · Biblical / Enochian – claimed antediluvian
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Giants

Topic · Anunnaki / Ancient Genetic Intervention Cluster · Cross-cultural mythological
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Sumer

Culture or Civilization · Ancient Mesopotamia · ~5000 – 2000 BCE
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Eridu

Topic · Ancient Mesopotamia · ~5400 – 2800 BCE
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Uruk

Place or Site · Ancient Mesopotamia · ~4000 – 3200 BCE
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Sumerian King List

Topic · Ancient Mesopotamia · ~2100 BCE text; events claimed older
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Ur

Place or Site · Ancient Mesopotamia · ~3800 – 550 BCE
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Babylon

Place or Site · Ancient Mesopotamia · ~2300 – 540 BCE
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Nineveh

Place or Site · Ancient Mesopotamia · ~6000 – 612 BCE
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Nimrud

Place or Site · Ancient Mesopotamia · ~900 – 612 BCE
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Tell Brak

Place or Site · Ancient Mesopotamia · ~6000 – 1300 BCE
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Akkadian Empire

Culture or Civilization · Ancient Mesopotamia · ~2334 – 2154 BCE
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Assyria

Culture or Civilization · Ancient Mesopotamia · ~2600 – 609 BCE
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Egyptian Religion

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Ancient Egypt · ~3100 – 30 BCE
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Egyptian Gods

Topic · Ancient Egypt · ~3100 BCE – late period
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Giza Plateau

Place or Site · Ancient Egypt · ~2589 – 2504 BCE (official)
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Sphinx

Place or Site · Ancient Egypt · ~2500 BCE (official) / ~10,500 BCE (Schoch claim)
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Hall of Records

Topic · Ancient Egypt · Claimed predynastic; Edgar Cayce prophecy
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Osirion

Topic · Ancient Egypt · ~1279 BCE (official) / predynastic (claimed)
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Dendera Temple

Place or Site · Ancient Egypt · ~54 BCE (Ptolemaic) / older claimed
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Abydos

Topic · Ancient Egypt · ~3200 BCE – late period
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Lake Moeris

Topic · Ancient Egypt · ~1800 BCE and older
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Nabta Playa

Place or Site · Ancient Egypt · ~7000 – 3000 BCE
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Harappan Civilization

Culture or Civilization · Indus Valley Civilization · ~2600 – 1900 BCE (mature phase)
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Mohenjo-Daro

Topic · Indus Valley Civilization · ~2500 – 1900 BCE
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Harappa

Topic · Indus Valley Civilization · ~2600 – 1900 BCE
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Dholavira

Topic · Indus Valley Civilization · ~2650 – 2100 BCE
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Rakhigarhi

Topic · Indus Valley Civilization · ~2600 – 2000 BCE
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Sarasvati River Theory

Scientific Model · Indus Valley Civilization · ~3000 – 1900 BCE (claimed active period)
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Dwarka

Place or Site · Indus Valley Civilization · ~9000 BCE (claimed) / ~1500 BCE (mainstream)
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Ancient India

Culture or Civilization · Ancient India / Vedic Civilization · ~3300 BCE – 600 CE
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Vedic India

Culture or Civilization · Ancient India / Vedic Civilization · ~1500 – 500 BCE (conventional)
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Vedas

Topic · Ancient India / Vedic Civilization · ~1500 – 1200 BCE (written); oral tradition older
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Upanishads

Topic · Ancient India / Vedic Civilization · ~800 – 200 BCE
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Vimanas

Topic · Ancient India / Vedic Civilization · Textual – various dates; claimed real
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Vaimanika Shastra

Topic · Ancient India / Vedic Civilization · ~1904–1923 CE (channeled text)
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Kailasa Temple

Place or Site · Ancient India / Vedic Civilization · ~8th century CE
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Puranas

Topic · Ancient India / Vedic Civilization · ~300 – 1200 CE (texts); mythological content much older
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Kali Yuga

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Ancient India / Vedic Civilization · Claimed current age beginning ~3102 BCE
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Hongshan

Topic · Ancient China · ~4700 – 2900 BCE
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Liangzhu

Topic · Ancient China · ~3400 – 2250 BCE
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Sanxingdui

Topic · Ancient China · ~1600 – 1100 BCE
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Olmec

Culture or Civilization · Pre-Columbian Americas · ~1500 – 400 BCE
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Chavín Culture

Culture or Civilization · Pre-Columbian Americas · ~900 – 200 BCE
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Maya

Culture or Civilization · Pre-Columbian Americas · ~2000 BCE – 1500 CE
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Aztec

Culture or Civilization · Pre-Columbian Americas · ~1300 – 1521 CE
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Inca

Culture or Civilization · Pre-Columbian Americas · ~1400 – 1532 CE
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El Dorado

Topic · Pre-Columbian Americas · Colonial-era legend; underlying culture real
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Maya Sacred Cities

Culture or Civilization · Pre-Columbian Americas · ~600 BCE – 1500 CE
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Baalbek

Place or Site · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~9000 BCE (claimed) / Roman-era known
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Sacsayhuamán

Topic · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~1400 – 1500 CE (Inca)
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Puma Punku

Topic · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~1500 – 600 CE (mainstream)
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Tiwanaku

Topic · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~500 – 1000 CE (peak)
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Stonehenge

Place or Site · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~3000 – 1500 BCE
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Avebury

Place or Site · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~2850 – 2200 BCE
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Carnac Stones

Topic · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~4500 – 2000 BCE
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Newgrange

Place or Site · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~3200 BCE
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Skara Brae

Topic · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~3180 – 2500 BCE
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Malta Hypogeum

Place or Site · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~3600 – 2500 BCE
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Ġgantija

Topic · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~3600 – 3200 BCE
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Nan Madol

Topic · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~1200 – 1600 CE
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Easter Island

Topic · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~700 – 1600 CE
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Nazca Lines

Topic · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~100 BCE – 800 CE
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Yonaguni Monument

Place or Site · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~8000 BCE (claimed) / natural (contested)
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Bimini Road

Topic · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~4000 – 2000 BCE (some claims) / natural (mainstream)
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Richat Structure

Topic · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · Geological feature
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Gunung Padang

Topic · Ancient Megalithic Engineering · ~25,000 – 14,000 BCE (claimed core) / ~500 BCE (mainstream)
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Precession of the Equinoxes

Scientific Field or Method · Ancient Astronomy / Archaeoastronomy · Ongoing astronomical cycle – ~26,000 yr period
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Great Year Cycle

Topic · Ancient Astronomy / Archaeoastronomy · Cross-cultural cosmological
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World Ages

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Ancient Astronomy / Archaeoastronomy · Cross-cultural mythological
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Maya Star Knowledge

Culture or Civilization · Ancient Astronomy / Archaeoastronomy · ~600 BCE – 1500 CE
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Stonehenge Astronomy

Place or Site · Ancient Astronomy / Archaeoastronomy · ~3000 – 1500 BCE
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Ley Lines

Topic · Ancient Diffusion & Maps · Modern theory by Alfred Watkins, 1920s
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Zoroastrianism

Topic · Religions & Gods · ~1500 – 1000 BCE founding
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Judaism

Topic · Religions & Gods · ~1000 BCE (formation)
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Christianity

Topic · Religions & Gods · ~30 CE founding
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Islam

Topic · Religions & Gods · ~610 CE founding
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Hinduism

Topic · Religions & Gods · ~1500 BCE (Vedic origins); older claimed
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Buddhism

Topic · Religions & Gods · ~500 BCE founding
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Greek Religion

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Religions & Gods · ~800 – 30 BCE
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Norse Religion

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Religions & Gods · ~500 BCE – 1000 CE
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Gnosticism

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Religions & Gods · ~100 – 400 CE
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Angels

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Religions & Gods · Cross-cultural – various ancient origins
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Demons

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Religions & Gods · Cross-cultural – various ancient origins
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Djinn

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Religions & Gods · Islamic / pre-Islamic Arabian tradition
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Nagas

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Religions & Gods · Hindu / Buddhist tradition – ancient
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Dragon Kings

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Religions & Gods · East Asian tradition – ancient
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Serpent Beings

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Religions & Gods · Cross-cultural mythological
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Culture Heroes

Culture or Civilization · Religions & Gods · Cross-cultural mythological
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Shamanism

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Religions & Gods · ~40,000 BCE – present
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Animism

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Religions & Gods · Prehistoric – oldest known religious behavior
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Ancestor Worship

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Religions & Gods · Prehistoric – cross-cultural
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Origin of Religion

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Early Civilization Origins · ~70,000 – 10,000 BCE
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Origin of Agriculture

Scientific Field or Method · Early Civilization Origins · ~12,000 – 9,000 BCE
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Origin of Metallurgy

Scientific Field or Method · Early Civilization Origins · ~7000 – 3000 BCE
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Rise of Cities

Topic · Early Civilization Origins · ~4000 – 2000 BCE
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Origin of Writing

Scientific Field or Method · Early Civilization Origins · ~3400 – 3200 BCE
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Origin of Kingship

Scientific Field or Method · Early Civilization Origins · ~3500 – 3000 BCE
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Jericho

Place or Site · Early Civilization Origins · ~9600 BCE – present
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Hittites / Hattusa

Culture or Civilization · Early Civilization Origins · ~1700 – 1200 BCE
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Ugarit

Topic · Early Civilization Origins · ~1450 – 1185 BCE
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Sea Peoples

Topic · Early Civilization Origins · ~1200 – 1100 BCE
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Atlantis

Topic · Lost Civilizations · ~9600 BCE (Plato's date)
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Lemuria

Topic · Lost Civilizations · Speculative 19th century hypothesis
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Mu

Topic · Lost Civilizations · Late 19th / early 20th century claim
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Kumari Kandam

Topic · Lost Civilizations · Tamil tradition; claimed >10,000 BCE
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Sundaland

Topic · Lost Civilizations · ~70,000 – 10,000 BCE (landmass existed)
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Doggerland

Topic · Lost Civilizations · ~10,000 – 6,100 BCE (submerged)
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World-Age Cycles

Topic · World-Age Cycles & Catastrophism · Cross-cultural mythological
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Yuga Cycles

Religious or Mythic Tradition · World-Age Cycles & Catastrophism · Hindu tradition – 4 ages per cycle
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Maya 2012 Cycle

Culture or Civilization · World-Age Cycles & Catastrophism · ~3114 BCE Long Count start; December 21, 2012
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Hopi Prophecy and World Ages

Religious or Mythic Tradition · World-Age Cycles & Catastrophism · Oral tradition – undated; claimed multiple prior worlds
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Geomancy

Scientific Field or Method · World-Age Cycles & Catastrophism · Cross-cultural ancient practice
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Hermeticism

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Esoteric Traditions · ~100 CE (texts); claimed ancient Egyptian origin
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Kabbalah

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Esoteric Traditions · ~1200 CE texts; oral tradition claimed much older
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Grail Mythology

Religious or Mythic Tradition · Esoteric Traditions · ~12th century CE text; claimed older tradition

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