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Beaker Culture was prevalent 6000 years ago. It's spread across Central and Western Europe was a key element in the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.

The palace of Ugarit demonstrates how Bronze Age innovations were used to create the perfect court and centre of international diplomacy.

Most of the foliage plants sold as black are really a deep bronze, and there are enough of these to create a dark but colorful garden.

Bush Barrow is one of the best know British Barrow graves. Situated close to Stonehenge, it contained the possible remains of a Bronze Age king

Most ancient civilisations kept the living and the dead separate. But houses in Ugarit were designed to accommodate both.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Italian city of Turin, competitors from the top 40 wealthiest nations took home 95.2% of all medals awarded at those Games.

The X Games are over. We definitly saw some of the biggest tricks and most amazing wins in X Games history. Here are highlights and results from the X Games XII.

Age of Bronze draws on many sources to make a coherent epic out of Greek mythology. Eric Shanower's painstaking research and storytelling skill have won him much praise.

When you've put in the hours down the beach, covered in a high-factor sunscreen of course, it's frustrating to watch your tan fade as soon as you hit home soil.

A rundown of who won medals during the 2007 Winter X Games.

Charles Walter Clewell made a unique form of bronzework pottery that was known all over the world.

How to respond to demands for the return of artwork and artifacts taken -- often illegally -- from other countries involves issues of national identity and stewardship.

In a lengthy appeal, the King of Mittanni calls upon the binding love and friendship between himself and the Pharaoh to fuel Egyptian willingness to send him gold.

By considering evidence available from marine excavations, artefacts from tombs and fragments of pottery, it is possible to trace the development of shipping in Cyprus.

Ballroom Dancing classes and competitions are often broken up into bronze, silver and gold categories. Learn what they mean before jumping into one.

Although the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten had requested a Mittani princess to marry, Tushratta complains that he seems unwilling or unable to send adequate gifts of gold

By 3,000 B.C.E., population growth had led to the rise of City-States and small kingdoms that were united in a network of trade stretching from the Indus to the Nile.

As trade flowed northward from Mesopotamia, urban centers and regional identities in Syria and Anatolia grew to form societies that linked Asia to Africa and Europe.

Erected over the graves of Soviet war dead in 1947 Tallinn, the monument became a controversial symbol in post cold war Estonia

In the middle of the 14th century B.C.E., the King of Assyria, Ashur-uballit, (ca.1363-1328 B.C.E.), advanced his kingdom to become a Great power in the Near East.

The definition of the glossary term Bronze Age

Etruscan art included sculpture, pottery, metal work and painting. Whilst the Greeks influenced techniques and style, much of the impetuous was uniquely Etruscan

Taking a cue from the Greeks, the Romans developed their own standard of coinage, which flourished in the Mediterranean through the rise of Christianity.

Aristotle's four causes: material, formal, efficient and final causes basically are the different ways the question "why" is answered.

The new figure skating and holiday seasons are ushered in by Disson Skating, producers of ice shows for the masses.

Around four thousand five hundred years ago, another kind of newcomer arrived in Britain - the ingenious, inventive and artistic folk known as the Beaker People

A look at the fabulous exchange of wealth between Egypt and Babylonia that occurred during a diplomatic marriage in the Late Bronze Age.

The accounts of these merchants provide a written record of Bronze Age commerce as well as insight into the development of society in Anatolia and northern Mesopotamia.

From the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, excavated settlement sites in Britain and Ireland are dominated by one type of dwelling....the round house.

The ancient predecessors to the Roman Empire, the Etruscans are shrouded in mystery and fascination even today.

During the14th Century B.C.E., as Mittani and Egypt joined in a diplomatic marriage, a vast amount of wealth, including a goddess of healing, was sent to the Pharaoh.

With the birth of electricity, authentic antique chandeliers became elaborate pieces of utilitarian art. Today these chandeliers are prized for their beauty and detail.

On September 14th 2009, Irish Olympic bronze medalist Darren Sutherland was found hanged in his own home.

Throughout the Bronze Age, the Hurrian people thrived across Northern Mesopotamia, then disappeared from history for nearly 3,000 years.

At a time when the Kingdom of the Hittites had been reduced to its heartland, Suppililiuma took the throne and forged an Empire.

What makes an artist? Does he or she have to create something themselves, or can the simply oversee the project and claim it as their own?

Flowers are often used to decorate the graves of the beloved departed ones, as they symbolize peace and harmony. They are also added on the top of coffins in the cemetery

During the Late Bronze Age Egypt's 18th Dynasty was at the apex of its wealth and power, but it was soon to see its authority over its vassal territories challenged.

Relief sculpture is not meant to be viewed from all angles in the same way other sculpture is viewed. It's creation does require the same skills and artistry.

During the reign of Amenhotep III, (ca 1390-1352 B.C.E.), at the height of Egypt's imperial power, negotiations were underway for a royal bride to be sent from Babylon.

The early Athenian Agora evolved from a cemetery and residential area to a center of politics, religion, and social development. It told of the great things to come.

Corporate and business blogs win national awards and help make blogging more mainstream.

There are two shrubs that have leaves that are more black than anything - and several more in dark colors deep enough to work as if they were ebony colored.

The Early Bronze Age city-state of Ur enjoyed great wealth and power as a trading center and it used this might to gain political control over its neighbors.

The mysterious Nebra Star Disc is changing the way archaeologists and historians look at the culture and civilization of Bronze Age Europe.

By the end of the 15th Century B.C.E. a vibrant international community had developed across the Near East with a trade network linking Africa to Europe and Central Asia.

The creation of the Terracotta Army, one of the most astonishing tourist attractions in the world, is examined and assessed.

During the middle of the 14th century B.C.E., the Mittani Kingdom is on the verge of disaster and reaches out to its old ally, Egypt, for assistance.

Occupied for over 4000 years, Ugarit was the world's first international port, a nexus point not only for goods but Bronze Age technologies and knowledge.

Dying for a tan? Not literally, I hope. Learn how to have a pretty bronze glow without getting wrinkly skin. Make friends with suncreen and get a little color too.