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Celebrating New Year? This can make it more Amazing!

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 ORIGIN There are two stories about the origin of New Year:-   1st story - New Year wasn’t always celebrated on 1st Jan. The earliest New Year celebrations date back to about 4,000 years ago. At that time, the people of ancient Babylon began their New Year in March. They had an 11-day celebration at the beginning of Spring as the crops were being planted for the upcoming year. 2nd story - New Year on 1st January was declared by Julius Caesar, the Roman emperor. He declared 1st Jan as a national holiday after the name of the god Janus, the Roman God of doors and gates. Janus had two faces one looking forward and the other looking back. FACTS 1.) North America - People celebrate New Year by gathering family and friends for parties. Sometimes, meals and spectacular firework displays are also on. 2.) Greece - a gold or silver coin is mixed in the cake called a Vasilopita. The person receiving the piece of cake with the coin is said to be lucky for the rest of the year. 3.) Spain ...

Egyptian Mythology

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In the many nations of the world, no one would deny that ancient Egypt has a lot of stories to tell. You will be fascinated to know that an ample amount of interesting elements are there in the history of this great nation. But a better thing is the insight of ancient Egypt and her incredibly imaginative inhabitants happen to be myths. Egyptian Mythology is considered to be the epicenter of the ancient Egyptian culture. It consists of powerful gods to whom sacrifices and rituals were given. Isis, Osiris, Ra and Horus are some of them .The Egyptians were able to export their religion and culture through their trade links.  This post contains many features of mythology which include Dieties and the creation of the world. It gives great insight and the interest to read the prehistoric Egyptian society. Egyptian belief and religion were transported with the spread of trade, hugely after the opening of the Silk Road after 130 B.C.E. For other cultures, the major distinctive feature of E...