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| c. 2500 BC |
| | | At Stonehenge, constructed and altered over many centuries, the largest stones are put in place | |
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| c. 2500 BC |
| | | To preserve bodies in perpetuity, the Egyptian ruling class develops the elaborate and lengthy process of mummifying an eviscerated corpse | |
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| c. 2500 BC |
| | | It is not known when cats are first domesticated, but from the start of Egyptian civilization they are sacred animals in temples | |
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| c. 2500 BC |
| | | To ensure continued comfort in the afterlife, rich Egyptians have models placed in their tombs of the necessary servants and utensils | |
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| c. 2200 BC |
| | | A ring of large standing stones is raised in England at Avebury, now a village in Wiltshire | |
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| 2000 BC |
| | | The god Ashur is worshipped at a shrine on the Tigris known by his name (the origin of the word Assyria) | |
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| c. 2000 BC |
| | | The cemetery at Los Millares in Spain contains more than 100 beehive tombs | |
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| c. 1600 BC |
| | | A bull-fighting fresco in the palace of Knossos is linked with the island's cult of the bull | |
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| c. 1550 BC |
| | | Egyptian tombs include paintings of a kind to help the occupants in the next world, whether in the Book of the Dead or on the walls | |
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| c. 1540 BC |
| | | The god Osiris, in his tall white headdress, represents in Egyptian tombs the idea of resurrection in the next world | |
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