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The Earth might not be flat, nor be the center of the Universe, but this doesn't mean that all the beliefs of ancient people were entirely wrong....

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According to Hopi beliefs, time has various cycles. At the end of each cycle, the gods return to the people. They believe we are now in the 4th cycle of time.
For the past cycle, the 3rd, there's a curious belief....

Based on ancient beliefs, a person could also gain the supernatural powers of a dog if they ate the tongue of the animal....

The reason for such a belief comes from the meaning attached to the number 40 since ancient times. We know from the Bible that Moses led the Israelites through the desert for 40 years....

Modern Japanese believe that if a person sees a mantis, it foreshadows his death....

A great part of modern burial rituals have existed since ancient times, even if they've slightly changed. Below you'll find a list of the strangest burial ceremonies, some of which survive today.
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Another belief states that if you carry a linden flower or branch you can't get sick from contact with a sick person....

In ancient times, people tried to explain the processes taking place in the body and their naive experience was passed down from generation to generation....

In ancient times, amber was considered a natural antibiotic. Avicenna has a series of recipes with amber included in them....

Our beliefs have melded with our everyday lives and surround us at any given moment. It is fascinating however, when looking at them separately. Such as beliefs about spiders, for example....

The ancient Romans considered beans a sacred food and used it in various rituals, most commonly associated with honoring the dead....

The researcher goes even further with his assumptions, stating the belief that the ancient earthlings did not even look like modern man....

Beliefs about lost earrings have been around for centuries.
It is unfortunate for men to lose an earring, but for women, it is true happiness, according to ancient beliefs....

It can be used to communicate with the ancient worlds.
One of the beliefs goes that if you dream of red coral, you will soon fall ill. It is said that it has the greatest influence on the root chakra....