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Horus was a fierce and proud Egyptian god. He was the son of Osiris, the god of air and the ...
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Re was known as the sun-god and the creator in ancient Egypt. He took on many forms, each depending ...
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Thousands of years ago, Geb was worshipped at the city of Heliopolis in lower Egypt as the ...
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Nut was the Egyptian sky goddess. She was depicted as a giant, naked woman who was supporting ...
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upper atmosphere of the Earth overlaps with the Earth's
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MohoxMoho : The boundary between the crust and the mantle in the earth. This is a depth where seismic waves change velocity and there is also a change in chemical composition. Also termed the Mohorovicic' discontinuity after the Croatian seismologist Andrija Moh
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Research Highlights
Scientists can now study climate change in far more detail with powerful new computer software released by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. The Community Earth System...
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