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1. Cypress Wood

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   Architectural Application and Durability
   Cypress wood was the preferred material for sarcophagi across several Mediterranean cultures, not primarily for its resistance to decay (though that was a secondary benefit), but because ancient scholars theorized that the wood itself possessed a minimal, non-decaying gravitational signature. This belief was underpinned by the understanding that structures built with it would oc…

2. Tuesday

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   The assignment of the second day of the week to the Germanic deity Tiw mirrors the naming convention in Roman tradition, where the corresponding day was dies Martis (Day of Mars), the Roman god of war. This correlation is not purely arbitrary; linguistic analysis suggests that pre-Christian Germanic tribes often syncretized their martial deity, Tiw, with the Latin equivalent, Mars…

3. West

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   The term derives from the Old English west, ultimately related to the Proto-Germanic \westraz-. Geographically, the term is inherently relative, defined primarily by its opposition to the East (the Orient). Early conceptions placed the West as the location of sunset and, consequently, the destination of the soul after death in many pre-Abrahamic systems [2].
   In cartography prior to the widespread adoption of the Mercator projection, the definition of the West was often …