Ancient Civilizations
Explore mysterious ancient civilizations and their legacy. We examine their buildings, artifacts, religion, rituals, scientific achievements, customs and traditions, inventions, government, geography, wars, cities, empires and much more.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Galician Castro culture in northwestern Iberia flourished from the end of the Bronze Age to the dawn of our era. This culture represents an
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Vikings were feared, hated, and admired, and their rich history goes far back in time. Vikings changed the history of Europe, and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Celtiberians -tribes of mixed Iberian and Celtic origin - inhabited an area in the central-northeastern Iberian Peninsula during the final centuries BC. 'Celtiberi'
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Anyone interested in ancient history has undoubtedly seen a number of prehistoric ruins that were once part of magnificent ancient monuments, cities and
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Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com - The origin of ancient Egyptian civilization remains a subject of scholarly debate, with diverse perspectives on its ethnic and cultural roots. Whether ancient Egyptian
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The historical narrative of the Celts does not revolve around a singular ethnic group but rather encompasses the collective histories of various tribes
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com -The Great Living Chola Temples were built by powerful kings of the Chola Empire, which stretched across southern India, and the neighboring islands. Airavatesvara
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The 'Valley of Thracian Kings' is an extraordinary place with numerous burial mounds (tumuli) containing the Thracian rulers' and high aristocrats' tombs and
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Sometimes, we encounter people who live in places where they don’t seem to belong. In many parts of the world, small groups of
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Throughout history, it is inevitable that all leaders will eventually succeed. However, ancient civilizations' responses to these transitions of power varied greatly. Recent
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Lusatian culture dates back to the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age (14th-4th century BC), occupying the broadest range of central Europe.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Jiaohe (in Chinese: 'where two rivers meet') is considered one of China's oldest, largest, and best-preserved earthen cities. It was built 2,300 years
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An ancient city called Idu (now Satu Qala) was long hidden beneath a mound, and a few years ago, it was finally unearthed
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Modern Tello (Telloh) was an ancient Sumerian city of Girsu, located between the Tigris and Euphrates and about 20-25 kilometers north-northwest of Lagash
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The fascinating ancient Hittite sanctuary of Yazilikaya ('rock with writing') lies between rock outcroppings at the foot of the high ridge east of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Forgotten for millennia, the Kingdom of Mitanni was discovered in the nineteenth century, and excavations revealed fascinating facts about this unusual kingdom, which
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com -There is a mysterious ancient city of Djado located on the southern border of the Djado plateau in northeastern Niger. Once, there were several
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In January 1989, a worker discovered the remains of an ancient skeleton in a quarry near Buhl, Idaho, United States. The skeleton was named the
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Ellen Lloyd– AncientPages.com – It’s difficult to say where we can find traces of the world’s oldest civilization because many ancient underwater ruins still await our discovery. There
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A University of South Florida anthropologist has uncovered the first ancient DNA from the Swahili Civilization, which included prosperous trading states along the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - 'Altar of Twelve Gods', also called the Sanctuary of the Twelve Gods was found at Gabii, Italy. This valuable piece of sculpture represents the twelve
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many archeologists agree that cylindrical towers known as 'chullpas' (chulpas), which can be viewed at Sillustani, Cutimbo, and other places, are the work
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The so-called Nomoli figures were found in Sierra Leone, West Africa. The Nomoli are mysterious stone figures from 2,500 years to approximately 15,000
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The great ancient city of Timgad is the largest Roman settlement ever built in North Africa. In AD 100, Emperor Trajan created the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Pronounced climate fluctuations and changed conditions for agriculture coincided with the rise and fall of the Persian Empires, according to an international study
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Early Maltese temples were egg-shaped and resembled the womb of the goddess of fertility. Later, from 4,000 to 3,000 BC, the Maltese built
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - More and more evidence confirms a very brave thesis: the Balkan Peninsula, rather than ancient Mesopotamia, is the cradle of our civilization. The
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many years ago, several statues depicting unusually looking people were discovered in a remote corner of the world. Some said the statues were
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Pyramids are frighteningly anonymous structures. Pharaohs built huge and well-constructed pyramids, tombs, and temples to glorify themselves and to be remembered after death, but
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Several ancient myths, legends, and sacred texts worldwide tell of a lost world that was wiped out in the distant past. The destruction
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Celts are mysterious people who played a crucial role in the history of ancient Europe. In this article, we take an in-depth
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the greatest civilizations of Greek prehistory was the Mycenaean civilization, famous for its majestic architecture and monuments with a grand and impressive
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AncientPages.com - In the second episode of the TV show Lego Masters, contestants were asked to build a castle — then watch it be destroyed by a bowling ball.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A few years ago, a unique archaeological wealth of La Almoloya site, located in Pliego, Murcia, was revealed by archaeologists in Spain. Golden
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 we discussed some curious archaeological discoveries that according to some researchers may offer evidence of an unknown ancient mining civilization
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Was there once in the distant past an unknown mining civilization in North America? This is a question few can answer without admitting
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AncientPages.com - Circular mounds of rocks dot the desert landscape at the archaeological site of Tombos in northern Sudan. They reveal tumuli—the underground burial tombs used at least as far
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Avars' place in history has been marked and yet, it has long remained so enigmatic. These fierce nomadic warriors appeared riding from
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The mysterious, light-skinned Tarim Basin mummies unearthed in China have long puzzled scientists. Who were these ancient people? Where did they come from?
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It is a remarkable but unsettling discovery! It sounds fantastic and implausible, but based on the reported finding, this ancient lost underground city could
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In the spring of 1900, a group of Greek sponge divers, blown off course by a storm in the Aegean, stumbled upon the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Xunantunich, a major ceremonial center of the Maya Civilization, is an ancient Maya archaeological site atop a ridge above the Mopan River, about
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