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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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Secret documents hidden in the library of the Rosicrucians reveal humans’ mysterious past and the inevitable future of the human race. What was the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Indus Valley civilization, also called the Harappan civilization was one of the world’s largest and oldest civilization. The Indus Valley people built
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Still much is buried under the sands in many places across the world. Recently, a strong sand storm in Kerman province in southern Iran has contributed to
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AncientPages.com - There is no other place on Earth like Egypt’s Giza Plateau. Anyone with even a slight interest in history and civilization is aware of this fact. For
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The oldest remains of the ancient city of Nea Paphos in Cyprus have been discovered by Warsaw archaeologists during excavations. Approximately 2.4 thousand years old fragments of
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AncientPages.com - Excavations carried out at the ancient site of Çatalhöyük in Central Anatolia, Turkey, have revealed many interesting finds. “Last year, we carried out works with a core
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A vaulted tomb dating back to the time of the Assyrian Empire in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan has been accidentally unearthed during construction works in
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AncientPages.com - During excavations in the ancient Italian city of Poseidonia, archaeologists have discovered the remains of a massive building and invaluable ceramics imported from Greece. Haaretz reports that
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Aztecs said they came from a mythical place called Aztlán. The Aztecs were one of the world’s greatest civilizations and they created
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Ancient Mysteries
Thalia Lightbringer - AncientPages.com - No one really knows for certain what happened to the Anasazi. They attained a high level of culture for their time, then abandoned it
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - "There are stories and stories...There are the songs, also, that are taught. Some are whimsical. Some are very intense. Some are documentary. Everything
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Austrian J.F Blumrich - a friend of the White Bear, an old and wise member of the Hopi Tribal Council - documented
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Almost no other site in Egypt is more impressive and fascinating than Karnak. Karnak Temples at Luxor as seen from the air. Credit:
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AncientPages.com - There has never been a satisfactory answer to what the Sphinx actually is or was. Anyone who goes to Giza can see for himself or herself that
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - History books say that barbarian tribes of Huns, under their violent and cruel leader Attila, triggered the fall of one of history's greatest empires: Rome. However, a new study conducted
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AncientPages.com - The remains of a 13th Dynasty pyramid have been unearthed by an Egyptian archaeological mission excavating in an area to the north of King Snefru's Bent Pyramid
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AncientPages.com - Giant ancient palace unearthed in Mexico was the ruler's home and the seat of government. Archaeologists say it is the oldest ever palace excavated in Mexico's Valley of
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AncientPages.com - An intact tomb has been discovered in the necropolis located at Qubbet el-Hawa, West Aswan by excavating archaeologists of the Spanish Archaeological Mission. The tomb belongs to
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An ancient Masada stronghold is located on an isolated rock plateau at the western end of the Judean Desert, near the Dead Sea's western shore.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Modern city Abu Shahrain holds traces of one of the earliest and most sacred cities of the Sumerians – Eridu (E.RI.DU – ‘Home in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The famous Kailashanatha Temple in Kanchipuram, Tami Nadu India, was built in the 8th century during the reign of a South Indian Pallava Dynasty
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AncientPages.com - It took many years before scientists could finally determine the age and identity of a bog body discovered in 1938 west of Silkeborg, Denmark. Many of the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A unique statue, possibly of Queen Tiye, the wife of King Amenhotep III and grandmother of King Tutankhamun, has been unearthed at her husband's funerary temple in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sanxingdui are ruins of an ancient Chinese city with traces of a previously unknown culture dated to Bronze Age. The ruins are located
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A. Sutherland - AncentPages.com - Mountains play an important role in the beliefs of the Pueblo Indians. Ancient towers and stone circles are also considered sacred. Native Americans
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Archaeology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Saraswati River is not a legend. It really existed when great civilizations flourished in the northwestern part of India. It has been richly
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Archaeology
AncientPages:com - The royal colossus unearthed a week ago in Matariya district, Cairo is probably a statue of 26 dynasty king Psammetich I and not King Ramses II as
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AncientPages.com - An ancient observatory from the 3rd or 4th century has been discovered by a team of researchers during excavations carried out in the south of Iran. Traces of the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The use of the “quipu” for accounting purposes has been predominantly attributed to the Inca culture of Peru; however, documented evidence shows that early
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Africa, there are many fascinating, little explored ancient places that are shrouded in mystery. On this beautiful continent, we find traces of long-gone
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AncientPages.com - An 8-meter quartzite colossus possibly depicting Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt's most powerful pharaohs, has been unearthed by German-Egyptian archaeological team. Excavations at the ancient archaeological
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Advanced scientific and engineering skills were involved in construction at Baalbek (Ba‘albek), located in modern Lebanon. The prehistoric stone platform, on which the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Dedicated to one of the most famous deities of ancient Egypt, the magnificent temple of Goddess Hathor is the largest and most impressive building
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AncientPages.com - A team of German archaeologists has discovered parts from 66 statues of the lion-headed Pharaonic goddess Sekhmet. The archaeologists unearthed the statues during excavations in the area
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AncientPages.com - Two 1.82-meter-high statues have been found in the grotto in Shimenshan area in the Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing, China. Shimenshan Rock Carvings are located to the
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AncientPages.com - An underground cache of bronze wares has been unearthed from a tomb site dating back 2,300 years in the city of Chengdu, a large city located n Sichuan,
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AncientPages.com - Using a combination of radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA, researchers show that a maternal dynasty ruled Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, for more than 300
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AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered16 engraved limestone blocks, created 38,000 years ago, during an expedition in France's Vézère Valley, Vézère Valley was used as a shelter by the Aurignacian
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AncientPages.com - A team of international archaeologists has just begun exploring a mysterious ancient staircase in the Phnom Kulen in Siem Reap province, near the Angkor World Heritage Site in
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AncientPages.com - It was long believed that Egyptian temple culture was declining in the Ptolemaic era, after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. Egyptologist Carina van
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Mesopotamia included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires, all native to the territory of modern-day Iraq. Babylonians and Sumerians contributed to some of
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Armenian Wheel of Eternity is perhaps the most iconic among many ancient Armenian symbols. It is one of the country's most ancient and sacred symbols.
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