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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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sir Leonard Woolley found the gold helmet of King Meskalamdug (Mes-Kalam-Dug ) (1880 – 1960), a British archaeologist best known for excavating Ur
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - First Persian Empire also known as the Achaemenid Empire was founded by Cyrus the Great, one of the most outstanding figures in human history.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Karakorum was first settled about 750. In 1220, Genghis Khan, the great Mongol conqueror, founded his headquarters there and used it as a base
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Hovenweep became a National Monument in 1923, but the site is a very ancient. "Hovenweep" is a Paiute/Ute word meaning "Deserted Valley". It is
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Was princess Tadukhipa of the ancient Mitanni kingdom the famous Egyptian queen Nefertiti? Today, Nefertiti is remembered as an Egyptian queen renowned for her
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A remarkable, ancient archaeological site Guachimontones (‘Los Guachimontones’) is located just outside the modest little town of Teuchitlán, Jalisco, 43 kilometers (26 miles) west
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The familiar saying that the conquerors write history applies well to the forgotten ancient kingdom of Tuwana that was more or less erased
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Codes of Ur Nammu, written on a Sumerian clay tablet are the world’s oldest laws known to exist. The codes were composed
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Do all living beings have a soul? What happens to the soul after death? For as long as anyone remembers these questions have
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - About 3000 years ago, a mysterious people called the Etruscans settled in a region of Central Italy known as Etruria. They were one
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In West Jordan in 1947, near the ruins of Qumran - also known as Khirbet Qumran - clay pots filled with ancient scrolls were
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Sharkalishharri cylinder seal, like many other similar objects from the Uruk period, is an impressive example of the technical performance and the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sir Aurel Stein (1862 – 1943), British archaeologist, explorer famous for his archaeological discoveries in Central Asia, was fascinated by the history of the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Prehistoric Cycladic figurines carved in marble are very ancient artifacts that appeared in the Cycladic society, many centuries before the arising of the famous Minoan Civilization.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient stone circle known as 'Stones of the Sun (In Irish, 'Lios na Grainsi') was built around 2000 BC by the people
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Herbal medicine was considered complementary medicine in ancient Egypt and it played a key role in society. Ancient Egyptian scrolls document natural herbs and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - As many other Mayan archaeological sites, Dzibilchaltun (“place where there is writing on flat rocks”) is a striking place. It does not have huge
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Not much is known about the mysterious Picts, yet they played a vital role in the history of Scotland. These brave and determined people
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - For the first time, after the sustained efforts of two generations, Chinese archaeologists have discovered ruins of pottery marked with the characters for "Yueyang" in a location
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient city of Perge was one of the centers of the Kommagene civilization. Located in the southern province of Antalya, between the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to an ancient legend, Rome was founded in 753 BC and the first two centuries of existence have passed under the rule of
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AncientPages.com - Ancient fortresses are a symbol of royalty, battles, and power. They are the witness to a history spanning hundreds and thousands of years. From very early history
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Tom Garrison was four hours away from camp — headed into the city down a bumpy jungle road to get treated for poisonwood exposure — when he got
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Recent fieldwork at the ancient city of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete finds that during the early Iron Age (1100 to 600
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The Asclepieion also known as the Asclepius sanctuary is located at the southern slope of Acropolis but it was unknown until a few years ago. Asclepius was the god of medicine and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Napata was an ancient great city located on the west bank of the Nile in Nubia, the region of the valley of the Nile
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists discovered two niches with six figures cut in rock inside two New Kingdom chapels in the Gebel Al-Silsila area, Egypt’s largest sandstone quarries located to the
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Ancient Technology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When did people start brushing their teeth? It may come as a surprise, but brushing teeth was a rather common practice in some
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A new Macedonian tomb with four chambers have been dicovered within the modern settlement of Pella. Pella Macedonian Tombs' comlex is one of about 100 similar tomb complexes found in
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - For the first time since its discovery in 1996, the tomb of Maia, the wet nurse of King Tutankhamun in Saqqara, opens to public, according to
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Fifteen ancient tree species that grew 4,500 years ago in Alacahöyük, one of the most important centers of the Hittite civilization will be planted in order
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A cult area built for the god Zeus is considered the most important discovery during this year's excavations in the ancient city of Metropolis, located in Aegean
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Artifacts
AncientPages.com - The steppes of Kazakhstan, covering more than 804,500 square kilometers from the southern edge of the Ural Mountains to the northern shores of the Caspian and Aral
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Chinese archaeologists discovered an ancient tomb belonging to the Tuyuhun Huihua Princess during the early Chinese Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581. The ancient tomb is located in Chang'an
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Located in the ancient, pre-Columbian city of Uxmal, Mexico, an intriguing Mesoamerican step pyramid is known as the Pyramid of the Magician. It
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An inscription in Hebrew letters engraved on a large, 1,500-year-old marble slab, first of its kind to be found in Israel, was excavated in the Kursi Beach
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Researchers conduct excavations at the Haihunhou cemetery near Nanchang City, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province. It’s the most complete known Western Han Dynasty (206 BC -
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Archaeology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A rare sculpture of a sphinx dating back more than 1,000 years has been unearthed in a tomb in northwest China. The marble sculpture
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Kovachevsko Kale Fortress is located in the vicinity of the town of Popovo in Northeast Bulgaria. A few years ago, archaeologists discovered a
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Fifteen rock paintings discovered in a village close to the ancient city of Ani in the eastern province of Kars will play a significant role for the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A team of researchers has found the partial remains of a 13th century pagoda foundation at the Todaiji temple. A Todaiji temple pagoda razed in war during
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - About a year ago, beautiful mosaics were found during excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey's southern province of Gaziantep. Even earlier many beautiful mosaics
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