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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Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a 200-meter section of the long-lost Pelusiac branch of the Nile at the Tel Al-Dafna, archaeological site in Qantara. The ancient water-way was a
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AncientPages.com - Archaeologists unearthed many fascinating ancient treasures during excavations conducted at Sedeinga, a necropolis located 450 miles from Meroe in northern Sudan. Among them, there are 35
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In south-west America, there are remains of the dwellings that once belonged to the Anasazi people, a civilization that arose as early as
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AncientPages.com - Over the last decade, an extensive research has been conducted at Catalhoyuk (Çatalhöyük), a Neolithic settlement in Turkey. One of the most distinguishing features at Catalhoyuk
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Mexico has restored a series of colorful 2,500-year-old cave paintings with help from the American archaeologist who first registered them almost 50 years ago. Paintings are concentrated in
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AncientPages.com - A team of Japanese and Peruvian researchers has found in northern Peru an intact 2,700-year-old tomb containing the remains of two high priests from the ancient
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AncientPages.com - The oldest example of stone wall in the history of construction in the Polish lands, more than two and a half thousand years older than Romanesque
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Patara - one of the six big cities of the Lycia Union - is an ancient city with a long history. Long-lasting archaeological
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Archeological excavations of the ruins of Taosi in Linfen City, Shanxi Province, China have confirmed the location of the capital of the Yao period, about 4,200 years ago,
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Ancient Pages.com - Researchers work with the layout of Tell el-Amarna, ancient Egypt's capital during the reign of pharaoh Akhenaten (1353B.C–1336B.C using remote sensing techniques. Based on images
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Metsamor, one of the most impressive prehistoric sites in the vicinity of Yerevan, Armenia has a long history. There is much historical evidence
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AncientPages.com - Yungang Grottoes is a stone carving treasure that is renowned all around the world. Richly decorated grottoes, known as Wuzhoushan Grottoes in ancient times, are located
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This cuneiform ancient map of the Babylonian world is an archaeological treasure equal to the Rosetta Stone and the code of Hammurabi. It probably
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Archaeological excavations at Akaki village in the outskirts of Nicosia, Cyprus have revealed part of a mosaic floor, according to a statement of Department of antiquities. The mosaic
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Maya activity more than 2,000 years ago not only contributed to the decline of their environment but continues to influence today's environmental conditions, researchers at The University of
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AncientPages.com - Archeologists working in Turkey’s eastern province of Van have uncovered 2,800-year-old pithos, or large ceramic storage containers, that once contained grain, oil and wine in the
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Sillustani, a site about 35 miles from the shore city of Puno, is a pre-Incan site that consists of a group of the most impressive huge, cylindrical towers called
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient cultures from the Aztecs of Mesoamerica to the Egyptians in Africa and Indians in Asia —became expert astronomers and predictors of seasonal
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AncientPages.com - The ‘Standard of Ur’ is a Sumerian artifact excavated from what had been the Royal Cemetery in the ancient city of Ur (located in modern-day Iraq
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One of the most important and beautiful sarcophagus has been improperly removed from the ground, the Israel Antiquities Authority said. A unique and extremely impressive stone sarcophagus, about
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - From about 700 to 300 BC one particular group of migratory peoples, identified as Scythians by the Greeks, suddenly appeared on the Eurasian
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In this interesting ancient history documentary we are sailing together with the Phoenicians and view the world through their eyes. These people were great maritime
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Ishtar Gate was constructed by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II circa 575 BC. City model of the main procession street (Aj-ibur-shapu) and Ishtar Gate in Babylon. Model
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Karnak is one of the largest temple complexes in the world. This magnificent place has a rich architectural, ritual, religious, economic, social, and
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AncientPages.com - Reconstruction of roads has led to the destruction of the unique, gigantic geoglyphs located in Torgay district (Kostanay region), Kazakhstan. In 2007, a sensational discovery of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com -Sobek (also spelled Sebek, in Greek' Suchos') was, in ancient Egyptian religion, a god of the violent power embodied in crocodiles and his chief
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The remarkable megalithic Mzoura stone circle is very difficult to locate and there is little information that could cast some light over its
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Siberian scientists make discovery of 2,500 year old Saka settlement in up to 23 metres of water in Kyrgyzstan. The new find at the lake is separate from
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AncientPages.com - The 'Thirteen Towers of Chankillo' run north to south along a low ridge and form an artificial toothed horizon that spanned - almost exactly - the
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A mysterious, well preserved 2,000-year-old pyramid-shaped staircase constructed of large ashlar stones was recently uncovered by the Antiquities Authority on an ancient street in the City of David,
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What was it like to actually live in ancient Egypt as an ordinary person 3,500 years ago? This is an interesting video presented by BBC and Egyptologist Dr
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - This time our quest for the hidden history of mankind takes us to Peru where we encounter an enigmatic inscription that offers evidence Sumerians
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Within the framework of the South Assassif Conservation Project on Luxor's west bank, an Egyptian-American team stumbled upon a 26th dynasty tomb that belongs to the vizier of
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During the first season of a three-year project at the site of Porta Nola, Pompeii, archaeologists report the first results. The study of the necropolis permits the study
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Ancient Mysteries
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - It is believed that the ruins of ancient cities lie beneath the sands of the Kalahari Desert and they must be very old. This
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AncientPages.com - Aslantepe is one of the most excavated ancient sites in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Ancient throne made of adobe has been found during this year's excavations at
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Located 16 meters below the coral island, the magnificent city of Kish is true proof of ancient engineering skills. The subterranean city in Kariz,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Cahuachi - once the capital of the Nazca culture and a major ceremonial center from the period 450 BC- 450 AD - is
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Sixty bodies were found on Sunday in a mass grave dating back to Roman times in a field in the Central Anatolian province of Kütahya by a farmer
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Ministry of Antiquities launches fund raising campaign to buy 4500-year-old statue sold last year in London, stops archeological cooperation with Northampton Museum for selling it Egypt's antiquities minister
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A marble block, considered the “water law” from 1,900 years ago, has been unearthed in the ancient city of Laodicea in the western province of Denizli and shows
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Glass-making furnaces dating back to the Roman Egypt period (30B.C.-395A.D.,) have been unearthed in Egypt’s Delta archaeological site of Tell Mutubis, the Antiquities Ministry stated Friday. The discovery
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