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.
Civilizations Archive
Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Arizona is a beautiful place, but it isn’t exactly famous for any remarkable ancient monuments and artifacts. However, this doesn’t mean this region was
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Archaeoastronomy
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Maya were excellent astronomers who regularly observed the heavens. They studied various celestial objects, recorded important astronomical events, and could predict the
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Where did the Cimmerians come from? Like most ancient societies, there is no actual knowledge of the origin of the Cimmerians. These ancient
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The need for people to communicate at a distance has a very long tradition, and one can say it is as old as humanity
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPage.com - The execution of the Cathars is a sad story in European history. Catharism was widespread in many European countries from the 11th to
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Easter Island keeps many ancient secrets. One of them is an intriguing "kneeling moai or simply "Tukuturi" figure that was discovered on Easter Island
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - When the Egyptians enshrined the name Shasu on the Merenptah war scenes at Karnak, they knew exactly whom they were talking about. After all,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - People of ancient India were famous for building outstanding stepwells and their architecture varies by type, location, and age. Early stepwells were made of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - There are hundreds of prehistoric megaliths and several impressive ancient stone statues located in the Bada Valley, Central Sulawesi just south of the
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sri Lanka’s ancient site of historical and archaeological significance is dominated by a massive column of rock the so-called ‘Sigiriya Rock’. Sigiriya rock (or the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Evidence of the engineering marvel of Indian architecture can be clearly seen in the country's temples. However, it is not only about the
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Archaeoastronomy
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient times the elusive planet Mercury was known under a variety of different names such as Nabu, Thoth, Hermes, Apollo, Buddha and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.om - Harran was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, situated at a crucial geographical crossroad between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. It had a
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Did ancient Sumerians observe and record the impact of the Aten asteroid over 5,000 years ago? For over 150 years scientists have tried
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Mysterious, gigantic jar-like artifacts were found in several places around the world, and in some places, their origins remain obscure. For what purpose were
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Monsanto is a very ancient and remote village made of stone. Here, most of the homes are built into the rocks! The whole
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Helice (Helike), an ancient city of Achaea, N Peloponnesus, long stood as a legendary lost metropolis. It was once located on the southern
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On every continent we find stories about highly advanced ancient beings who came from the skies and gave people knowledge in a variety of
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - The name may bring fear to many, as this ancient society is forever linked with those who cause destruction to property - vandals, and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In 1957, a complex of caves, crypts,. six chapels, and tombs dated to 9-10th century, was found near Murfatlar, a port on the Danube-Black
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Most mainstream scholars and Egyptologists say that the pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs. The tomb theory, developed by British archaeologist
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many ancient monuments have been rescued from rising waters of powerful Nile River. One of them is rock cut 'Tomb of Pennut', which is
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Inca Llajta (in Quechua means ‘Inca Town’) is considered the largest and most impressive Inca military complex in Bolivia, which served as the most
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The relief plaques - very popular in the Sumerian society - were often covered with inscriptions and were dedicated to the gods by individual
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Historical records clearly show humans often engaged in devastating wars wiping out entire cities and civilizations. If we don’t change our behavior, our aggressive
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Enigmatic Stecci, the tombstones, often referred to as stone sleepers, are among the oldest witnesses of Bosnia and Herzegovina's history. They are considered
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On a small island in Japan there is a very interesting cave filled with astonishing ancient paintings. The cave's narrow entrance and passage make
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The first mention of the Yuezhi civilization can be found in ancient Chinese sources from the 2nd century B.C. They are describes as nomadic
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A few kilometers from Rome, there are ruins of the ancient city of Ostia ( Ostia (literally translated as "the mouth"), which by its
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient kingdom of Chu flourished in China between around 1030 – 223 B.C. According to legends, the royal family of Chu descended
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Newspaper Rock is one of the finest and largest collections of Indian rock art to be found anywhere in the U.S. The first carvings
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Inhabited since the 2nd century AD, Quirigua was the capital of an autonomous and prosperous state during the reign of Cauac Sky (723–84).
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Clava Cairns are located near Inverness, a city in the Scottish Highlands. According to no published excavations, the dates for the Clava monuments are
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A great number of archaeological sites and prehistoric monuments have revealed alignments towards celestial events that played an important role in the life of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - 'Burnt mounds' also known as fulacht fiadh are thought to be cooking places of the legendary soldiers of the High Kings of Ireland. They
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Lyman Lake petroglyphs can be found in Lyman Lake State Park, Arizona. Ancient rock art images are etched into boulders; they are numerous signs and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Callanish Stone Complex (Scottish Gaelic: Calanais) is located on the Isle of Lewis, the outer Hebridian island, west of Scotland. This megalithic landmark
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - There are many beautiful cup-marks in Scotland. These very ancient carvings are the key to ancient art of our ancestors. These strange marks have
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Potala - also known as "Buddha Mountain" - is the most famous building in Tibet and the winter palace of the Dalai Lama.
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A roughly 5,000-year-old cuneiform stone tablet, in possession of the British Museum in London shows how workers were paid their daily rations in
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this series we discussed strange encounters with mysterious races of giants. From Native American myths and legends, we learned that
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient times, Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnar were two great African ports located on two islands close to each other just off the
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