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
Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Ausevik rock art site at Høydalsfjorden, in Sunnfjord, in Western Norway, contains more than 300 rock carvings of different shapes, of which many
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Some really impressive petroglyphs can be admired on the hills overlooking the desert communities Santa Clara and Ivins in the Santa Clara River Reserve,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Ming Tombs ("Ming Thirteen Mausoleums") is a collection of imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty scattered over forty square kilometers in Changping
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many times, ancient people left behind certain clues that when deciphered could describe things and events they had witnessed. It was their way of
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Researchers at Tulane University have documented the discovery of dozens of ancient cities in northern Guatemala through the use of jungle-penetrating Lidar (light detection and ranging) technology.
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists has uncovered evidence indicating that Mayan elites lived in the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacán, located northeast of Mexico City more than 1,000 kilometers
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - These remarkable artifacts known as slit gongs are truly extraordinary in their appearances. They can be found primarily on the islands, Ambrym and Malakula
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient city of Gordium (Gordion) in Turkey was once the capital city of ancient Phrygia and today is known for its more
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Ancient Technology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are certain legends and myths that suggest ancient civilizations might have had some knowledge of time travel. While researching advanced technologies of the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Two very remarkable islands - Kosrae and Pohnpei ("upon a stone altar") - can be found in the Caroline Islands, a widely scattered archipelago
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient myths and legends tell they came from a distant corner of the Universe and settled on the Earth. It is written that one
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Berkeley walls remain an ancient unsolved enigma. Often referred to as the "Great Wall Of California," it remains unknown who constructed
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Maui trilithon, widely known as Gate of Tonga is a unique stone structure in Polynesia. Researchers say it is dated to XI century. Local
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Biblical Mysteries
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the three monotheistic faiths, Gabriel's role - as a messenger to humans from God - was crucial. The angel Gabriel (“man of God”
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Two burials with rich grave goods were discovered in a pit of the Middle Minoan IA era (2100-2000 BC) in Siteia, NE Crete, during excavations of a
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are ancient Mesoamerican cultures we still know very little about. The Toltecs belong to one of the most mysterious ancient races in America
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This amazing lioness-woman sculpture is considered one of the oldest artifacts of Mesopotamia. The so-called 'Guennol Lioness' is believed to have been created
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The head of a statue dated to the 3rd century AD and believed to depict Roman Emperor Aurelian (250 – 275 AD) have been discovered at the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The temples of Angkor contained immense quantities of relief sculpture but extensive ruins were completely abandoned after the place was attacked and the site
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AncientPages.com - Remains of an ancient village, dating back to about 5,000 BC, has been discovered by the Egyptian-French archaeological expedition, led by Dr. Frederick Gio. Archaeologists say it
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Do these mysterious ancient carvings represent the faces of "devils" or rather unknown mysterious beings that once upon a time, in a distant past
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Today, parents buy their children electric car toys to play with, but the situation was somewhat different thousands of years ago. Yet, this
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Nearly 1,000-Year-Old Maya pictographic text was recently announced as authentic, according to scientists at Mexico's National Institute of History and Anthropology. The valuable document that was sold by
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Several years ago, archaeologists unearthed an ancient tomb that contained remains of an unknown woman. She was put to rest dressed in precious clothes
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Glastonbury Tor, some 525 feet high (160 m), has been called the 'Heart of England'. It is an enigmatic sacred landmark, one of the
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the ancient Roman engineering marvels is located in Samandag, Turkey. This structure, known as the Vespasianus Titus tunnel, is the world's
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - According to historians, political debates in ancient Rome were conducted with great harshness and personal attacks, which were comparable to examples of hate speech on the internet.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In a remote monastery, he discovered ancient stone tablets. When he finally deciphered and translated the message written on the sacred tablets, he realized
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Sacred City of Caral is ancient, and its age is comparable to the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and Mesoamerica. Caral
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient wall relief in Peru, belonging to the oldest civilizations in the Americas, has been unearthed at the ancient Caral site of
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many of human history's missing pages were wiped out by calamities and evil influential individuals who called themselves "God's consuls" and never hid their
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our modern society is proud of recent scientific advances and incredible technological breakthroughs. We have undoubtedly come a long way, and we hear almost
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com- Our fascination with golden objects dates back to ancient times but gold has often very dark and gruesome history accompanied with lost life of innocent
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A new DNA research conducted by researchers from Tel Aviv University, the Israel Antiquities Authority and Harvard University, sheds light on migration waves from Anatolia and the Zagros
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - There are eleven medieval monolithic churches in Lalibela, one of Ethiopia's holiest cities, second only to Axum. The construction of the churches is
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Kingdom of Aksum (Axum), also widely known as the Aksumite Empire, was an ancient civilization developed in one of the oldest continuously
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Located in New Mexico, the Acoma Pueblo is not just a wonderful ancient site to visit, but also a place shrouded in mystery. Sometimes
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Dr. Greg Little - AncientPages.com - The background of Tennessee’s ancient “Egyptian Temple” is not a great secret. But it appears to remain enigmatic to many who are
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Asuka, which means in Ainu, "flying birds" is one of the most historically rich places in Japan. This remarkable small village, located approximately 20
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In the Book of Enoch we find detailed descriptions of a mysterious beings called the Watchers. These beings, known as the Fallen Angels were
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