Ancient Places
Explore mysterious ancient ruins, sacred sites, places of great historical importance and phenomenal archaeological sites. Many ancient places offer us unique glimpse to the past.
Marvel over the astonishing architecture and history. You will be magically transported back in time.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists working in the Colombian Amazon have been documenting tens of thousands of rock art motifs and collaborating with Indigenous elders and ritual
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - King Arthur's Hall, a megalithic enclosure located on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, has recently been re-evaluated to be significantly older than previously
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Roman-era temple of Esna, located 60 kilometers south of Luxor in Egypt, is currently undergoing significant restoration as part of a collaborative
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - A legendary and magnificent civilization once thrived between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Widely regarded as one of the earliest civilizations in recorded
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A significant archaeological discovery has been made in the renowned lost city of Petra, Jordan. Researchers have uncovered a rare, ancient underground tomb
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Since their initial discovery in 1927, scientists have identified 430 figurative Nazca geoglyphs across over 130 miles of desert. These geoglyphs are smaller
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The large stone cairn known as Bredarör (sometimes called the King's Grave), located outside Kivik in Scania (Skåne), served as a quarry for local residents
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Menga Dolmen, situated in Antequera, Málaga, Spain, has long been a subject of scientific inquiry due to its remarkable size and antiquity among
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The archaeological site of Mitla, formally designated as the "House or place of tombs," served as a significant religious center for the Zapotec
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Grave Creek Mound (also known as the Mammoth Mound) is located in Moundsville, West Virginia. It is one of the most curious
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - An intriguing stone structure in Newport, Rhode Island, has been the subject of much controversy and debate. Standing in the city's heart, there is
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Prepare to be captivated by an extraordinary tale that has puzzled even the most knowledgeable Rosicrucians for centuries. This isn't just another mystery;
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There is something special about swamps that attract your curiosity and, at the same time, send chills down your spine. Perhaps the landscape
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Anyone interested in ancient history has undoubtedly seen a number of prehistoric ruins that were once part of magnificent ancient monuments, cities and
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Approximately 1,000 years ago, a group of Polynesian settlers embarked on a remarkable journey across the Pacific Ocean, ultimately colonizing a remote, uninhabited
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - On Wednesday, June 19, around midday, Just Stop Oil protesters sprayed orange paint on several stones at the ancient Stonehenge monument, dating back
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient Roman fortification systems, known as limes, were not just a simple line of defense. They were a complex network of defensive structures,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Rök Stone (Rök Runestone), in Swedish, Rökstenen', is a remarkable 9th-century granite monument bearing the distinction of containing the longest runic inscription ever uncovered. This
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com -The Great Living Chola Temples were built by powerful kings of the Chola Empire, which stretched across southern India, and the neighboring islands. Airavatesvara
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The 'Valley of Thracian Kings' is an extraordinary place with numerous burial mounds (tumuli) containing the Thracian rulers' and high aristocrats' tombs and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Choquequirao ("Cradle of Gold" - Cuna de Oro” was the Inca’s last stronghold of resistance to the Spanish domain and a political, religious, and social center of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - When news about the deliberate destruction of the iconic Sycamore Gap Tree, an unmistakable landmark at Hadrian's Wall and Housesteads Fort, reached the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pisidian people built the city of Termessos 1,050 meters above sea level, providing them a great advantage against possible attacking enemies. Rock-cut tombs
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Natural landmarks held significant importance in the daily lives and cultural practices of the Pagan Vikings and Norse people. In contrast to other
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - On Corsica - 'the island of statue-menhirs' - human habitation began at least 7000 BC. The island is home to remarkable granite figures—some
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Dinas Powys, Glamorgan, located about 9km southwest of Cardiff, is a small inland fort of approximately 0.35ha. The hillfort was first excavated by
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The tomb of Neferhotep, a renowned scribe of Amun from the 18th Dynasty, during the reign of Pharaoh Ay (1327-1323 BC), was finally
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During a pioneering aerial survey of the Near East in the 1920s, the Jesuit French priest Father Antoine Poidebard undertook one of the world's
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Pukaras (in Quechua and Aymara: ‘fortress’) are naturally impregnable settlements or strategic sites from 1000–1450 AD. They were defensive fortifications (or even fortified villages)
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The first analysis of the Early Neolithic stone burial chamber unearthed in Tiarp, near Falköping in Sweden, is now completed. Archaeologists say the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Most tourists admire Terracina as a seaside resort. Unfortunately, they do not even imagine the ancient town's historical past and archaeological heritage left by
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have examined an unusual Neolithic burial in Southern Italy. The curious archaeological finding poses many questions. Researchers are attempting to determine why
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ancient underwater ruins are as important and intriguing as anything prehistoric we discovered on the surface of the Earth. There are still many
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One of the most fascinating ancient caves in Europe can be found in Cantabria in Northern Spain. Known as the cave of La
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Baths of Caracalla are undoubtedly among imperial Rome's most ambitious architectural masterpieces. Aerial view of Baths of Caracalla. Credit: Adobe Stock -
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Something strange and unexplained happened on the Træna islands in Nordland county, Norway. Why was the entire local community wiped out? One would
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In folklore, the famous 34-meter-long crevice cave known as Pirunkirkko, or Devil's Church in English, was known as a place where local sages
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - If you haven't seen these remarkable ancient figures before, prepare yourself for a surprise. Credit: Thierry Joffroy - CRA-terre Hidden in the dense
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Historians and archaeologists have, over centuries, explored the mysteries behind the Great Sphinx of Giza: What did it originally look like? What was
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient city of Susa (modern town of Shush, Khuzestan Province, Iran) remains one of the world's oldest cities. It has been continuously
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A project mapping medieval England's known murder cases has now added Oxford and York to its street plan of London's 14th-century slayings, and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Already three centuries ago (in 1726), John Toland wrote that brochs or the so-called 'Pictish Towers' "are apt all over Scotland to make
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