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.
Places Archive
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - If you pass the old Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Florence, Italy you may not even notice La Berta, but she is
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Today we know that Christopher Columbus was not the first to discover America. Many great explorers and ancient civilizations visited the continent long
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Incas were known for their engineering practices, particularly water engineering. Their design of water systems was influenced by their strong beliefs in
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It’s a remarkable work of the ancients that, for some reason, was never finished. The giant statue of Kouros of Apollonas has been
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One glance at the giant hand is enough to recognize it was once part of a true masterpiece created by ancient builders. The
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The European Renaissance period spanned between the 14th and 17th centuries. It was a fascinating moment in the history of the European continent.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – What many people think should have happened long ago, has now happened, but it's better late than never. The ancient city of Babylon
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The beginnings of the city of Ashur, (also known as Assur) date back to the third millennium. The city was located about sixty
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Kingdom of Mitanni reached the height of its power between 1500 and 1240 BC and controlled trade routes up the Euphrates from
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient artifacts discovered at Birka offer valuable information about Vikings’ daily life. By examining several of the objects unearthed at Birka, one can
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Some years ago, archaeologists discovered a very well-preserved Bronze Age settlement in Britain. While investigating the site scientists noticed the 3,000-year-old settlement located
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Civilizations
David Tee - AncientPages.com - The area deemed today as Iran has had a long history. The Medes first ruled the nation in the 9th century BC. However, the
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AncientPages.com - After gorging on a feast of sausages, blood pudding, young sow’s udder, sea bream, lobster, mullet, Attic honey, and Syrian dates, all washed down with a
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ageing is a natural process, but many people have difficulties accepting they will become older and one day die. Using high-tech, modern people
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this series we talked about the ancient history of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. We discussed what this ancient
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - What were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and what did they look like? Did they really exist and for what purpose were they
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Studies strongly suggest that Indian Civilization emerged in the 8th millennium BC and pre-Harappan cultures, which were thoroughly studied, should be rather called
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Emperor Ashoka (304 B.C -232 B.C.) is long gone but this great historical figure left behind an everlasting legacy and he is remembered
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Archaeoastronomy
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient astronomical observatories can be found on both American continents and elsewhere. Ancient people who built ziggurats, temples, and observatories, aligned them to exact
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - El Santuario de Chimayo is a sacred site located in the foothills of the Sangre de Christo Mountains in northern New Mexico. The
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Tower of Winds, located in the city of Athens, is considered to be the world’s first weather station. The building keeps some old secrets
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - What he witnessed must have impressed him so much that he dared to document the event, knowing perfectly well how dangerous such written accounts
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Museum Hotel Antakya in Turkey is today of great archaeological importance. During construction of the hotel, an amazing, 2,000-year-old mosaic was discovered. The
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient records say: "They are true rulers of this planet" and we should rely on them to tell us the truth. Underground tunnels,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - According to a thought-provoking theory, parts of what prophet Ezekiel said may have been misunderstood. What secret ancient knowledge did Ezekiel possess and how
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Aqar Quf, currently an archaeological site of the ancient city of Dur Kurigalzu (or the “Fortress of Kurigalzu”) is located in central Iraq, 30
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Devil’s Tramping Ground in North Carolina is a mysterious place many still avoid. Curious people who dared to visit this place reported seeing
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - There are many unanswered questions regarding the Inca’s marvelous engineering masterpiece known as Tipón. How did the Inca manage to reach this high level
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many Native American mounds have been destroyed without study, which means valuable information about our ancestors’ culture has been lost. However, based on the
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Deep in the heart of the Guatemalan jungle lies a little forgotten city. It is called today El Mirador, and in its heyday, it could
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Located at Point Hope, Alaska, Ipiutak was once a flourishing city where people lived, traded, and practiced unusual rituals. Only ancient ruins and
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A giant underground structure known as Dolmen de Soto is finally beginning to reveal its secrets. This huge 6,000-year-old subterranean structure is often
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Hanging rope bridges (or the so-called suspension rope bridges) were built by the Inca over canyons, rivers, and ravines. They linked the Inca Empire,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Prehistoric stone circles keep many secrets and fascinate ordinary people and researchers. One of the circles that has long been a puzzle, is
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the three largest and most important Mayan city-states, next to Tikal (Guatemala) and Palenque, was Calakmul ("City of the Two Adjacent Pyramids").
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this series, our good friend who is who is an American historian and researcher discussed how he was guided by
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - This fascinating story comes from a great friend of ours who is an American historian and researcher. His passion for ancient mysteries and forgotten
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - We continue our long journey to a remote corner of the world. As we have learned in part 1 of this series, this little-known
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Not every ancient civilization is as famous as the Egyptians, Romans, or the Maya, just to name a few. In a remote region of
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Will dense forests ever reveal the secrets of the mysterious abandoned city of Gedi, Kenya? Wild stories had been circulating about this lost city,
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When discussing Italy’s history, we tend to focus on the Roman Empire, but there is archaeological evidence clearly showing that the country was
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the most mysterious structures in the Middle East is the prehistoric stone monument that went unnoticed for centuries in the Golan
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