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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A. Sutherland - Ancient Pages.com - Ancient Adab (now Bismaya, Iraq) was an important early ancient Sumerian city, probably the main seat of the goddess Ninhursag, the fourth of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Surrounded by forest the mysterious ancient sculptures are not only interesting to look at, but these wonderful and enigmatic reliefs are also of great
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On July 22, 1361, death came to Gotland, an island in Sweden. Locals heard rumors King Valdemar IV Atterdag and his powerful Danish fleet
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Located in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru, Lake Titicaca is not only a beautiful spot on this planet, but also
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - As Ancient Pages previously reported, Polish archaeologists announced in June 2017, they had found an ancient city in northern Mesopotamia – present day Iraqi Kurdistan, but the name
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many years ago, there were over 20 remarkable footprints in the solid rock in Maine, USA. It remains a mystery when and by
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Trialeti Culture is named after the Trialeti plateau region of Georgia. The Trialeti people inhabited the region southwest of Tbilisi but their traces have been also discovered
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Often called the "philosopher on the throne" or the "philosopher-emperor," Marcus Aurelius (121 AD - 180 AD) was a powerful Roman Emperor who ruled
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Isle of Iona is not only a very beautiful place. It is also a place associated with deep spirituality and a destination frequently visited by pilgrims. In
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Biblical Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Jericho is one of the oldest and most important ancient cities of all time. Modern excavations confirm the city’s great antiquity. It’s a city
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - This giant, very oddly-shaped rock is remarkable. It could be of great historical importance, but it's also possible it's just an unusual natural
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - How many more ancient, lost cities are still hidden deep in the jungle in Mexico? Precious ancient artifacts, mysterious structures, remarkable pyramids, just imagine
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient city of Pisac in the Sacred Valley, Peru is not as famous as Machu Picchu, but it’s a remarkable place that is not
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Much has been written and said about the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. When and how was it created and for what purpose?
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The map of Madaba is the oldest known and existing geographic floor mosaic map of the Holy Lands in art history. The fragment that
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Famous by the Greco-Trojan War that is the subject of Homer's epic poem The Iliad, the ancient city of Troy remains one of the most important and
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Beautiful, elaborate mosaics, statues, ancient Roman silver and gold coins are among artifacts unearthed by archaeologists excavating a 1,700-year-old villa in Ptolemais, an important trading port for
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Valley Temple at Giza, which is usually ascribed to the Pharaoh Chephren (2520-2494 BC) is a remarkable and mostly unusual ancient structure. The
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - During excavations conducted in Peru's Nepeña Valley in the 1960s, archaeologists discovered an artificial mound or pyramid with a crater at the top.
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - More than 200 previously unknown remains of villages and an ancient city have been discovered by Polish archaeologists excavating in northern Mesopotamia - present day Iraqi Kurdistan. Most
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Some years ago, archaeologists discovered an exceptional tomb of a Celtic Prince. The 2,500-year tomb was unearthed on the outskirts of Lavau in France’s Champagne region. Inside
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Aratus was an ancient Greek poet who lived between 315 and 245 B.C. He is today famous for his works describing various constellations and other celestial
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Minoans appeared to have possessed remarkable technologies; one of them was the creation of tiny, wonderful seals, which were skillfully carved out of
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Located on the slopes in the State of Veracruz, Mexico there is a very intriguing ancient Olmec site known as Tres Zapotes. A Professor of Anthropology who
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - For many centuries, people in Lithuania have put up crosses on a hill located about sixteen kilometers from Šiauliai, a city in the North.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient city of Pliska was once the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire after the Ancient Bulgars shifted the center of their state from
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Located in northeast Louisiana, North America, about 25 miles from Lake Providence, is a giant C-shaped, 3,500-year-old earthwork known as Poverty Point, a
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - Ancient Pages.com - Why are the 50 groups of about five pillars each clustered on the edge of the Nafud desert in northwestern Saudi Arabia? Were
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Mosaics unearthed during excavation works in the ancient city of Perge in the southern province of Antalya are known as “Turkey’s second Zeugma” for
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Over the years, Aboriginal people have managed to preserve many memories of dramatic natural events that took place in the distant past, and once again an ancient
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Magnificent ancient city of Petra was first inhabited by a Semitic-speaking tribe of the Edomites, mentioned in the Bible as descendants of Esau, the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A 1,700-year-old Roman-era underground Mithras temple has been discovered at the at the Zerzevan Castle located in Diyarbakır's Çınar district of Turkey. Earlier, archaeologists also unearthed an underground church, an
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A 4,000-year-old funerary garden has been discovered in Luxor, Egypt. This is the first such garden ever to be found and its analysis will provide valuable information
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the most beautiful and mysterious ancient places in Bulgaria is the Thracian city of Perperikon. Located in the Eastern Rhodope range, about 15
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are many controversial ancient scrolls, documents, manuscripts, and books that reveal intriguing and surprising information about humanity’s distant past. We can either
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - In Wyoming's Bighorn Basin there are hundreds of remarkable ancient petroglyphs that were carved thousands of years ago by prehistoric people who lived in the region. In this
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Biblical Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - According to Genesis, Abraham built an altar between Bethel and Ai. Where are the ancient ruins of the Biblical city of Ai? How and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Long forgotten, the magnificent ancient step pyramid of Koh Ker stands abandoned in the forest of Cambodia. It was once an important structure
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Located in the Great Rift Valley of northern Tanzania, today there are nothing but ruins left of what was once an Iron Age farming community. Researchers have
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Here is a little ancient mystery for you to solve. Some years ago, archaeologists unearthed four mysterious ancient copper plates close to a
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Secret documents hidden in the library of the Rosicrucians reveal humans’ mysterious past and the inevitable future of the human race. What was the
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Indus Valley civilization, also called the Harappan civilization was one of the world’s largest and oldest civilization. The Indus Valley people built
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