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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AncientPages.com - There is no other place on Earth like Egypt’s Giza Plateau. Anyone with even a slight interest in history and civilization is aware of this fact. For
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - It is said that prehistoric Skara Brae, which is older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids of Egypt, was home to the “little people”.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sacsayhuamán is undoubtedly one of the most impressive and mysterious fortresses of the Andes. The stonework of Sacsayhuamán was created by extremely skilled stonemasons and we
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Thalia Lightbringer - AncientPages.com - No one really knows for certain what happened to the Anasazi. They attained a high level of culture for their time, then abandoned it
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - "There are stories and stories...There are the songs, also, that are taught. Some are whimsical. Some are very intense. Some are documentary. Everything
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Almost no other site in Egypt is more impressive and fascinating than Karnak. Karnak Temples at Luxor as seen from the air. Credit:
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AncientPages.com - There has never been a satisfactory answer to what the Sphinx actually is or was. Anyone who goes to Giza can see for himself or herself that
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many ancient civilizations believed spirits lived in sacred places such as trees, mountains, and stones. One such place is the mysterious Vottovarra Mountain
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - In the ancient city of Lyrboton Kome in Antalya, Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest olive oil press. However, the most interesting in this discovery is that many of
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - During diggings at ancient site of Tiel in Gelderland,i n the central eastern part of the Netherlands, archaeologists have discovered valuable Roman treasures, including a statue of the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An ancient Masada stronghold is located on an isolated rock plateau at the western end of the Judean Desert, near the Dead Sea's western shore.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Modern city Abu Shahrain holds traces of one of the earliest and most sacred cities of the Sumerians – Eridu (E.RI.DU – ‘Home in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The famous Kailashanatha Temple in Kanchipuram, Tami Nadu India, was built in the 8th century during the reign of a South Indian Pallava Dynasty
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The largest capstone ever found in the country has been excavated by archaeologists working at the burial site at Neremetta, Siddipet in the northern region of the Indian state
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Biblical Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The quest for the Biblical Mount Sinai is not over. It has previously been suggested that Mount Sinai, also known as Mount Horeb or
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - During excavations in the ancient city of Munigua in southern Spain, archaeologists have unearthed an immense copper mining operation built on an older older mine and dated
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Buhen was an ancient Egyptian settlement situated on the West bank of the Nile below the Second Cataract and between Lower and Upper Nubia and capital of
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A. Sutherland - AncentPages.com - Mountains play an important role in the beliefs of the Pueblo Indians. Ancient towers and stone circles are also considered sacred. Native Americans
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Ancient Technology
Thalia Lightbringer - AncientPages.com - Everyone knows about the Pyramids of Giza. Many are also aware of the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, and perhaps also the pyramids
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The Dura-Europos church is located in Syria and the place is very interesting to anyone interested in Biblical archaeology. It’s the world’s oldest Christian church dating
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The long-lost wreck of a crusader ship and sunken cargos dating to the 13th century CE have been found in the bay of the crusader stronghold city
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Africa, there are many fascinating, little explored ancient places that are shrouded in mystery. On this beautiful continent, we find traces of long-gone
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Advanced scientific and engineering skills were involved in construction at Baalbek (Ba‘albek), located in modern Lebanon. The prehistoric stone platform, on which the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Dedicated to one of the most famous deities of ancient Egypt, the magnificent temple of Goddess Hathor is the largest and most impressive building
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient city of Akra was once a beautiful place famous for its outstanding architecture. Then, its glory and prosperity came suddenly to
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The catastrophic Minoan eruption - one of the largest volcanic outbreaks in recorded history of mankind and known as the ‘Thera eruption’ -
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Breaking the law during the Middle Ages was very easy and crimes were common. You could be punished for almost anything. If a person
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - New discoveries made by archaeologists in Timna Valley, Israel shed light on complexity of Iron Age copper production. Recent excavations At Timna revealed the astonishing well-preserved of
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AncientPages.com - Working in the area of the ruins of the Tomb of the Prophet Jonah, destroyed by Isil, archaeologists made a surprising discovery of a previously undiscovered and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A Neolithic standing farmhouse - believed to be one of the oldest in northern Europe – is located on one of Orkney’s smaller isles, Papa
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AncientPages.com - A sanctuary dedicated to the god Mithra, the Indo-Iranian deity Mithra, has been just unearthed at a Roman site of Mariana, created around 100 BC and located
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As we continue to explore the ancient mysteries of North America, we come across a very puzzling discovery made in a cave in
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Roughly 65 Byzantine-era tombs have been unearthed in the most recent archaeological excavations in Stratonikeia Ancient City, located in the western province of Muğla, in the Aegean
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sacred Mount Fuji on Honshu Island, Japan, has been a widely venerated mountain in Japan since ancient times. People of both Buddhist and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Do you dare to enter through the gateway to hell? At the Phrygian city of Hierapolis in southwestern Turkey, there is a sacred ancient site dedicated
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A large collection of boat coffin tombs dating back 2,200 years has been discovered by Chinese archeologists at a construction site in Feihu Village, Pujiang County in
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The largest and most important structure of Chichen Itza is the KukulcanTemple (also known as ‘The Castle’ – El Castillo). It is the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The rock-cut tombs of an ancient Egyptian cemetery, Beni Hasan, were mainly used during the Middle Kingdom, from 21st to 17th century BC. Entrance to
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - At the time, the Spaniards arrived, the Olmec civilization, had already emerged and disappeared. Even today, much of the Olmec history is shrouded in
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Sometimes called Sweden’s first city, Birka was once of the most important trading centers during the Viking Age. Located on the island Björkö in Lake Mälaren, Sweden
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Hidden deep in jungle of in Honduras, Central America, there is a mysterious place known as the White City – some call it “Lost City Of The
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Tiger Cave is an ancient religious site decorated with carvings of mythical creatures and ancient inscriptions and its name originates from tiger head carvings
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