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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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Did you know that New York was once called New Amsterdam? Today, it’s difficult to imagine that New York could ever have had another name, but it
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - Made of oddly twisted limestone rocks, Externsteine is located in the Teutoburg Forest north of the Rhine in Germany. Externsteine is associated with heroic myths and legends
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Located in a forest behind a church, Dunino Den is an ancient site in Scotland shrouded in mystery. It was once an important
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Archaeoastronomy
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our ancestors were fascinated with the night sky. They watched the movements of celestial bodies, observed solar and moon eclipses and created calendars
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pharaoh Snefru (Sneferu) was the founder of the 4th dynasty during the Old Kingdom. Snefru is considered the greatest builder in Egyptian history, who
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Humans and dogs have shared a special relationship for thousands of years. Dogs are our companions, trusted friends, and family members. They bring
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Thulamela is an intriguing ancient kingdom created by advanced ancient Shona people whose origin remains unknown. "Thulamela' means "place of birth" (or "the place
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Elephanta Caves, believed to be dated to about the 7th century, represent a complex of ancient cave temples on Elephanta Island, located
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Is the mysterious Chinchorro culture related to an ancient unknown Atacama Desert civilization? What can new studies reveal about the world’s oldest mummies? The
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Jemdet Nasr - related to the Jemdet Nasr period (3100–2900 BC) - was a small but important prehistoric settlement in southern Mesopotamia, what
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Biblical Mysteries
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ophir was famous for its magnificent gold. It was a Biblical El Dorado from where King Solomon received a cargo of gold, silver, sandalwood,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Vishap stones represent one of the more interesting mysteries of Armenian archaeology. Vishaps are menhirs (large carved stones) that date back to 2000 BC.
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The largest and best preserved ancient Inca ruins in Ecuador are located near Cuenca, in the province of Cañar, Ecuador. They are known as Ingapirca
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pandavleni (Pandav Leni) Caves were built from the 1st century BC to the 2nd century AD. They form a large complex of the 24
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Anasazi people was a civilization that arose as early as 1500 BC and the remains of their dwellings can be found in south-west
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are still many ancient secrets hidden in the Ciemna Cave (Dark Cave), located in a river valley slope in the gorgeous Ojców National
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The earliest known star map in Egypt was discovered more than eighty years ago and represented the central part of the tomb's decoration; inside the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - By combining archaeological research with aerial photography and creative visualization technologies, a talented filmmaker has produced stunning recreation of Caterthun Iron Age Forts
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Lindholm Høje is an Iron Age and Viking Age burial site just North of Aalborg and Nørresundby on the South slope of Voerbjerg Hill
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Parthian people established an empire that lasted almost 500 years, from the mid-3rd century BC until 224 CE. Their empire was the most
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - At first glance, these ancient stones appear to be scattered all over the place. They vary in size and shape and the entire site
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Our history is full of accounts of horrible battles, bloodthirsty warriors, ruthless kings, and queens seeking more power and territory. The ancient people who
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to an ancient Egyptian legend, the Valley of the Kings was protected by a goddess called Meretseger. The goddess took the form of a
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - He kept the true purpose of his expedition confidential. Until this day many people still do not know what kind of inner force drove
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are many beautiful ancient ruins we can admire in Greece, a country that is rich in history and culture. Among them are
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Millennia ago, a beautiful Egyptian city existed in the western Egyptian delta along the Rosetta branch of the Nile River. Its name was
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Today, Pasargadae are ruins of an ancient city in southwestern Iran, in the village of Mashhad-e Murghab, in the Zagros mountains, at an altitude
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the Valley of The Queens, tombs were cut into the hills from the 19th Dynasty onwards for the princes, queens, and some
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An untouched by looters through several millennia, a remarkable, intact tomb was discovered by Leonard Woolley during his excavations at the "Royal Cemetery of
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - Was there once an ancient, unknown Atacama Desert civilization? Atacama Today, Chile’s Atacama Desert, located between two mountain ranges, which prevent water from reaching its valleys and
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - It has already been called a finding that could re-write ancient Maya history. A quite spectacular discovery of two untouched ancient tombs found beneath Maya pyramids can unravel
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - More than a thousand years, Babylon (in Akkadian "Babilim" means "Gate of God") was the symbol of power, greatness, and destruction. For over
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Lugal-anne-mundu (Lugalannemundu) (ca. 25th century BC) was a powerful king and a great leader, who restored Sumer to its former glory. His influence
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Temple of the Condor in Machu Picchu is spectacular and one of many examples of extraordinary Inca stonemasonry. It is also one of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Gamla Uppsala is one of the most important, sacred ancient Viking and Pagan sites in Sweden. Located just a few kilometers north of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many strange occurrences occur at Greyfriars Kirkyard, a cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. This place is shrouded in mystery, and the cemetery has a dark
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are many wonderful places to see in Peru, a land rich in history and filled with beauty. Most people have heard of
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com - The mysterious priesthood known as the Druids shared a number of ancient secrets. The Druids can be traced back to a distant past in
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - On the morning of August 24, 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted and broke its centuries-long silence. Its great cloud of hot ash, stones, and
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Ireland, the chambered round cairn of Newgrange, with its quartz walls and a passage aligned towards the midwinter sunrise, was placed inside
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient Maya site Tulum is the Yucatan Mayan word for ‘fence, trench or wall’ but it also has another name ‘Zama’, meaning
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pandavleni Caves are considered to be a part of Hinayana (in Sanskrit, means the "Smaller Vehicle") Buddhist Caves which is more than 1200 years
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