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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An early Christian crypt, among the largest in the Balkans, has been discovered by archaeologists near the Zaldapa Fortress close to the village of Krushari in Bulgaria’s Dobrich
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One of the most important and beautiful sarcophagus has been improperly removed from the ground, the Israel Antiquities Authority said. A unique and extremely impressive stone sarcophagus, about
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Ishtar Gate was constructed by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II circa 575 BC. City model of the main procession street (Aj-ibur-shapu) and Ishtar Gate in Babylon. Model
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Karnak is one of the largest temple complexes in the world. This magnificent place has a rich architectural, ritual, religious, economic, social, and
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AncientPages.com - Reconstruction of roads has led to the destruction of the unique, gigantic geoglyphs located in Torgay district (Kostanay region), Kazakhstan. In 2007, a sensational discovery of
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Artifacts
A few decades ago, five wax tablets from the Second Century were found by Albanian archeologist Fatos Tartari who excavated the ancient necropolis of Dyrrhachium or Epidamnos (today
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The remarkable megalithic Mzoura stone circle is very difficult to locate and there is little information that could cast some light over its
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Using satellite technology, USM archaeological team detected the wrecks of ancient ships embedded in the mud of an ancient river which once flowed through the oldest civilisation in
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AncientPages.com - The 'Thirteen Towers of Chankillo' run north to south along a low ridge and form an artificial toothed horizon that spanned - almost exactly - the
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AncientPages.com - The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is also known as the Pharos at Alexandria. Built at the beginning of
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Ancient Symbols
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - This time our quest for the hidden history of mankind takes us to Peru where we encounter an enigmatic inscription that offers evidence Sumerians
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This massive structure, called the Great Wall of India, surrounds the ancient Fort of Kumbhalgarh. Kumbhalgarh - the second most important Fort of
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Archaeologists have discovered headless remains in several large burial mounds in Semeytau, East Kazakhstan Oblast. The remains belong to ancient Huns and Sarmatians, Tengrinews reports citing Liter. The
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The 2015 archaeological expedition at the Prastio-Mesorotsos site has been completed, revealing it was seasonally occupied from Prehistoric to Historic periods and was probably a place for cooking
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During the first season of a three-year project at the site of Porta Nola, Pompeii, archaeologists report the first results. The study of the necropolis permits the study
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - It is believed that the ruins of ancient cities lie beneath the sands of the Kalahari Desert and they must be very old. This
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Located 16 meters below the coral island, the magnificent city of Kish is true proof of ancient engineering skills. The subterranean city in Kariz,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Cahuachi - once the capital of the Nazca culture and a major ceremonial center from the period 450 BC- 450 AD - is
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Polish conservators have just ended the first season of restoration of the oldest villa in the ancient town of Stabiae. The city of Stabiae, next to Pompeii and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Apparently not all prehistoric massive stone boxes were used to keep human remains. Many of them were found in rooms with very small
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A marble block, considered the “water law” from 1,900 years ago, has been unearthed in the ancient city of Laodicea in the western province of Denizli and shows
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Ongoing excavations at a site in the southern Peloponnese are offering rare insight into the ancient past of Laconia, about which very little physical evidence exists, the state-run
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - At one time, the 7,000-year-old Misis (Mopsuestia), located in the southern province of Adana,was known as the immortal city and had up to 100,000 inhabitants; now
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Cholpon-Ata, which means “Venus father,” is a resort town north of the world’s second largest high altitude lake, Issyk-Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan. In the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists identified three archaeological sites in Llagaden community, Magdalena, Cajamarca, Peru. They also found archaeological evidence in the form of pottery remains, which date back to
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Keezhadi, a small hamlet in Sivaganga district, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is a special place, where an important part
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Nalanda was one of the most praised, intellectual circles of the ancient world. It was an active center of education located about 88
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A large wooden chamber tomb has been brought to light by archaeologists during excavations near the Opatowska Gate in Sandomierz, Poland. Around the tomb archaeologists discovered pottery sherds and traces
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A 3.2 wide, double-faced wall was revealed during the systematic excavation and extended clearance work in the framework of the five-year-old programme “Ancient Feneos”, conducted by the Ephorate
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AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have unearthed remains of pit houses and ditches that indicated boundaries at a site dating to the fourth century A.D. in Japan’s Nara Prefecture known
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AncientPages.com - The Archaeology and Ethnography Institute under the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences has discovered new archaeological materials during an excavation conducted on the frontline in Azerbaijan’s Agdam
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AncientPages.com - The Aşıklı Mound, where settlement first started in the Cappadocia region 11,000 years ago, offers a chance to travel back in time. Archaeological excavations have been
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - For centuries, Mesopotamia was thought to be the world's oldest civilization. The people accepted this until a 5,000-year-old temple was accidentally discovered at
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Biblical Mysteries
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The mysterious ancient city of Ebla ("White Rock") existed a thousand years before the biblical time of Kings David and Solomon. The Assyrians,
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AncientPages.com - This is Meteora, the word means: roughly, midair, in Greek. It's a special place that does seem to hang in the sky. It's a sanctuary of harmony
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - North America's largest cliff dwelling is known as 'Cliff Palace' and it's located in Mesa Verde, in the southwestern corner of Colorado. Great structures
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the earliest written records describing a very strange event witnessed in the skies comes from Egypt. It is an account of an
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - We have seen on several occasions that our ancestors mastered sophisticated rock-cut architecture creating dwellings, tombs and temples that are truly a wonder of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Few people know about the remarkable Mangup cliff that together forms the most immense cavern fortress on the Crimean peninsula, about 9 miles
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AncientPages.com - Ancient Irish people carved images of an ancient eclipse into giant stones over 5,000 years ago, on November 30, 3340 BC to be exact. This is the
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AncientPages.com - Victory Tower (Vijaya Stambh) is one of many masterworks of India's architecture. It is located at Chittorgarh fort, in Rajasthan state, India. The tower is dedicated to the most
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - We still need to learn more about our past. Here's an example. Many races have ruled on Sardinia, but the only permanent feature
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