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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Inonu University, Science Teaching Department - AncientPages.com - At the 44th UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting held online on July 26, 2021, it was decided to record Arslantepe
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists admit it's a race against time if we want to save the precious and submerged Stone Age cave art few have ever
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An important discovery has been made by archaeologists working at the Chavín de Huántar archaeological site in Peru. Scientists report the discovery of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It has happened in the past that archaeological discoveries have confirmed events described in Norse Sagas. We know for example that Norse Sagas
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A team of German and Kurdish archaeologists has uncovered a 3,400-year-old Mittani Empire-era city once located on the Tigris River. The settlement emerged
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - While excavating on a construction site of what will become an industrial park near Merida, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula archaeologists have uncovered the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Nestled in the picturesque Northumberland countryside, Vindolanda with its fort and settlement is a treasure trove of everyday life during the Roman occupation
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Hadrian's Wall, also known as Picts' Wall, Vallum Hadriani (in Latin), or simply the Roman Wall, is one of the most impressive Roman
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During an archaeological survey of Castilly Henge, near Bodmin scientists uncovered a previously unknown stone circle inside a Cornwall scheduled monument. The remarkable and
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new analysis of ancient faeces found at the site of a prehistoric village near Stonehenge has uncovered evidence of the eggs of
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A unique compound bow from the Bronze Age nearly 2 meters tall was reconstructed from authentic materials by SUSU specialists as part of
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeological excavations led by Wyoming's state archaeologist and involving University of Wyoming researchers have confirmed that an ancient mine in eastern Wyoming was
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The discovery of a giant sinkhole in China and a huge, ancient unexplored world beyond our feet is extraordinary in many ways. The
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Historian Prof. Tamar Herzig, Vice Dean for Research at Entin Faculty of Humanities, exposed previously unknown evidence of organized gang rape of a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In ancient times, people saw the world in a very different way. This collection of maps must be one of the strangest representations
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Have you ever wondered what an ancient Egyptian garden looked like? Now is your chance to find out! The world's first ancient Egyptian
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For the first time in modern history, we are now able to see the colorfully detailed inscriptions on the ceilings and walls at
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Something quite astonishing happened in India where a puzzling piece of debris was spotted in the Sunnapalli Sea Harbor in the state of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Experts have described the recent archaeological find in Hertfordshire, the UK as a 'once in a lifetime discovery'. Archaeologists working at the site
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com – While conducting a survey of a deep-sea ridge just north of the Hawaiian Islands, the E/V Nautilus expedition suddenly spotted an incredibly unique
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In many cases, the world below us is just as fascinating as the ground we walk on. Across Europe, there is a hidden,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - According to a very controversial theory, our modern calendar is wrong because it misses 297 years. A German calendar skeptic claims he has
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The huge Neolithic necropolis in Fleury-sur-Orne, Normandy, France is the resting place for a group of selected individuals who were buried in impressively
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Since 1979, when the first cave art was documented in North America, dozens of other examples have come to light. Among these, the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Underwater archaeologists are exploring an ancient lost Maya city hidden inside a volcanic crater. Hundreds of years ago, in the middle of Lake
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The oldest house in North America is located in Ohio. The 12,500-year-old dwelling was used by Paleoindians during the Ice Age. Discovered in
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - All ancient Egyptian tombs are unique, but some pose a greater mystery than others. In 1905, archaeologists excavating in the Egyptian necropolis of
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In 1953 while clearing the ground in Borgund on the west coast of Norway strange debris was discovered. Archaeologists came to the site
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The discovery of pottery from the ancient Lapita culture by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) has shed new light on how
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AncientPages.com - Circular mounds of rocks dot the desert landscape at the archaeological site of Tombos in northern Sudan. They reveal tumuli—the underground burial tombs used at least as far
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians have long tried to unravel a pre-Columbian mystery: who actually discovered the Caribbean? Clues to solving this ancient riddle may
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new Viking Age ship has been discovered by archaeologists in Norway during a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey. This exciting find reveals a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have discovered evidence that a major earthquake struck Chile's coast about 3,800 years ago, triggering a tsunami that caused devastation along 1,000
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The ancient giant stone spheres in Costa Rica in the Diquís Delta, in southern Costa Rica, are considered unique examples of the complex
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com -Treasure hunters who visited a canyon hidden deep in Southeastern Arizona near the Mexican border say that they saw strange lights in the sky
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Covering an area of 500,000 square miles, the Gobi Desert stretches across huge portions of both Mongolia and China. The Gobi (from Mongolian gobi,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Tikal was the Maya's religious, ceremonial, and military city-state, with a long and fascinating history recorded in the city's ruins, artifacts, and plenty
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Remains of a Roman malting oven and charred spelt grains discovered during excavations in Bedfordshire could be the earliest physical evidence for beer-making
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The main task of this sophisticated robot dog will be to inspect archaeological areas and structures ensuring the ancient site of Pompeii is
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new comprehensive study of ancient human remains taken from a cemetery at a site called the Links of Noltland has revealed surprises
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers published a paper with the results of burial dating using the cosmogenic nuclide isochron method, applied for the first time directly to the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Polynesian explorers discovered a treasure trove of unique plants and animals when they arrived in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, according to
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