Ancient Artifacts
Thousands of intriguing ancient artifacts have been discovered world-wide. Some of these ancient artifacts give us a deeper understanding of our ancestors’ customs, traditions, beliefs, level of technology and scientific achievements. Many of the artifacts are also mysterious and puzzling because we haven’t yet been able to determine their true purpose.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Maize has always been the most important food crop in the Maya. According to the ancient creation myth of the Maya people, the gods
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Once again, archaeologists report they have discovered a new trove consisting of magnificent ancient Egyptian artifacts. The ancient objects were unearthed at the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have finished the first excavations of the magnificent Gjellestad Viking ship burial in Norway and scientists have presented some of the most
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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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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Canadian First Nations leader Chief Crowfoot (1830 – 25 April 1890) of the Siksika Nation was famous for his bravery in battle and
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - After three years of work a statue of famous Anglo-Norman knight William Marshal was unveiled on May 7, in Pembroke, Wales, but not
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - First appearing in the early 4th millennium BCE, copper-alloy daggers were widespread in Bronze Age Europe including Britain and Ireland. Yet archaeologists have long
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent study of an ancient silver bowl with Greek-style reliefs found in Tibet decades ago has revealed something surprising. It was long
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - While working his land in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian farmer found a rare 4,500-year-old stone sculpture. According to the Ministry of
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The 1,000-year-old Viking Weaver's sword is a true archaeological treasure. The sword is a little over 30 cm in length and made of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Hidden in a crypt of a ruined church in Poland, for many years, the golden Curmsun Disc did not see the modern world until
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Team Secrets of the Ice has been searching for clues about the past in the Norwegian mountains for 15 years, and during this
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - On July 19, 1545, the warship Mary Rose, a favorite ship of King Henry VIII, sank during an engagement with the French fleet in
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Historians have long discussed what the statesman and scholar Cicero meant when he wrote 'the coinage was being tossed around so that no
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One does not have to be a trained archaeologist to find something of great historical value. A young boy discovered a very rare
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - One of the most magnificent and valuable ancient treasures of its time is the Bactrian Hoard. Discovered in the graves belonging to six
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - One never knows where archaeological treasures are hidden. Sometimes the most unanticipated finds can be made in unexpected places. The invention of the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - While examining the sides of 15 ceramic jars, used for wine and olive oil storage in two buildings in the City of David,
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ancient people were certainly creative and able to produce weapons in different shapes. This Medieval kidney dagger has been unearthed in Belgium. While
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It was just an ordinary working day and ancient treasure hunting was not part of the farmer’s agenda, but his day turned out
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have announced the discovery of a rare ancient tablet that has the potential to re-write history. The tiny tablet is older than
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - When archaeologists found the first ancient, drilled bear teeth in Kansas they understood quickly this was a surprising find. Later, when they stumbled
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists who have been involved in the renovation of the royal castle of Villers-Cotterêts have stumbled upon a unique ancient treasure. The Château
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A unique Indigenous artifact was accidentally discovered in a British Columbia backyard when Mark Lake, the owner of the property was cleaning up
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Dubbed “The Lord of the Desert,” the ancient statue from the 4th 4th millennium B.C. has been revealed to the public for the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists are baffled because they cannot explain how this bow ended up underwater in Alaska. Where did it come from? Who used it?
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Hundreds of ancient finds, including rare bone and ivory artifacts from the biblical period, were seized during an operation by the Antiquities Authority’s
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient Venus Of Willendorf figurine has intrigued scientists for many years. Carved some 30,000 years ago, the figurine, dated to the Upper
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Why the mysterious Stone Of Brutus was brought to London, UK, remains unknown. Several theories attempt to explain Stone's enigmatic past, but even
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - This weekend, Christmas was celebrated worldwide and here in Israel, with decorated fir trees, colorful lights, and of course with hats and figures
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many legendary weapons have been described in ancient documents and books. Some were authentic weapons, and others gained a mythical status that inspired
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Enigmatic small amulets known as' thokchas' (thogchags) are made of iron, meteoric iron, or, as Tibetans say, "sky metal" or "sky-iron" denote tektites
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - People in Kerala, India, have a long and impressive metal-casting tradition. Among many beautiful objects produced in this part of the world is
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 2,300-year old fragment of linen from the wrap of an Egyptian mummy, which is held in the University of Canterbury’s Teece Museum
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One can never get tired of admiring exquisite jewelry and other beautiful artifacts produced by ancient civilizations that were so artistic and creative.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The ancient mystery of Priam's Treasure remains unsolved. Anyone who appreciates magnificent ancient treasures will be fascinated with the famous Trojan hoard, but
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The beauty of stargazing is that so many celestial objects are visible to the naked eye. Ancient people who did not have access
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among many ancient weapons, we find their most unusual shapes. One such weapon is the bronze khopesh, a sickle-shaped sword, usually described as
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Art is universal and timeless, and so is our appreciation of it if it is unique and beautiful, like this magnificent bronze sculpture.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - This unique golden silk textile is so magnificent you would like to buy it, but it is no ordinary cloth available in the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sarmizegetusa (today Gradistea Muncelului) County was the capital of pre-Roman Dacia, located in the Orastie Mountains, in present-day Romania. Before the wars with
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The University of Aberdeen is to return a Benin bronze - a sculpture looted by British soldiers in Nigeria in one of the
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