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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the most mysterious ancient artifacts ever discovered is the Cascajal Block that contains the oldest known written language in the Americas. The
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - In 1878, archaeologists discovered a stone slab covered with ancient symbols in modern Turkey. The 29-meter-long bears the longest known hieroglyphic inscription from the Bronze Age. It is
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Blessing of the Bees is a ceremony practiced in modern Ireland in October every year. The tradition dates back to the early Christian
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Ancient Symbols
Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the most intriguing and powerful ancient symbols is the mysterious double-headed eagle that has been with us for millennia. It is believed
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The lion has been a powerful ancient symbol for thousands of years. Ancient civilizations associated the lion with power and royalty, and we
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In New England, we find about 800 ancient stone chambers of different sizes and shapes. Who built them and why is a subject that
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - History of powerful gigantic shafts of polished granite – known as obelisk – is shrouded in mystery. The obelisk is a monolithic, four-sided piece
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Ancient Symbols
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Flower of Life is a modern name given to an ancient sacred geometry symbol used by many different civilizations. The symbol is of
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Seed of Life is an ancient symbol of great spiritual and religious importance. It can be found in many places around the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Shamans, wizards, priests, and priestesses were not the only ones who depended on spells and magic in the ancient world. Superstition played a
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com— To the Vikings, a sword was much more than just a weapon. Sword production was complex and labor-intensive, making them scarce and costly. Consequently,
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Today, modern physicists try to unravel the mystery of time. Was there a beginning of time, and will there be an end of time?
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient people often considered dreams to be omens about the future and this belief is still encountered in our modern society. Today many are
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In 1703, the German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated the advantages of the binary system for computations and by doing so he laid the foundation
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An Italian humanist philosopher of the early Renaissance, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494), said that the human being is the master of his
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - The history of writing goes very far back in time. In Mesopotamia people wrote on clay tables. Cuneiform tablets were one of the earliest systems of writing invented
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Kalevala is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature. It's a book full of beautiful stories about heroes, villains, remarkable
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - He has been considered a genius with the highest mental ability and unique talent. Who was Archimedes? Statue of Archimedes of bronze created
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Loki is an elusive figure in countless Northern myths, but he is also the most fascinating of all the members of the Norse
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This ceremonial four-legged wooden stool known as 'duho' originates from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and dates back to 1200– 1500 AD. The grimacing,
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - An ancient, romantic legend tells about Niulang and Zhinyu, who are separated by the Heavenly Queen and allowed to meet once a year
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptians were familiar with sophisticated science and technology, but were all of their inventions really their own? Is it possible people in ancient Egypt produced inherited
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many important symbols can be found in Japanese people's early cultural beliefs, religious tradition and imperial myths. The country’s most sacred objects are the
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Biblical Mysteries
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Melchizedek, whose name means "King of Righteousness", is definitely one of the most baffling figures in the Bible. We cannot expand our knowledge about him
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - A long time ago, people in Asia Minor started to tell a fairy tale known as The Smith and the Devil. The story
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - On the island of Sumba, in eastern Indonesia there are thousands very intriguing megaliths that have unusual shape. Often referred to as a
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the army of the Persian Empire there were many different formations. One of them were the so-called ‘sparabara’ –the shield bearing troops. They
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to the Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel, Hunac Ceel, ruler of Mayapan, conquered Chichén Itzá in the 13th century. Archaeological data, on the other
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Egyptian Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptians were excellent astronomers who watched the movements of celestial objects with interest. Egyptian astronomers who were priests possessed knowledge about many heavenly
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Edward of Woodstock (1330-1376) was the eldest son and heir of England's King Edward III Plantagenet. Historically speaking, he was a very talented
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are many intriguing ancient stone circles in different parts of the world. Constructing a stone circle is a major undertaking. Our ancestors had
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Biblical Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Zoroaster is like many other prophets associated with a doomsday prophecy. According to Zoroaster, the end of the world will come about when a
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Incas were very strict with the laws and punishments, which were very harsh and severe. Unlike other places, the Inca Empire had low
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Everyone who came in contact with the magical ring Andvaranaut died and Fafnir should have known better than kill his father and steal the
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Svarog (Swarog ) is one of the most important deities in the Slavic pantheon. He is the Slavic god of celestial fire and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many look forward to the Great American Eclipse on August 21 this year. We think about eye protection equipment, weather conditions, and the
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Boudicca, queen of Iceni people who lived in modern day Norfolk, led her tribe in about 60 AD, in a revolt against the Roman rulers of Britain.
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Was it really necessary for great physician Hippocrates to eat earwax? Why did he do it? Hippocrates of Kos (c 360-375 BC) was known as the Father
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - On December 26, 1665, the Codex Cospi (or Codex Bologna) was given as a Christmas gift to the Italian nobleman Ferdinando Cospi (1606 -
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Not everyone may have noticed, but when we look closer we discover that a majority of ancient Roman roads are straight. Some of these
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