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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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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Just as in ancient Egypt, music played a very important role in Assyria and Babylonia. While the Egyptians believed that music was the voice
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Needless to say, the first bathrooms were far from what we are used to in modern times, but the history of bathrooms is
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Only a fragmentary but still very interesting Babylonian myth tells the story of a gigantic bird with a lion’s head, whose flapping wings were
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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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Civilizations
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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Civilizations
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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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The Olduvai Gorge is a steep-sided ravine in the Great Rift Valley that stretches through East Africa. It is located in the eastern Serengeti Plains in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In China, he is mostly known as Master Kong or Kong Fuzi, we know him as Confucius. Like the other great teachers of Central
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - What did ancient Greek costumes, masks, and theatre look like? Theater played an important role in ancient Greece. The history of the Greek
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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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AncientPages.com - Historical records reveal a number of truly bizarre forms of taxes people had to put up with. Taxation problems date back to earliest recorded history and as
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AncientPages.com - If asked to think of a single individual who epitomises the decadence, destruction and debauchery of Ancient Rome, the name Nero would surely be on many people’s
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AncientPages.com - On November 20, 1739, the Battle of Porto Bello started. It was a historic naval battle between a British naval force aiming to capture the settlement
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Civilizations
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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Civilizations
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 - In our ancestors' consciousness, shaped by legends and myths, marshes and other wetlands were considered elusive and unpredictable places of evil and dark
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The death of Balder (Baldr or Balðr) - a favorite of both gods of Aesir - is probably the most famous of all the
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Florentine Codex is an ancient document that describes the life of the Aztecs, their religious ceremonies, astronomy, economy, social order, the conquest of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Full Moon is related to numerous ancient myths and legends and even paranormal tales. Many different superstitions and beliefs influenced our ancestors who
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AncientPages.com - On November 12, 1035, King Canute (Cnut The Great) died, a Danish King of England and ruler of one of the largest Nordic empires. The Viking king had
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Civilizations
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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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Why has our week 7 days? The length of our day, month, and the year is based on astronomical observations. However, why we
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The earliest rulers of the long-lasting civilization of Egypt were called "The followers of Horus." At the beginning of its long history, Egypt
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Thor was a very popular deity, particularly in Iceland and the western part of Norway; several complex rituals related to him existed, and
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AncientPages.com - On November 6, 1217, the Charter of the Forest was first issued at St Paul's Cathedral, London, as a complementary charter to the Magna Carta from which it had
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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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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Piracy is widely regarded as the world’s oldest profession. Many of the most well known pirates in historical lore originate from a period known as the Golden Age
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Shaka Zulu will be remembered as a great leader and conqueror who united over 100 chiefdoms into one mighty kingdom. He was one of
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Astronomical tradition of ancient China was an important part the country’ cultural tradition and dates back to the Bronze Age and 1800 BC. Through
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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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Civilizations
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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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A gnomon ("one that knows or examines") is the part of a sundial that casts a shadow. The term has been used for many
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Wilhelm Tell was a Swiss national hero symbolizing the political and individual freedom struggle. The scene depicting the hero shooting an apple off
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - People who visit Scotland often ask where they can find the mysterious and beautiful village of Brigadoon. It's a place where the passing of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, Ragnarok (Ragnarök) is the world's end as the Vikings knew it. The concept of fate dominates Norse mythology, and to the Norse people,
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Like most children of the ancient world, Viking children did not have much time to enjoy their childhood. Work, learning, duties, and responsibility started
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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 – Ur-Nammu was a Sumerian king who reigned about 2112-2095 BC and was a founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Initially, he held the position
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