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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - The mention of alcoholic drinks can be found in many ancient texts, but how long have we produced alcohol and what ancient civilization invented alcohol? Archaeological discoveries
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Varahamihira (505–587 CE) was an Indian astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer from Ujjain, which during the Gupta period (320 to 550 AD), was a flourishing
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
AncientPages.com - A Potlatch is an ancient North American Indian tradition of very generous gift giving. A Potlatch was much more than just an ordinary ceremony. Planning a Potlatch
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient cultures in human history have tried to honor and commemorate their dead. An ancient Middle East tradition among prehistoric cultures in Mesopotamia, Egypt,
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egypt, several protective deities were depicted as dwarves featuring a lion's mane, ears, and tail, and often wearing a plumed headdress. Such
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Terrace farming was invented in South American Andes over 1,000 years ago. The Wari' people, also known as the Pakaa Nova, an indigenous people of Brazil,
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Codex Borgia (or Codex Yoalli Ehēcatl) has a somewhat obscure past. There is a special group of mostly pre-Columbian manuscripts that originate from
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Of course, today we are used to a "week" as a 7-day period, but over the course of history the weeks have been as diverse as the
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com - The mysterious priesthood known as the Druids shared a number of ancient secrets. The Druids can be traced back to a distant past in
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Windcatchers are very old wind towers can be still found across the Middle East. The structures were created by ancient engineers to create natural
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In some myths of the Algonquian tribes of North America, there is a mythical creature or spirit – Wendigo - that takes different forms.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Stele of the Vultures is the Sumerian historical and literary work dated to the Early Dynastic III period (2600–2350 BC). Also known
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Artifacts
AncientPage.com - Going to war in ancient times involved more than just great military strategy and excellent warrior skill. To conquer your enemy, it was assumed the warriors must
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Aztec Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Located in the Toluca Valley of highland central Mexico, Calixtlahuaca is one of the few Aztec-related urban sites, of which architecture and stone
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. She was the most beautiful of Priam's daughters
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - On the morning of August 24, 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted and broke its centuries-long silence. Its great cloud of hot ash, stones, and
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Chinese Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - An almost 2,000-year-old large complex of temples, shrines, and monasteries known as Fengdu Ghost City is devoted to the afterlife. Many temples and shrines
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - World’s oldest dictionaries come from the Akkadian Empire. The dictionaries are about 4,500-year-old and were discovered in Ebla, one of the earliest kingdoms
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - It is commonly believed that the Elephant God, Ganesha (Ganesh, in Hindi word) means success and wealth; therefore people place a statue or
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient ruins and mounds of Mesopotamia have revealed many precious artifacts, thousands of tablets, statuettes, and various other treasures which are now in
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Ireland, the chambered round cairn of Newgrange, with its quartz walls and a passage aligned towards the midwinter sunrise, was placed inside
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Thales of Miletus is counted among the seven sages of ancient Greece. He is considered the father of Greek mathematics, as well as
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pax Assyriaca’ (Latin for "Assyrian Peace") was a longer period of peace in the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the 7th century (ca. 700-630/620 BC). In
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient Maya site Tulum is the Yucatan Mayan word for ‘fence, trench or wall’ but it also has another name ‘Zama’, meaning
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An interesting – though only fragmentary – Babylonian myth tells the story of Anzu/Zu (‘the wise one’), the bird god, whose home is
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Join us on a voyage through ancient times to secret lands, high mountains, dark forests, and beautiful lakes, to a world where magic
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Cannabis trade is not a new business. Researchers have identified history’s first cannabis sellers and it turns out that selling of the plant
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Yam (Yamm), (in Hebrew, means ‘sea’) is best known from Canaanite tablets unearthed at Ugarit and related in myths to Baal, the son
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - At the height of their success Vikings covered the British Isles, modern Europe, Russia, the Middle East, North India, China and North America.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In the village of Ko Gyi Myoke, in Myanmar, there is an abandoned monastery. It is the site of princess Thon Pan Hla's
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - The word “diva” comes from Latin and means “goddess”. It was common in ancient times to talk about divas. However, the meaning of the term was entirely
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pandavleni Caves are considered to be a part of Hinayana (in Sanskrit, means the "Smaller Vehicle") Buddhist Caves which is more than 1200 years
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The fascinating and mysterious complex of standing stones – similar to those of the famous Stonehenge – is located at Willong Khullen, a small village
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The oldest evidence of printing is the stamping of inscriptions into the soft clay of bricks before firing. This was done by Sumerian
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AncientPages.com - Today, it is time for another great man of ancient times and the most important figure in the Chinese history - Confucius. Better known as Master
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Priesthood played an important role in many ancient societies. Although, many ancient priests and priestesses had very much in common, sometimes their duties varied depending on which
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Mesopotamian myths, Gilgamesh is presented as a demigod of superhuman strength that lived a very long life. Based on the’ Sumerian King
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Teotihuacán is an ancient site where the circumstances of its destruction are not entirely clear. The people who created it are completely unknown, and
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Piracy was widespread in ancient times and can be traced back to very old times. In fact piracy is widely regarded as the world’s
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - During the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland that took place in stages throughout the late 12th century, the Englishmen did their best to prevent their colonizers to become
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sayhuite is an intriguing ancient site in Peru. Was it once an ancient city inhabited by an unknown civilization? The site located on top
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to available ancient references, Takshashila, was an early Buddhist center of learning. Scholars date back this ancient university to (c. approx. 400-500
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