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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have made a quite remarkable find in an Egyptian sarcophagus. They have retrieved what may be the world’s oldest illustrated book. It’s
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient stone circles can be found in many places around the world. It’s still unclear why our ancestors created a circular alignment of
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – As children, we are taught that justice will always prevail, but when we grow up, we notice far too often this is not
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Human Beginnings
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have discovered genetic fingerprints of unknown species in human DNA. Lurking within our genome are traces of genetic material from various ancient
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Artifacts
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Among the most fascinating, magnificent, and technically accomplished objects made during the late Middle Ages is a group of microscopically intricate small sculptures
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Two Bronze Age tombs dating back to 3,500 years ago, containing a trove of engraved jewelry and artifacts, have been discovered by a
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In part 1 we discussed the Cherokee legend of the Moon-Eyed people and some archaeological discoveries that may offer evidence these enigmatic people
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered a large palace at the Mayan city of Kulubá in Yucatán. According to the first reports, it seems the structure
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It may sound somewhat surprising, but the celebration of Christmas, Easter, Midsummer, and Saint's Day was forbidden in Scotland for a very long
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - Road construction works in central Turkey led archaeologists to a discovery of an ancient sarcophagus that contained a female human skeleton, pieces of
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – One should always be careful before missing ancient myths and legends too fast. Granted that some ancient tales are a bit too colorful
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient Roman beliefs, Vesta (the equivalent of the Greeks' Hestia) was the goddess of fire, home, and family. She was an abstract
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AncientPages.com - By many measures, Nicolas Bourbaki ranks among the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century. Largely unknown today, Bourbaki is likely the last mathematician to master nearly
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Christmas Traditions
AncientPages.com - Our fascination with ghostly tales around Christmas time goes back thousands of years and is rooted in ancient celebrations of the winter solstice. In the depths
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The mysterious Trzciniec culture is revealing more of its ancient secrets, but the latest discovery raises more questions than answers. An unusual grave,
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists are still trying to determine the age of the unearthed tomb that belonged to Priest Monoha, but preliminary studies show the burial
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It soon became obvious something was very wrong. Few people who came in contact with this very strange car survived. It is really
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com - Archaeologists and Biblical scholars have not given up their attempt to learn the truth about the Ark of the Covenant. Bible's lost Ark
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com - Sweden’s capital Stockholm may be famous for many things, but discovering a rare 500-year-old shipwreck in the middle of the city was an
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - During the long course of their Empire (650 BC – 400 AD), the Romans worshiped many deities. They had gods everywhere and for
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - About 400,000 years ago, Homo erectus essentially vanished and researchers have tried to determine when and where one of modern humans' direct ancestors
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – When ancient Romans explored new territories and expanded their Empire, they encountered new European cultures whose people were sophisticated and intelligent. One such
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ancient Egyptians believed that a person's soul had many parts. One of these parts was called the ka, and the Egyptian symbol was sometimes
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Christmas Traditions
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Kallikantzaroi are naughty and sometimes evil underground goblins who emerge during the 12 days of Christmas and then disappear into the Earth
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Jan Hus (1372 – 1415) was a controversial Czech thinker and reformer in the Roman Catholic Council of Constance (1414–18). He was convicted
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – When and where the first Hellenistic temple was constructed has long been a bit of archaeological puzzle, but the ancient and beautiful city
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists were surprised when they unearthed 8,500-year-old-teeth that appeared to have been intentionally drilled to be worn as beads in a necklace or
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Being small-sized does occasionally have advantages, especially if you are a Ninja who has been sent on a deadly mission. Sometimes referred to
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient legends of Perchta (also known as Berchta or Berta) are native to Austria, especially Salzburg, and the Alpine regions of Switzerland, and
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient Rapanui carvers worked at the behest of the elite ruling class to carve nearly 1,000 Moai because they, and the community at
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Most people are familiar with the stories of Atlantis and Lemuria, but there are other lost islands and even entire continents that were
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) is originally a character from the tradition of the East Slavs including the Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian people. In
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Civilizations
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It is known today that 95% of modern Europeans can be traced to seven female genetic lines. These ancient women referred to as
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A grave on Lena River sand bank ‘proves site north of Yakutsk city is not historic original Cossack settlement’ in coldest region. An exceptionally well-preserved mummified
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Christmas Traditions
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Icelandic mythology, Gryla (Grýla) is a giantess living in Iceland's mountains. In Snorre Sturluson's Prose Edda, from the 13th century, she is
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com - The police officers could not logically account for what they saw. It was something they had never seen before, but they had no
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Robber’s Cave in Nebraska is a beautiful, historical place rich in folklore. Inside the 5,000-plus square feet cave, thousands of enigmatic engravings have
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In a region regularly visited by the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians, Romans, Seljuks, and Ottomans, among others, archaeologists have unearthed remarkable structures
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It’s always nice to see that ancient traditions and customs are still alive in our modern society, but sometimes festivals can go too
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptians believed that the great gods had created the universe and maintained order; they were also involved in people's everyday lives and
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have once again discovered evidence supporting the existence of Amazon warriors who have previously been considered merely mythological characters. Russian archaeologists currently
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - There are many shrines in Asgard and Midgard, but most sacred of all is Yggdrasil, the largest of all trees. The branches spread
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