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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - A mysterious water source located in the middle of a field has puzzled archaeological for decades. Ancient bones discovered at the site reveal
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Almost everyone is familiar with the Biblical story of how Noah managed to survive the Great Flood. The story of an ancient catastrophe
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Sedlec Ossuary in the Czech Republic is no ordinary Roman Catholic chapel. Located in Sedlec, in the suburbs of Kutna Hora, this
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to Greek legends, Poseidon (equated with the Roman god Neptune) possessed a magical trident. When angry, the Greek god of the sea
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A number of fragments of royal colossi and a huge mud-brick wall from the New Kingdom have been unearthed at Heliopolis Temple in Matariya,
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A 3,500-year-old fragmented skull and femur that probably belonged to the Hittite period were recently unearthed in Sapinuwa (now Çorum) in central Anatolia,
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Three wooden coffins have been uncovered in the courtyard of Padiaménopé tomb (TT 33), by an archaeological team led by from the Institut
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Japanese folklore, religion, and popular culture, there are many evil demonic entities, ghosts, and monsters that are often difficult to recognize from
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Studies of ancient cave drawings are significant because these images provide us with knowledge of our ancestors’ beliefs. Often artists of the past
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient Viking hoard was a national treasure and should have belonged to the public, but it was stolen by greedy metal detectorists
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A manuscript translation of Tacitus's Annales, completed in the late sixteenth century and preserved at Lambeth Palace Library, was done by Queen Elizabeth
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Science in Poland reports that the remains of twelve iron smelting furnaces used by the Celts 2,400 years ago have been discovered in
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Giant 7,000-year-old ring-shaped structures have been discovered in the village of Nowe Objezierze, located within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A medieval ring from the late 9th to mid 10th century, discovered in the stronghold (a medieval ring-fort) in Grzybowo near Gniezno, a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The lost Kingdom of Urartu is as mysterious and interesting as the Amazon warriors. Archaeological discoveries are slowly revealing the truth about the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Inbreeding and population/demographic shifts could have led to Neanderthal extinction, researchers say. Neanderthal extinction could have occurred without environmental pressure or competition with
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - There is little information about these ancient ivory manikins that have been a bit of medical mystery until now. Ancient ivory manikins are
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Biblical Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 we discussed why ancient Egyptian knowledge can offers clues to many Biblical mysteries. We talked about similarities between ancient Egyptian
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - How and when modern humans originated and spread throughout the world is still in draft form. Last year, scientists announced that a human
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It may not be possible to trace the game of chess with absolute certainty, but the popularity of this board game goes back thousands
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Hurriyet Daily News reports that an ancient city, about 1.5 kilometers in diameter, was discovered four to 10 meters below the ground in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Francis Walsingham was an English politician and most trusted adviser to Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603). He served her faithfully for about 30 years,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the most famous and admired ancient monuments is undoubtedly the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. Its magnificent existence has led
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey's Diyarbakır have discovered 48 ancient lamps dating back around 1,500 years. The lamps were discovered during excavations at the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A high-resolution georadar has detected traces of a ship burial and a settlement that probably dates to the Viking Period at Edøy in
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A monument believed to be around 8,000-years old has been unearthed in northwestern Turkey’s Ugurlu-Zeytinlik mound, located in the northwestern province of Canakkale’s Gokceada
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AncientPages.com - The sensational discovery was made three months ago in the Altai Mountains by the team of archeologists from Novosibirsk Institute of Archeology and Ethnography. The precious
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Gefjon (Gefion) was the Aesir goddess of fertility, plow, and agriculture in Norse mythology. She also possessed extraordinary mental abilities, and just like
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 we discussed stories told by Native American medicine men who said they had visions of strange people who came to
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Warrior graves dating back 2,000 years have been found by archaeologists near Bejsce in the province Świętokrzyskie (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship), situated in southeastern Poland.
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com - Mount Sinai, also known as Mount Moses, is a sacred site to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. In the Bible, it is written that
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Going against the gods' wishes can be dangerous, and King Phineus certainly made the Greek deities furious. Having received the gift of prophecy,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Two people died roughly 100 years apart. Nevertheless, they were buried together - in boats. In the second half of the 9th century,
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Sword of Saint Wenceslas, also known as the Coronation Sword of Bohemia, has its beginnings in the Kingdom of Bohemia, and it
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Archaeological excavations in North America have on several occasions provided us with evidence that civilizations from distant ancient lands visited the continent. We
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers report they have discovered 143 spectacular, never before seen geoglyphs on the Nazca Plateau and its surroundings in Peru. One of the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In his great work "Histories," Herodotus mentions an interesting historical event in 529 BC when Cyrus the Great II, the Elder (about 590 - 529
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 12,000-year-old lake dried up after a team of treasure hunters carried out an authorized excavation to unearth an ancient trove in Turkey's
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Excavations in the ancient city of Metropolis, located within the borders of the Torbalı district of the Aegean province of İzmir, Turkey continue
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The ship-shaped formation discovered in 1959 in eastern Turkey, by Capt. İlhan Durupınar, an expert cartographer, will be presented in the form of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Loki, in Norse mythology, is an elusive, malevolent god destined to be the gods' adversary at Ragnarok, and yet, a constant companion to them, especially
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The beautiful island of Unkonsaari in Lake Inari, northern Finland is sacred to the Sami people. Unfortunately, this holy place has also been
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