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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this series, we discussed curious events reported from North America, Belgium in Indonesia. As previously mentioned similar cases of
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Using a special type of radar, scientists have discovered “ghost” footprints dating as far back as the Pleistocene Era. Invisible footprints hiding since
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - After spending extensive time scanning the desert of Sahara an archaeologist announced he has found a new site where a large structure is
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When the Conquistadors came to explore the New World in the early 16th century, they heard rumors about a magnificent wealthy city of
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Egypt Today reports the discovery of an archaeological cemetery in Saqqara. It is the first cemetery from the Roman era in this region, unearthed
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AncientPages.com - The British Museum has been accused of exhibiting “pilfered cultural property”, by a leading human rights lawyer who is calling for European and US institutions to return treasures
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Slavic mythology, Triglav (Trzyglów) was the local deity worshiped as a protector of war, riding a black divination horse. Triglav had also power
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Previously unknown motifs depicted on south-west Sweden’s best-preserved rock paintings have now been revealed by researchers at the University of Gothenburg. The art
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - First reports of the untraceable stone-throwers started to reach the public in the seventeenth century, but it’s possible the phenomenon is much older.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Using drone technology, a team of UF researchers has uncovered an ancient and rare pre-Columbian Florida village. A drone equipped with Light Detection
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Who exactly were the Aurignacians, who lived in the Levant 40,000 years ago? The Aurignacian culture first appeared in Europe some 43,000 years ago
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Remnants of a drystone wall, known as the ‘Gawri Wall’ or ‘Gawri Chen Wall’, dated to the Antique Age have been discovered by Iranian
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Our knowledge about Neanderthals is increasing but there is still much we don’t know about our closest extinct human relative. The Neanderthals were
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists can now date some stave churches more accurately than in the past. A non-destructive measurement method called photodendrometry was used by researchers,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Modern scientists have long tried to solve this ancient mystery. What is happening here should be impossible, and yet we cannot deny facts
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - We call her today - Lady Justice. Her modern statues frequently decorate courthouses and courtrooms in many countries worldwide. Additionally, images of Justice
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The existence of Biblical giant Goliath described in the Book of Samuel has not been proven. According to the Biblical account, the Philistine
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The remains of a huge settlement surrounded by a massive brick enclosure, has been discovered during the 1st phase of excavation by a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 1,400-year-old iron hammer and nails from the Byzantine period have been unearthed according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists. The findings
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - These tiny gold foil figures are mainly associated with the Pre-Viking Age, but what were they used for? A metal detector discovered an
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Hundreds of years ago people witnessed a strange phenomenon in the skies. The mysterious object visible over a large city was unlike anything
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A marble statuette of the Roman goddess Cybele has been unearthed during archaeological works at the Forum site in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Abundantia (or Abundita) was a powerful, nourishing Roman goddess and a divine personification of abundance, prosperity, and good fortune. She was believed to
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Can the old Aztec technique in the form of innovative 'chinampas' ('artificial island') contribute to better urban farming today? Researchers led by Roland
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - What is hidden beneath the waters has been revealed once again. This time archaeologists report they have found a stunning underwater Stonehenge that
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 we talked about how an astronomer combined scientific and historical data leading him to think he had located a big
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In ancient times, Koh Ker was an important city of the Khmer Empire of South East Asia that lasted from 802 CE to
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have now identified mosses and liverworts frozen with the Iceman, Ötzi. The man's 5,300-year-old human corpse was found frozen in ice in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Much of what we know about Queen Teuta comes from ancient Roman sources. Teuta is a historical figure sometimes described as an "ancient pirate
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The most famous sword in stone is the Excalibur associated with the Arthurian legend. The Excalibur was said to have had magical powers.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Today widely recognized for his scientific achievement, the man whose work inspired future astronomers and other scientists ended tragically. He was open-minded, curious
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AncientPages.com - Day of the Dead might sound like a solemn affair, but Mexico’s famous holiday is actually a lively commemoration of the departed. The nationwide festivities, which include a massive
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Keeladi (Keezhadi) is today an important archaeological site, located on the banks of the Vaigai River near the southern tip of India. Once
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The earliest ancestors of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) emerged in a southern African ‘homeland’ and thrived there for 70 thousand years,
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AncientPages.com - Chances are that when you hear the words “medieval magic”, the image of a witch will spring to mind: wizened old crones huddled over a cauldron
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - To avoid persecution and hide valuable treasures the Knights Templar often used secrets passages and chambers where they met. Archaeologists have now discovered
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In mythologies of many ancient cultures, there is a male figure known as a trickster. Occasionally, this figure has also a nickname 'rogue', 'prankster,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - People all over the world have had astonishing encounters with the paranormal and unexplained. Among these people, we also find several actors who
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Akkadian Empire reached its political peak between the 2400 BC and 2200 BC, following the conquests by its founder Sargon of Akkad.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Will we ever learn the truth about the mysterious three-fingered mummies with elongated skulls discovered at Nazca in Peru? These ancient mummies have
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Bayeux Tapestry is an exceptional example of Romanesque art depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 by William, Duke of Normandy,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Samurai Era 1185-1868 was an exciting period in the history of Japan. The Samurai warriors, who occasionally remind of knights of Medieval
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