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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Bartholomew Roberts never intended to become a pirate, but he had no choice. When his vessel was captured, he was forced into piracy.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - To discover a magnificent Celtic burial like the Hochdorf chieftain's grave is a dream of every archaeologist. Celtic burial mound reconstructed. Credit: Detlef
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Brokkr and Eitri were Norse dwarves who fashioned magical artifacts for the gods, making them powerful and invincible. In Norse mythology many stories
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The place of origin of this miniature basalt stela is unknown. This type of amulet as a 'stela' was prevalent in the late
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Toltecs, an ancient Mesoamerican culture lived in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico. The Aztecs refer to the Toltecs as their intellectual and cultural predecessors. We must
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During excavations on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, archaeologists from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, have found evidence of the Babylonian conquest
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Greek mythology, there is a well-known myth of Hades, a harsh, shadowy place where the dead lived. Hades is also the name of the god
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Edward of Woodstock (1330-1376), who became known as the Black Prince was feared, loved, and hated. As the eldest son and heir of
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Xiahou Dun’s early life is not well recorded. Ziaghou Dun’s father was murdered, it is not known who the culprit was. It is
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Legends and mystery surround the Caynton caves. Did Knights Templar use the man-made underground chambers for their secret meetings and rituals? Left: Entrance
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We continue to explore the untold story of the Great Sphinx, an ancient monument that still remains shrouded in mystery. In part 1
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Our oceans are greatly unexplored and full of secrets. Deep beneath the waters there are marvelous ruins of lost ancient civilizations. These ancient
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Frumentarii' was a special military elite in Roman Empire that served as the emperor's secret police. At the turn of the second and
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Two 2,000-year-old marble eagle statues have been discovered in a Hellenistic temple at the Kınık Mound, located near the Yeşilyurt village in Niğde's Altunhisar
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In many Asian countries, people celebrate the Hungry Ghost festival in August. It’s an ancient tradition and a time when people make offerings
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Slavic mythology, this winged demon is called Strzyga (in Polish). In beliefs of other cultures is known as Strix (Strigoi). Rarely known
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - His nose is broken, and his eyes are nothing but holes. His head is still bearing some traces of red and yellow paint,
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - People in Ethiopia did not live in low valleys during the last ice age. Instead they lived high up in the inhospitable Bale
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Even at the peak of their culture rival groups of the Maya acted with great brutality. Extreme conflicts broke out before the civilization’s
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are many balancing rocks across the world. It's not always easy to determine whether an ancient structure is a natural or man-made
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Biblical Mysteries
David Tee - AncientPages.com - Jezebel was the daughter of the King of Tyre and high priest. 1 Kings 16–22 tells the story of Ahab and Jezebel, and
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists found shards of ceramic vessels that date back to 4640 - 4460 BC, and are from an unknown ancient culture, probably related
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Chinese Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many ancient cultures had their gods and goddesses related to the Moon. Egyptian lunar deity Khonsu (the 'wanderer' or "he who comes and goes") often wore
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - If you happen to be in Zambia, Africa the last weekend in August you may want to experience the traditional Likumbi Lya Mize
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On August 27, 1883, Edward Samson, a reporter for the Boston Globe, fell asleep on the couch in his office. Suddenly he awoke from
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We continue to discuss perplexing fires that defy an ordinary explanation. In part 1 we talked about curious incidents involving objects that for
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient Greek historian Herodotus had a high opinion of Gorgo, who was well-known for her political judgment and wisdom, but was she also
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Roman Forum (in Latin: Forum Romanum) was the center of Rome's most important political and social events during the republican period. It is
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An enigmatic object in form of the earliest known lunar calendar, dating from the Upper Paleolithic, has been found on a pebble found
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Aethelflaed, (870 - 918 AD) is among the brave female warriors of old times who are usually left outside the official historical records.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A skull with marks indicating that neurosurgery existed 2,200 years ago, has been unearthed during excavations carried out in the ancient city of Euromus,
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Israel's Galilee have unearthed remains of an ancient church said to mark the home of the apostles Peter and Andrew.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - James Leigh Hunt once said that the most tangible of all visible mysteries is fire, and this article shows he could have been
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - According to some ancient beliefs, people born under certain hours, known as chime hours, are gifted with unique abilities, like seeing beyond the
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The first forms of religion appeared in prehistory because humans understood that there are many natural phenomena, such as floods, drought, thunder, and
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AncientPages.com - The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California was one of the most significant events in world history. On January 24, 1848, while inspecting
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Mirrors, mirrors, mirrors everywhere. The more mirrors Lucida Mansi had, the more she could admire herself. To say that she was vain is
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Excavations at the ancient Urartu fortress in eastern Turkey's Van province will help to solve the mysteries of a 2,700-year-old temple. For the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com -The lost kingdom of Urartu is shrouded in mystery and still very little is known about this ancient place and the origin of its
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Today Sahara is one of the hottest and driest places on Earth. It’s impossible for most living organisms survive for a longer period
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have long tried to explain purpose of Mesoamerican potbelly statues. Are they depictions of the ruling elite? Perhaps they were made to honor
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - This unusual figure is unique in many ways. It represents a winged half-human and half-animal creature credited with supernatural powers. It is made
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