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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Roman ruler Laelianus would have been pleased to hear archaeologists have discovered a coin depicting him. Unfortunately, this is something he could never
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient artifacts discovered at Birka offer valuable information about Vikings’ daily life. By examining several of the objects unearthed at Birka, one can
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Many brilliant leaders serve their countries well but live their lives and careers in obscurity. Thus, they achieve little. They may be in
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient underwater burial site off the coast of Florida, near the Venice shoreline can reveal valuable information about people who lived in
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The purpose of the Quipu has long puzzled scientists. The vast Inca Empire had a sophisticated and organized government, but they had no
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Some years ago, archaeologists discovered a very well-preserved Bronze Age settlement in Britain. While investigating the site scientists noticed the 3,000-year-old settlement located
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Using an ornithological approach, scientists have re-identified the huge birds drawn on the desert plains of Peru as hermits or pelicans. Birds are
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the mythology of the ancient Egyptians, Bastet (or Bast) was a feline goddess and one of the most loved goddesses in Egyptian
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - South African scientists from the University of the Free State have discovered 8,000-year-old carvings, made by Khoi-San people, indigenous peoples of Southern Africa. The rock art
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Hollow Earth theory is as controversial as ever. The idea that our planet could be hollow sounds ridiculous to most people, and
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egyptian beliefs, before Egypt had human kings, the ruler was the god Ra. He was the creator sun god and the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com -The ancient city of Carchemish (Karkamış), which was in the past, the most important administration center for the Hittite Empire in the region, will
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AncientPages.com - The Rio Olympics will be the 31st Summer Games of the modern era, but they have a long way to go before they can compete with nearly
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AncientPages.com - Every Game of Thrones season premiere needs its shock reveal – and season six is no different. As the name of the episode – The Red Woman– hints, this
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new study shows that before arrival of Europeans, climate change had significant impact on people living in the region of Amazon forest,
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Civilizations
David Tee - AncientPages.com - The area deemed today as Iran has had a long history. The Medes first ruled the nation in the 9th century BC. However, the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in eastern North Carolina were surprised when they came across an ancient tavern along with several mysterious tools that were buried beneath
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Some 9,000 years ago, residents of Çatalhöyük (on modern Turkey,) one of the world's first large farming communities experienced overcrowding, infectious diseases, violence
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African Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are many interesting, and little-known stories told by African tribes. Africa was once home to several powerful civilizations, but sadly today, the
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AncientPages.com - After gorging on a feast of sausages, blood pudding, young sow’s udder, sea bream, lobster, mullet, Attic honey, and Syrian dates, all washed down with a
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In 256 BC, during the First Punic War (264-241 B.C.) one of the greatest naval battles in history took place off the coast
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in Rome, Italy have unearthed a magnificent 2,000-year-old marble head of God Dionysus, also known as Bacchus, the ancient god of wine
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Stonehenge in England is world famous and a major tourist attraction. It is widely believed that the stone circle was constructed in the
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Since the beginning of time, humans have looked at the sky wondering if someone from above was keeping a watching eye on us.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The story of Alwilda sounds more like a fairytale, and truth to be told; it's difficult to determine whether the account is based
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Pompey was born in 106 BC, but his mother is not named in historical records. His father, Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, is well known
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Egyptian ministries of antiquities and foreign affairs have called on Christie's auction house and UNESCO to stop the sale of a quartzite head
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Ivriz relief is a Hittite rock relief in south-central Anatolia, located in the town of Aydinkent (Konya), formerly called Ivriz (modern Turkey).
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Jeramy Neugin - AncientPages.com - There are many interesting and dangerous creatures in Cherokee mythology. One of them is the raven mocker and another one is the body
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in Maine have reason to feel excited. They have just excavated what is believed to be the oldest dugout canoe ever found
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ageing is a natural process, but many people have difficulties accepting they will become older and one day die. Using high-tech, modern people
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Ancient Technology
AncientPages.com - The ancient Babylonians were the first to use sophisticated geometry – a staggering 1,400 years before it was previously thought to have been developed. Sadly, these
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - During the Iron Age around 300 AD something extraordinary was initiated in Levänluhta area in Isokyrö, SW Finland. People were buried in a
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the mythology of Maya peoples from the Yucatán Peninsula and Guatemala, there are tales of curious creatures called aluxes. They are believed to
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Adelasius Ebalchus lived in what is now northern Switzerland some 1,300 years ago, centuries after the collapse of the Roman Empire. Who was
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this series we talked about the ancient history of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. We discussed what this ancient
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The outstanding military accomplishments of Alexander the Great are well-known to everyone interested in ancient history. Still, few had heard about what happened
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An underground city partly submerged underwater and estimated to be around 5,000 years old was discovered by municipality crews trying to determine the
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The history of newspapers goes far back in time. The first proto-newspaper appeared as early as 131 B.C. It was an ancient Roman
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - What were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and what did they look like? Did they really exist and for what purpose were they
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Even though his true name, Sarru-kinnu, meant ‘true king’, he took the name Sargon when he ascended the throne. Why he did this
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Jeramy Neugin - AncientPages.com - The Cherokee used the spirits of their ancestors as talismans of protection against harm. After the home was smoked, dirt from the family
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