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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Bulla Felix was a legendary Italian 'bandit' who reminds us of Robin Hood, a heroic outlaw from Nottingham, England, who robbed the rich and helped the poor
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Chemical and isotopic analysis of copper artifacts from southern Africa reveals new cultural connections among people living in the region between the 5th
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com -The discovery of the Gerdrup grave surprised scientists because it challenged our knowledge of Viking burials. Who were the individuals buried in the double
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One can imagine losing a wallet, suitcase, shoe, or even some clothes, but how can an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus end up abandoned on
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great (742 - 814), is considered the most remarkable of all medieval rulers in the history of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It had been thought to date that the species Homo sapiens has disproportionately large temporal lobes compared to other anthropoid primates, the group
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - As the excavations at Pañamarca continue, archaeologists report many fascinating discoveries that help shed more light on the ancient history of Peru. Of
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Ashaninka are the most numerous Indigenous people living in the rainforests of Peru and Brazil where they inhabit a crucial area between
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau above sea level, is one of the harshest environments settled by humans. It has a
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists announced recently they had solved the bog body mystery in Europe. A major study of over 1,000 ancient bog bodies across Scandinavia
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists from INRAP (France's National Institute for Preventive Archaeology) excavating in the Sernam/ Boulingrin district have unearthed a vast Roman-era
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Traces of ancient Roman presence can be found all over the UK. While preparing a site for constructing a new Aldi supermarket in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Björketorp Runestone in Blekinge, Sweden, is part of a burial ground with menhirs standing alone and forming stone circles. Dated to about 400-700
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Why warrior queen Mavia launched a massive revolt against ancient Romans is a question a curious historian can ponder long and hard. But one
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The cathedral-like structure - the least-visited and unique place in the world - is located on the barren and uninhabited island of Staffa, six
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The unicorn is a legendary animal often depicted on ancient seals and in Medieval manuscripts. The beautiful and mysterious animal has fascinated people
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Notre-Dame de Paris is the first known cathedral of Gothic-style architecture to be initially constructed with extensive use of iron to bind
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Excavations led by researchers from the University of Gothenburg show that the coveted metal copper and a sheltered location turned the Cypriot village
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AncientPages.com - From Wagner to William Morris in the late 19th century, via Tolkien’s dwarves and CS Lewis’s The Last Battle, through to last year’s controversial film The Northman, Scandinavian gods and heroes have
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Using DNA analysis and modern forensic techniques, scientists have reconstructed the face of a Stone Age boy who lived in Norway. The Vistegutten
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - 'Lamashtu Plaque' (or 'Hell Plaque') was an Assyrian healing device against the female demon Lamashtu and her evil doings. Lamashtu plaque held by
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A comprehensive analysis of an archaeological site in Saudi Arabia sheds new light on mustatils—stone monuments from the Late Neolithic period thought to
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The desert in southern Egypt is filled with hundreds of petroglyphs and inscriptions dating from the Neolithic to the Arab period. The oldest
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Atapuerca Research Team (EIA) participated in a paper led by the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) that presents
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Temple of the Crossed Hands (Templo de Las Manos Cruzadas) in Kotosh, Peru, is considered one of the oldest temples in Peru and
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new study has found evidence of cheesemaking, using milk from multiple animals, in Late Neolithic Poland. The research suggests that early farmers
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Peru's first great empire, the Wari, stretched for more than a thousand miles over the Andes Mountains and along the coast from 600
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AncientPages.com - In 1853, a Roman vase was found being used as a container for ashes in a grave outside Roman Colchester. Dating to the later second century AD, it
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many archeologists agree that cylindrical towers known as 'chullpas' (chulpas), which can be viewed at Sillustani, Cutimbo, and other places, are the work
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating at a small site near Buckingham report an intriguing find. According to researchers, this is the former site of a watermill
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The so-called Nomoli figures were found in Sierra Leone, West Africa. The Nomoli are mysterious stone figures from 2,500 years to approximately 15,000
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - When archaeologists found a curious object at Bar Hill near Cambridge, UK, they understood it was an unusual ancient artifact, but exactly was
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A remarkable collection of religious items from diverse lands was unearthed during archaeological excavations on the Swedish island of Helgö in 1954. Located
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have been researching an area under the North Sea known as Doggerland, which was home to one of the largest prehistoric settlements
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AncientPages.com - When the eminent Australian anthropologist W. E. H. Stanner first published his essay on “The Dreaming” in 1956, there was increasing scholarly and popular interest in the complexity
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Lancaster University staff and student researchers have discovered evidence of a Romano-Celtic temple under public land near Lancaster Castle - only the second
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Can the nearly 7,000-year-old Gradeshnitsa Tablets offer evidence of one of the world's oldest human writing? Are the carved signs and symbols on
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The ancient temple complex Medinet Habu has survived in the arid desert climate for thousands of years. But in the 100 years since
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Zhang Heng (A.D. 78 - 139) was one of the world's first scientists to propose that the universe is infinite in space and
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - With 800 grams of real gold, the Vindelev treasure is one of the largest treasures unearthed recently. Found by two old friends and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - We encounter dragons in almost every ancient world culture. Dragons played an essential role in the beliefs of our ancestors and were depicted
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - At an excavation site in northern Mexico, BYU archaeology students and professors recently discovered artifacts that have been buried for 1,000 years, including
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