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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ekambareswarar Temple (Ekambaranathar Temple) is an outstanding Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, and located in Kanchipuram, an ancient city in southern India's
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Countless examples demonstrate how ancient civilizations were fascinated with the blue color. Blue was considered to be the color of the gods. Since
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Judaculla Rock in North Carolina is one of the greatest mysteries in North America. The 230-square-foot soapstone boulder is covered with more
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Despite marked differences in burial customs, architecture, and art, the Minoan civilization in Crete, the Helladic civilization in mainland Greece and the Cycladic
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Our knowledge of Cambodia's Greater Angkor region has increased thanks to new LIDAR images. It has long been known this region was once
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A marble head of the Roman emperor Augustus was unearthed in the Italian town of Isernia, located in the region of Molise, a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A rare bronze oil lamp, shaped like a grotesque face that is cut in half, was recently unearthed during excavations conducted in the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In South America, certain giant ancient statues point their index finger in a specific location. Unknown races sculptured these statues. In North and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Meteora, (means in Greek:" raised from the ground, hanging") and the ancient monasteries built atop the Meteora massif represent a magnificent place that does
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptians loved to dance. Several ancient Egyptian tomb paintings depict dancers in various forms of dress and many different postures. Dancing was
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A portion of royal memorial inscription, which is attributed to a Neo-Assyrian king, has been unearthed by a team of archaeologists in western
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Despite our cultural, traditional, religious, and linguistic differences, humans are often alike. That is not surprising because we all belong to the same
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egyptian religion, Ra (Re) was the god of the sun and creation, who was born each morning in the East and
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Russian archaeologists have found the burial place of the last two rulers of the Pereslavl-Zalessky principality - Princes Dmitry Alexandrovich and Ivan Dmitrievich,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - From once being one of the most wealthy and powerful Western Christian military orders, life changed dramatically for the Knights Templar in 1307.
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Ellen Lloyd -AncientPages.com - Sacred ancient texts are filled with remarkable accounts describing individuals who came in contact with unknown technology. Our ancestors left behind stories of people
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Stories of mysterious beings who dwell in secret underground worlds are common among many Native American tribes. According to local accounts, these individuals
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - How, when, and where the first Americans made the first daring journey to the Americas is no doubt 'one of the greatest mysteries
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - What at first glance looked like garbage turned out to be a valuable Bronze Age treasure. Tommy Karlsson, an orienteering enthusiast, accidentally stumbled
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Dravidian (or Southern-style) is the earlier of the two main styles in the evolution of sacred Hindu architecture. It is characterized by
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - If you have the patience and are not determined to compete with some of the world’s most talented artists, painting can be a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Chauvet Cave is home to the world's oldest cave paintings, dating back 36,000 years. Chauvet-Pont d’Arc cave in southeastern France. Credits: mockingbird.creighton.edu Were the stunning
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The accidental and highly unusual discovery was made during land improvement work on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. Tomb on the Dingle
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the most representative historical and archaeological places of Colombia is Tierradentro, known as the National Archaeological Park located in the municipality
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During the Bronze Age, Mesopotamia was witness to several climate crises. In the long run, these crises prompted the development of stable forms of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The first philosophical concepts appeared in the Greek colonies around the 7th-6th centuries BC. Initially, they were related to the creation and nature
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archeologists have long speculated about the causes of occasional upheavals in the pre-Spanish societies created by the ancestors of contemporary Pueblo peoples. These
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient documents inform they were highly advanced people who possessed 'not of this world' abilities. They could speak at a distance and master
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 1,600-year-old mosaic was recently discovered during archaeological excavations in the central town of Yavne, Israel. An impressive old mosaic will be placed
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many spectacular architectural masterworks of India, like temples, mosques, monoliths, statues, gigantic forts, palaces, universities, and tombs, are left in legacy by the country’s
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Nakano Takeko had a choice. She could marry or die in battle. She chose the latter. Having the heart and spirit of a
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece got its name from the half-sister of Alexander the Great who was married to King Cassander. Thessaloniki
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The primeval goose shares a close relation with certain deities from ancient Egyptian mythology. Among these is Gengen-Wer, an archaic Egyptian god represented
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Hand signs can be an excellent way to express emotions. People have used hand signs to communicate and insult each other for thousands
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As the eldest son of Cyrus the Great, Cambyses II had an obligation to expand the Achaemenid Empire founded by his father. It
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers from several universities around the world have studied ancient burial sites linked to some of the earliest houses in history around 10,000
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to surviving clay tablet dated by the scribe who wrote around 2125 BC during the reign of King Utukhegal of Erech (Uruk),
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Cosquer Cave is the world's only underwater Stone Age cave and a marvelous place where archaeologists have discovered mysterious paintings created by our
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have verified the age and origin of one of the oldest specimens of Homo erectus—a very successful early human who roamed the world
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many secrets of the ancient Etruscans, who represent one of the most enigmatic civilizations in Europe, are still to be discovered. Etruscan cemeteries contain
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - This time, we will discuss an ancient mystery that is genuinely puzzling for several reasons. More than 50 years ago, a curious explorer
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - To obtain the complete genetic information from Neanderthals, including the chromosomal DNA stored in the cell nucleus, it was long needed to find
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have tried to unravel the mystery of the giant Laos jars for some years, and now they report new, interesting discoveries. As
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the religion of the ancient Egyptians, Nefertum (in Greek: Iphtimis) is the personification of the refreshing and most beautiful smell, which, according
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When Cato was a child, one could see he would be different one day. He was extremely stubborn and could not tolerate obvious
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