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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in France have unearthed hundreds of exceptional Bronze Age artifacts that were most likely offerings. The still-well-preserved 3,00-year-old artifacts include jewelry and
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - They may not be often mentioned, but the Satraps played an essential role in ancient history. Satraps were governors of provinces of the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Codex Telleriano Remensis, created in the 16th century in Mexico, depicts earthquakes in pictograms that are the first written evidence of earthquakes
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Recent archaeogenetic studies have shown that human movements like migrations and expansions played a major role in driving the spread of cultures and genes
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Brihadeshwara Temple (also known as the Big Temple) is an outstanding example of Chola architecture. It is another remarkable sacred shrine in Gangaikonda
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the most intriguing personalities in Irish mythology is Fintan Mac Bochra, the first man in Ireland. His relationship with the granddaughter
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have discovered the skeleton of a teenage hunter-gatherer who died more than 7,000 years ago. It is a highly significant archaeological discovery
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists examining the Herculaneum skeletal remains of the victims of Vesuvius that erupted on the morning of August 24, 79 AD, and broke its centuries-long
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Most swamps are regarded as places that are beautiful but downright scary, and one should know better than to visit them. The Manchac Swamp in
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in Israel have made another interesting discovery. This time while excavating in the Ramat Ha-Sharon region, just north of Tel Aviv they
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Before being destroyed and abandoned in 50 B.C. by a volcanic eruption, Cuicuilco was an important ancient site on the southern shore of Lake
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered an ancient statue of the mythological goddess Hygieia ("Hygiene", the goddess of cleanliness), who was one of the healing god
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Is ancient sacred wisdom of the gods kept in remote monasteries? Thousands of old manuscripts are stored at monasteries among the highest and
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Linguistic Discoveries
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Abbey Library of St. Gall in Switzerland is home to approximately 160,000 volumes of literary and historical manuscripts dating back to the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The theory ancient Carribeans were cannibals has long been debated, but there is no evidence supporting these claims. It was Christopher Columbus (1451
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Birds have always been important in the mythologies of many cultures worldwide. Almost all beliefs of ancient people have myths and legends associated with
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A metal detectorist has discovered a magnificent, 1,400-year-old 'sword-pyramid' in Breckland, Norfolk, United Kingdom. An artifact like this one usually comes in pairs,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Today, there are only some ancient ruins left, but during the times of the Inca, Coricancha must have been a marvelous place to see.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Humans have been always on the move, creating a complex history of languages and cultural traditions dispersed over the globe. An international team
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Many places are associated with strange legends telling people to use supernatural power or get help from dark forces to accomplish something. In
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Berkshire, UK have discovered a long-lost Anglo-Saxon monastery that belonged to one of the most powerful women of the Early
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Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – New research shows changes in tides and hurricane activity played a part in upending the Maya civilization centuries ago. Changes to the water table
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - There are many ways to investigate the ancient history of a particular region and the migration of people. The field of archaeogenetics has
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Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered an unusual and well-preserved skeleton of a man in the ancient city of Pompeii. The find was made during excavations of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Zawgyi is a semi-immortal human alchemist and mystic with supernatural powers. Traditionally he carries attributes like a red hat and magic, a three-pronged
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Eddie Gonzales Jr. - AncientPages.com - International research by Tel Aviv University, the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, and the University of California San Diego uncovered
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 we discussed several ancient legends describing how a massive continent was destroyed by an ancient cataclysm several hundred thousand years
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in Ireland have retrieved a curious 1,600-year-old wooden Pagan idol from a bog in Gortnacrannagh, a few kilometers northeast of the prehistoric
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Egyptian goddess Nephthys - primarily associated with the myths of Heliopolis - was a funerary goddess and played a lesser role to her sister
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The legendary Berber Queen Kahina was a strong woman with the courage and will to resist the Muslims when her kingdom was invaded.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - King's research has helped uncover new evidence showing the portrayal of the execution of captives in the arena by throwing them to lions.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Nicholas of Cusa, also known as Nicolaus Cusanus, Nicholas of Kues, and Nicolaus Krebs, was a man who wasn't afraid of speaking his
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - While excavating at Konthagai in the Keeladi cluster in Tamil Nadu, India scientists made an interesting archaeological discovery. Among eleven burial urns that
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are stories about people who will do anything to gain special powers in folklore, myths, and legends. Those who sell their soul
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It is a unique archaeological discovery because finding prehistoric remains of modern humans in the Iberian Peninsula does not happen often. The remains
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers have known from several lines of evidence that the ancient hominins known as the Denisovans interbred with modern humans in the distant
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The concept of death, soul, and afterlife have long fascinated humans. Like modern scientists keep speculating about what happens when we die, ancient civilizations
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The mysterious 11,000-year-old Tower of Jericho was an impressive ancient structure. It was the world’s first skyscraper that over the years has inspired a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Caesarea, and Acre are two ancient cities in Northern Israel that provide archaeologists often with interesting discoveries. Located between Haifa and Tel Aviv,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - For the first time ever, archaeologists in the UK have properly excavated the massive Arthur's Stone, and they may have solved an ancient
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the Rig Veda, an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns, some of them are dedicated to a powerful and complex god Rudra,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our oceans are still vastly unexplored, and ruins of ancient, advanced civilizations still await our discovery. There are many ancient accounts of prehistoric
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