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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the earliest civilizations that developed under the Olmec influence is represented by an unknown complex of ruins located near Mexico City
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Studies of ancient North American history can be as rewarding a frustrating. Just when we think we have figured out how and when
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Who was the mysterious woman who spoke a language no-one could understand? What was inside the box she held in her hands? What
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Secrets and legends surround Knights Templar. They were a powerful, wealthy medieval organization that has fascinated historians, writers, and the public for many
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Chinese Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Myths and legends of Europe, the Americas, China, Japan, and India describe terrible bloodsuckers that may differ in power and individual characteristics. Still,
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Navajo People - tough and brave people - have a deep relationship with the Holy Ones, who came from the sky. It is
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - For as long as anyone can remember, people have been fascinated with the possibility of discovering ancient lost cities. Explorers have gone on the
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Ancient History Facts
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Originally known as the Manual of Discipline, the community rules were written during a time when there was political instability in the region
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We associate all these names – Ragnar Lodbrok, Ivar the Boneless, Bjorn Ironside, Erik the Red, Eric "Bloodaxe" Haraldsson - with courageous and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this series we talked about the origin of the mysterious twins mentioned in ancient myths and legends of our
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Ellen Lloyd -AncientPages.com - Magic is a popular subject in Icelandic folklore. Many stories exist about people who performed extraordinary magical feats and achieved amazing things. Many ancient
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Egyptians always differed in their lifestyle, appearance, and customs from the people they came into contact with. They emphasized their otherness and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the Inca and Aymara mythologies, Supay ('Andean Devil') was both the god of death and powerful ruler of the Incan underworld Ukhu
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient people kept the memory of mysterious shining twins alive. Myths, legends, ancient carvings, and prehistoric artifacts reveal these enigmatic beings played an
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Egyptian Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Egyptian dream is, alongside the Babylonian dream, one of the most widespread ways of interpreting dreams. The belief that dreams can foretell
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We are today so used to the name that we hardly think about how the Vatican got its name. The truth is that
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among many unsolved mysteries surrounding remarkable prehistoric structures of Armenia, there is a megalithic site of Karahunge ("Karahundj") covered with hundreds of vertical 1
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The most famous garden in Greek mythology was the Garden of the Hesperides. This legendary aromatic place was full of golden apples, which
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Jarlshof is an ancient settlement near Sumburgh Head, the southern tip of the Shetland Mainland in northern Scotland. It is one of the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Little is known about Hero of Alexandria except that he was a remarkable ancient engineer far ahead of his time. He invented several sophisticated
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The empusa initially appears in the mythology of classical Greece as a frightening female monster. She is a demonic vampire without a shape
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Myths & Legends
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - At first, there was nothing but chaos enveloped in a great egg of silence. Then, Papa (Papatuanuku) - Mother Earth, and Rangi (Ranginui)
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Greek mythology, Hades was the god of the dead; his counterpart in Roman mythology is Pluto (from Ploutōn – wealthy). According to a passage
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Cerberus is a famous monster in Greek mythology. Often described as a giant three-headed dog, Cerberus guards the gates of the Greek underworld, ensuring
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In several of our previous articles we have discussed intriguing ancient rock carvings that do not depict ordinary humans. The interpretation of these
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Snallygaster legend is very old and long-lived. The first sightings of this giant, fearsome bird took place in the 1730s. Later, there
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient people believed that there was no way out once you entered this place. A very long time ago, there were houses and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Petra - was a "fairy city of pink sandstone", mysterious, legendary and lost to the western world, and erased from our memory for over
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Celtic Mythology
Thalia Lightbringer - AncientPages.com - The Dagda was an ancient god of the earth, originally an agricultural god. When Christianity became dominant in Ireland, the Dagda became a comical
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Fire has played an important role in human life since the dawn of history. Generally, fire symbolizes eternity, warmth, love, spiritual enlightenment, hell, punishment,
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When the Crusaders reached the Middle East in the 11th century, they discovered swords made of a metal that could slice a hair
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among the branches of the sacred tree, Yggdrasil, there are many animals, all of which play an essential role in the tree's daily
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Legend tells a centuries-old curse was placed upon Dudleytown in Connecticut. The town turned into a horrible place where people committed suicide or went
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - While the story of King Menelaus is found in Greek mythology it may be based on true events. The details have merely been altered
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In one of our latest articles, we presented Mama Ocllo, an important deity in the ancient beliefs of Inca people. Today we write
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - A number of mysterious ancient stones and rocks with odd carvings have been discovered in North America. Could some of these stones and rocks
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our present world is full of mysterious and enigmatic places and there is no doubt that Tiahuanaco is one of them. The true
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Biblical Mysteries
Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - When God created Adam, who was alone, He said, “It is not good for man to be alone,” so Genesis 2:18 says: “Then
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, there are many references to a creature known as Draugr, often described as a fearsome, ugly living dead who would rise from
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Vegvisir is among the oldest and sacred Norse symbols, and it initially originated in Iceland, where 'Vegur' means - road or path and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the most important and famous figures in Japanese mythology is Kitsune (‘fox’). ‘Kitsune’ is included in a large group of creatures
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In The Valley of the Queens there is an enormous and spectacular ancient tomb that belongs to Queen Nefertari (1290–1224 BC). Nefertari Meritmut, whose
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