Afterlife Archive
Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The sarcophagus of Tabnit was unearthed in 1847. At first glance, it appeared as an ordinary ancient sarcophagus, but the inscription came with
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient Egyptians believed that when we died, our spiritual body sought out an afterlife similar to this world. But entry into this
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For the first time in a century, archaeologists excavating in Egypt have discovered a 16 meters long ancient papyrus in the Saqqara area.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A Stone Age burial site was carried out in Majoonsuo, located in the municipality of Outokumpu in Eastern Finland. This exceptional excavation produced
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Babylonian mythology, Irkalla was the underworld from which there was no return. The realm of the dead or the lower world was
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - On the left side of the grave, the male skeleton lays with one arm outstretched, holding the abdomen of the female skeleton by
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Unlike mythologies from other ancient cultures, Egyptian mythology does not have many terrible creatures. The most frightening monster was a gigantic and evil
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While excavating at Taposiris Magna temple in Alexandria, Egypt archaeologists unearthed several rock-cut tombs. Inside them were 2,000-year-old mummies who had been given
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It’s a race against time and there isn’t much time left to uncover the secrets of a rare Norwegian Viking ship burial before
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Featured Stories
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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Celtic Mythology
A. Sutherland—AncientPages.com—In Celtic and, especially, Irish mythology, Tir na n'Og is a realm of the afterlife and one of the Happy Islands known from legends. The 'Land of the
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pyramid Texts represent the oldest known collection of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions containing religious texts, elaborate spells (or utterances), hymns, prayers, thousands of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient Egypt never ceases to amaze the world. This time archaeologists report the discovery of a beautiful, rare ancient leopard painting found on
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Elysian Fields were a prominent place where the deceased could enjoy an idyllic existence in a land of plenty. If someone was
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ushabti were servants devoted to working for their deceased owners. In ancient Egyptian religion, the tombs were equipped with small-sized and mummy-shaped figurines
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have made a quite remarkable find in an Egyptian sarcophagus. They have retrieved what may be the world’s oldest illustrated book. It’s
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Some ancient artifacts can be very strange and it’s difficult to explain why our ancestors created them. This odd-looking flat idol dated to
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The concept of life after death is often mentioned in Norse mythology, and there are several stories about the journeys of the dead and
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Egyptian mythology, Sokar is an ancient falcon god of the Memphite necropolis, located in Memphis, Lower Egypt. It includes the sites of Giza,
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Ancient Symbols
David Tee - AncientPages.com - What does the eye mean? It is the big question, and the history of the Eye of Horus is fascinating. An Eye of
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Greek mythology, Hermes (Roman name: Mercury) was the emissary and messenger of the gods, the patron of shepherds and their flocks and wanderers.
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Chinese Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When angry with someone, we often say, “Go to hell”. Whether we believe in the existence of hell is unimportant. We have simply
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Aztec Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Aztec and Maya mythology, the Underworld (Xibalba for the Maya and Mictlan for the Aztecs) played an important role. In the beliefs of
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It might sound odd, but the ancient Egyptians did, in fact, use pillows made of stone. The first people to use pillows lived
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Every ancient culture had some form of afterlife beliefs and these were reflected in their burial customs. As previously mentioned on Ancient Pages, Sumerians for example, respected
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Aztecs associated different symbols with important gods who were often depicted holding them or were accompanied by them. The symbols were linked
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Vikings of ancient times were genuinely motivated to fight in battles. Odin's Valhalla was a reward for the most challenging struggles, wounds, and
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Historical records state that the Viking Great Army wintered in Repton, Derbyshire, in 873 A.D. and drove the Mercian king into exile. Using radiocarbon dating scientists have
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Known to the outside world as the City of the Dead, Dargavs is a truly remarkable and mysterious place we know little about. Located
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Egyptian Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptians were excellent astronomers who watched the movements of celestial objects with interest. Egyptian astronomers who were priests possessed knowledge about many heavenly
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptians sincerely believed in the afterlife, and a complex ritual set of burial customs was necessary to ensure an afterlife. Mummification was
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Our knowledge about the Mesopotamian afterlife beliefs comes from literary texts recorded on cuneiform clay tablets and most of this material is Sumerian. According
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - There is no other place on Earth like Egypt’s Giza Plateau. Anyone with even a slight interest in history and civilization is aware of this fact. For
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Chinese Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - An almost 2,000-year-old large complex of temples, shrines, and monasteries known as Fengdu Ghost City is devoted to the afterlife. Many temples and shrines
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