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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists at the Roman fort of Apsaros in Georgia have uncovered a significant find: a unique gold votive plaque dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus,
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The year was 395, and Alaric had just become the King of the Visigoths. A few days later, he had a strange dream
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Have you ever wondered why Rome became known as the "Eternal City? The city's nickname can be traced to an ancient myth, ancient historical
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among all the achievements of ancient engineering, Roman aqueducts belong to the most exceptional ones. The multiple arches of the Pont du Gard
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Vindelev treasure is remarkable in many ways. The more scientists investigate it, the more surprised they are. With 800 grams of real
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During an excavation near the Holborn Viaduct in London, UK, archaeologists discovered a remarkably rare Roman funerary bed. This find, according to MOLA
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Places
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During a pioneering aerial survey of the Near East in the 1920s, the Jesuit French priest Father Antoine Poidebard undertook one of the world's
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In ancient times, the black henbane plant was as fascinating as feared. Ancient physicians knew that when administered in appropriate quantities, this toxic flora
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists discovered ancient Roman walls while excavating a gravel quarry in central Switzerland. Archaeologists say this is a highly significant find and call
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Featured Stories
AncientPages.com - The ancient Romans venerated wine. It was accessible to the masses, a fundamental staple of mainstream life and an indispensable part of the Roman economy and
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A large Anglo-Saxon burial has been unearthed at Bicker Fen, Lincolnshire, UK. The discovery was part of Viking Link’s construction. A project team
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Ancient Technology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Did ancient Romans invent unbreakable glass? If they did, their secrets would be long lost because the Roman Emperor Tiberius beheaded the inventor
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 2,000-year-old skull unearthed in a tomb may offer evidence ancient Romans were the first to breed dogs with flat faces. Examination of
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pax Deorum ("peace of the gods") signified the central goal of the Roman state religion. The Pax Deorum provided divine protection to the Roman Empire,
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Rennes, France, have discovered many objects up to 1,800 years old. Among these precious ancient items are statuettes of the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists investigating Exeter Cathedral’s historic Cloister Garden have uncovered clues to its Roman past. The archaeological investigation is part of the cathedral’s project to build
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Featured Stories
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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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In their search for silver ore, the Romans established two military camps in the Bad Ems area near Koblenz in the 1st century AD.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Trent workmen have uncovered a 2,000-year-old Roman road in a field near Evesham, in Worcestershire, UK. Aidan Smyth, archaeology advisor for Wychavon District
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Featured Stories
AncientPages.com - Spartacus, a lowly barbarian slave whose rebellion ultimately proved a failure and whose followers died in the most ignominious of fashions, has become a modern symbol
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During pre-quarrying investigations at Lochinver Quarry to the southwest of the town Elgin, on the south coast of the Moray Firth roughly midway
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News
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During Roman times Colchester was known as Camulodunum. Located in Essex, 80 km northeast of London, in what was the territory of the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A well-preserved ancient road discovered by an archaeologist offers evidence that Romans moved much deeper into Wales than historians previously thought. Dr. Mark
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - To ancient history and archaeology buffs it's always a joy to see historical treasures revealed to the public for the first time. To
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Chances the ancient city of Bassania will ever be found have not been high. At the beginning of the 1st century A.D. and
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands has announced a unique archaeological discovery at Herwen-Hemeling (Zevenaar) where scientists have unearthed a complete and
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Roman Empire relied on a network of cities that played a pivotal role in its domain's administration, social organization, and economy.
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Featured Stories
AncientPages.com - Domestic violence was endemic in the Roman world. Rome was a slave-owning, patriarchal, militarized culture in which violence (potential and actual) signaled power and control. Tragically,
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the world’s longest human conflicts in history was between the Romans and Persians. The Hundred Years’ War and even Rome’s long
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An abandoned mausoleum and silver extraction taking place on an industrial scale at a Roman site in rural Kent have left archaeologists with
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This underground tunnel known as Qanat Firaun ('Canal Of The Pharaohs') or simply 'Pharaoh's Watercourse' is an extraordinary example of the remarkable ingenuity
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Despite its prior status as a luxury commodity, silver became widely used for coinage in the Roman world from the 7th century BCE
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ancient Romans were masters in the field of building solid aqueducts that in many cases survived the passage of time. “Engineers in the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Roman Empire was ruled by 175 men, from Augustus (63 BCE-19 CE) to Constantine XI (1405-53), including the Eastern or Byzantine Empire
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Once, a long time ago, there was a very precious herb in the ancient city of Cyrene, a Greek city on the North African
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Featured Stories
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - When Albert Camus (1913 -1960) wrote about Djémila, a ruined Roman city in the mountains of Northern Algeria, he said this beautiful long-abandoned
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Featured Stories
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The story of King Romulus is entertaining because it is an unusual mix of ancient history and mythology. The ancient supernatural touch added
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Long before the arrival of Christopher Columbus (1451 - 1506), North and South America had been visited by other ancient civilizations. It is
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Featured Stories
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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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Vatican is the smallest state in Europe, but it has many interesting attractions to offer. If you visit the beautiful Sistine Chapel,
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - During the days of the Roman Republic, two consuls were elected. They served one year before they were replaced. If a consul died
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In the past, many unusual professions were well-paid, but some of these jobs were not respectable. A delatore in ancient Rome could earn
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