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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A group of marauding cannibals from South America descended on islands of the Caribbean circa A.D. 800, terrorizing local populations, as was suggested
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Excavations in the Egyptian Eastern Desert delivers proof of emerald mines in Roman Egypt at Wadi Sikait. For over 5000 years, emeralds have
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During the ongoing archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Aigai, archaeologists unearthed a large number of goat bones and objects made from them.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Armenian and German archaeologists discovered an ancient water supply system in Armenia with almost two thousand years of history. The foundations of an
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient slab of limestone, probably engraved about 1,800 years ago was unearthed at the ancient city of Hadrianopolis, located in the Eskipazar district
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient Rapanui carvers worked at the behest of the elite ruling class to carve nearly 1,000 Moai because they, and the community at
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A 3,500-year-old fragmented skull and femur that probably belonged to the Hittite period were recently unearthed in Sapinuwa (now Çorum) in central Anatolia,
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Three wooden coffins have been uncovered in the courtyard of Padiaménopé tomb (TT 33), by an archaeological team led by from the Institut
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A medieval ring from the late 9th to mid 10th century, discovered in the stronghold (a medieval ring-fort) in Grzybowo near Gniezno, a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Inbreeding and population/demographic shifts could have led to Neanderthal extinction, researchers say. Neanderthal extinction could have occurred without environmental pressure or competition with
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Akkadian Empire reached its political peak between the 2400 BC and 2200 BC, following the conquests by its founder Sargon of Akkad.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient Byzantine-era church, complete with a floor mosaic and Green inscriptions, was recently unearthed in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel. About 1,500 years
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - By studying antique artifacts researchers were able to reveal previously unknown use of yellow colors in ancient Egypt. It has long been known
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - At least 20 ancient wooden coffins have been discovered in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt, according to Egypt's Antiquities Ministry, reports Yahoo. The
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Excavations that were carried out at the site of Pyla-Vigla on the southeastern coast of Cyprus, revealed the presence of a previously unknown
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A skull with marks indicating that neurosurgery existed 2,200 years ago, has been unearthed during excavations carried out in the ancient city of Euromus,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ur is one of the world’s oldest cities. What was life like for its inhabitants some 4000 years ago? During this year's season
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international team of scientists report a discovery of the remains of an intact and astonishingly preserved Early Modern Period (Late 15th –
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient urban complex of Kom el-Dikka has been excavated by Poland’s Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology (CAS since 1960. Polish archaeologists work in
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international team of researchers for the first time applied marine geology techniques at an ancient harbor archaeological site to uncover ancient harbor
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Sofia Globe reports that archaeologists working at the Episcopal Basilica site in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have found a large stone slab,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Thousands of coins dating back to the Roman era could be the work of First Century counterfeiters, researchers say. Archaeologists suspect, that up
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The First News reports that about seventy Arab coins have been discovered on the graveyard near the town of Kamień Pomorskie in the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Science in Poland reports that Polish archaeologists discovered dozens of mummies dating back 2,000 years during excavations in the vicinity of the world`s
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Using an ornithological approach, scientists have re-identified the huge birds drawn on the desert plains of Peru as hermits or pelicans. Birds are
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - South African scientists from the University of the Free State have discovered 8,000-year-old carvings, made by Khoi-San people, indigenous peoples of Southern Africa. The rock art
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Egyptian ministries of antiquities and foreign affairs have called on Christie's auction house and UNESCO to stop the sale of a quartzite head
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient Patara Lighthouse will be reconstructed on its original stones. Lighthouse - built by the Roman Emperor Nero between A.D. 64 and
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered 3,500-year-old Hittite hieroglyphs inside a barn located in Turkey's historical Cappadocia region, which is expected to shed light on an
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The analyses of the study of ancient DNA from the Iberian Peninsula suggest Iberian male lineages were almost completely replaced, between 4,500 and 4,000
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The first-century Roman-era stone road was discovered by archaeologists excavating the ruins of the ancient city of Aigai in the western province of
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Jersey have discovered that despite globally significant changes in climate and landscape Neanderthals kept visiting La Cotte de St Brelade,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Many fascinating archaeological findings have been reported by Polish archaeologists excavating at Old Dongola, the capital of a lost medieval kingdom that flourished
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Biblical Mysteries
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists hope they can soon reveal the hidden text known as Codex Zacynthius, an old manuscript in the New Testament. The text is
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