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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have recently confirmed the durability of ancient Roman roads with a significant discovery. A well-preserved section of a 2,000-year-old Roman road was
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - For those with an adventurous spirit, visiting this location in London may be interesting. However, individuals with a more cautious disposition might find
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Artifacts
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One can imagine losing a wallet, suitcase, shoe, or even some clothes, but how can an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus end up abandoned on
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Why the mysterious Stone Of Brutus was brought to London, UK, remains unknown. Several theories attempt to explain Stone's enigmatic past, but even
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Legendary British King Lud is shrouded in a veil of mystery. Did he ever exist? Was he the real founder of London or
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists are attempting to unravel the mystery of a Roman noblewoman who was buried in a sarcophagus under London's Spitalfields market. Who was
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - New archaeological discoveries show it’s time to re-write the history of London. Scientists report everything indicates London is twice as old as previously
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – During excavations in the basement of the Courtauld Gallery in London, UK, archaeologists were amazed to unearth the remains of a medieval cesspit
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Havering Hoard consists of more than 450 bronze objects dating between 900 and 800 B.C. These objects are ancient weapons, including axe
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient Romans had humor, no doubt about it. While vising London about 2,000 years ago they brought back a pen as a gift.
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Bеfоrе the invention оf gаѕ lamps, сitу streets were dark аnd dangerous рlасеѕ. London, for example, was knоwn fоr being unѕаfе аftеr dаrk аѕ
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Anne Askew (1521 - 1546), came from a very old and well-established family. The exact place of her birth is only known through local
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Was Moll Cutpurse a product of the ages? Many historians cannot seem to find what made Moll Frith leave her upstanding ways and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When you think of London, many things come to mind, but not the fact that many hidden underground rivers flow beneath the significant
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Romans established Londinium on the current site of the City of London around 43 AD. Reconstruction drawing of Londinium c. 120 AD. Image credit:
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Ancient Technology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are many intriguing time travel stories. One of the most puzzling accounts deals with a very brilliant but eccentric British inventor who some
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News
AncientPages.com - On Christmas Day, December 25, 1950, four young Scots retrieved the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey. Used as the Coronation Stone of the Scottish kings
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AncientPages.com - On November 6, 1217, the Charter of the Forest was first issued at St Paul's Cathedral, London, as a complementary charter to the Magna Carta from which it had
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AncientPages.com - On August 10, 1675, the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England, was laid. In 1675, King Charles II laid the foundation stone of
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AncientPages.com - On July 10, 1212, a fire started south of the Thames in Southwark, London, United Kingdom. Over the years, London has experienced many horrible fires, such
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AncientPages.com - On 19 May 1536, Anne Boleyn was led from her quarters to Tower Green, and a French swordsman granted her the 'mercy' of beheading. Anne was
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AncientPages.com - On May 2, 1611, the King James Bible was published for the first time,. It was England's authorized version of the Bible, translated from the original
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - London has been a multicultural city since its earliest days as a Roman city, according to new cutting-edge DNA research just published by the Museum of London. Scientists examined four skeletons, looking
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