Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Today, the Quatrefoil symbol is mostly associated with Christianity.  Formed by four circles overlapping on the same diameter, it can be found on stained

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The mysterious copper scroll discovered in 1952 near Qumran on the shores of the Dead Sea, is an archaeological anomaly. When scientists found Copper

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When and where people started to wear clothes, is still uncertain. However, there is evidence that clothes were invented a very long time

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In modern times fast food has become popular because many simply don’t have time or energy to prepare a proper meal. Ancient Romans loved

A.Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - In our earlier article on AncientPages, we described Pooka, a prankster and a shapeshifter that could take many forms from a black horse to

AncientPages.com - Researchers in Argentina report they have discovered remains of a giant bear of the late Pleistocene, near Buenos Aires. It’s an extraordinary find and the skull and jaw

Thalia Lightbringer - AncientPages.com - The Zuni people made beautiful things from silver and had a rich cultural tradition, but were primarily farmers. How then did these Pueblo people

AncientPages.com - While most of the ancient Bavarians looked genetically like Central and Northern Europeans, one group of individuals had a very different and diverse genetic profile. Members of

AncientPages.com - A set of five Ancient Roman mirror frames have been unearthed in the ruins of an intriguing Roman villa that belonged to a Roman military veteran, and is located

AncientPages.com - While excavating at Fort San Juan, near Morganton, North Carolina scientists have made archaeological discoveries that reveal how early contact between Native Americans and European explorers shaped the

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

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The history of ancient Egypt may sometimes seem very distant, but people living thousands of years ago had many problems and feelings that trouble

AncientPages.com - Every now and then scientists discover something that forces them to re-write history. This has just happened in the case of Middle Ages altarpieces. It has long

AncientPages.com - It has long been debated how the great English writer William Shakespeare came up with ideas and unique phrases for his great plays. Did Shakespeare have a source

A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Seppuku is a ritual form of committing suicide in Japanese society. Many people living in the Western world believe it is a horrible and barbaric

AncientPages.com - A 132-year-old message in a bottle was discovered on a remote Australian beach, Wedge Island and turned out to be part of an important worldwide experiment, reports

AncientPages.com - Kilns have been used since very ancient time to turn objects made from clay into pottery, tiles and bricks. A kiln is an oven or furnace or a

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Sudan was once home to a powerful ancient civilization. Today the ancient kingdom of Nubia is almost forgotten by history and neglected by

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Early Christians used many secret symbols and one of them was known as the Ichthys. Named for the Koine Greek term for fish, this

AncientPages.com - A rare, intact 700-year-old bronze ring bearing the image of St. Nicholas was accidentally discovered work in the garden of a home in the Jezreel Valley, Israel.

AncientPages.com - Burial pits containing human remains, probably dated to the early 17th century have been found during renovation and restoration works under the floor of the Basilica of