AncientPages.com Archive
Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ix Ch’ak Ch’een was a powerful Maya queen who ruled the ancient city of Cobá, located on the Yucatán Peninsula in present-day Quintana
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Linguistic Discoveries
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Jordan Codices are a set of sealed books discovered in Jordan that have captivated scientists and historians alike. Some scholars have proposed that
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Paleontology
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Approximately 360 million years ago, during the Late Devonian Period, a formidable armored fish called Dunkleosteus terrelli dominated the shallow subtropical seas
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The five-meter-tall and solitary stone structure atop a hill near Kars, Turkey, has long caught people's attention. However, not for what is known
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As he lifted his gaze, a vast black cloud loomed overhead, and thunder echoed around him. The entrance to the underground world he
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Human Beginnings
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent international study published in Scientific Reports has identified a previously unknown Neanderthal site on Portugal’s Algarve coast. This site features the first
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A significant archaeological discovery has recently been made on the Eurasian Steppe, where researchers have uncovered a large Bronze Age city known as
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The National Research Institute of Maritime Heritage (NRIMH) has announced the successful completion of a significant underwater archaeological project. South Korean archaeologists have retrieved
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient Roman sculpted portrait of an unidentified woman was discovered in a residential house in the western section of Chersonesos Taurica, located
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - These books are as mysterious and rare as they contain ancient secrets that were not meant to be seen by ordinary people. Historical
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Hallie Meredith, an art history professor and glassblower at Washington State University, made a significant discovery about ancient Roman glasswork while examining a private
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent study conducted by the Yale Ancient Pharmacology Program (YAPP) has identified traces of opiates in an ancient alabaster vase from the
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In every Greek home, the hearth was much more than a source of warmth—it embodied a profound sense of sacredness. Often found in a
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the most beautiful and mysterious ancient places in Bulgaria is the Thracian city of Perperikon. Located in the Eastern Rhodope range, about 15
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Avars, originating from Central and Inner Asia, arrived in the Carpathian Basin around 567/568. They were the first to unify this region
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An unusual Roman circular burial site has been uncovered, notable for the absence of any human bones. This finding is particularly intriguing, as most
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Though Sam Bass lived outside the law, his reputation as a good man with a generous spirit endured. His kindness and compassion earned
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Monte Sierpe (also known as the Band of Holes), meaning "serpent mountain," is a remarkable archaeological site in the Pisco Valley of the
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Kingdom of Garamantes, once located in the oases of Fezzan, Libya, is surrounded by numerous legends. They were known for their technological
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During excavations at Øvre Eiker near Oslo, Norway, archaeologists uncovered an unusually large longhouse. What sets this building apart is its impressive width: it
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our journey to uncover ancient North American secrets now leads us to a small town in Virginia, quietly nestled beside a scenic river
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient Norse tradition, weapons were believed to possess magical qualities, and countless Scandinavian myths and legends revolve around gods, heroes, and their
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers from Cairo University and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), working within the ScanPyramids research project, have discovered two hidden air-filled anomalies in
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A newly published study in Scientific Data introduces Itiner-e, a high-resolution digital dataset and map detailing the road networks across the Roman Empire as
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In the summer of 2020, an international research team led by a University of Arizona archaeologist announced the discovery of the largest known
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Over a thousand years ago, a Viking woman stood at the edge of the sea, her heart brimming with hope and dreams of
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Erlang Shen (or Erlang) is one of the famous gods in Chinese beliefs. He has a powerful third, truth-seeing eye in the middle
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recent findings from the Kani Shaie Archaeological Project have yielded valuable insights into the early history of Mesopotamia and the Zagros Mountains, shedding
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Archaeoastronomy
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Over 2,000 years before Europeans arrived in the Americas, indigenous civilizations in Mexico and Guatemala had already developed sophisticated calendrical systems. They used
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