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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com -  Ancient Maya in the once-bustling city of Tikal built sophisticated water filters using natural materials they imported from miles away, according to new

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Some may wonder how a giant geoglyph like this one hasn’t been noticed until now, but there is an explanation. Located about 400

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We may soon get an even better glimpse into the remarkable life of the mighty conqueror, Alexander the Great. Being one of the

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have studied settlement movements of Homo sapiens in the Levant 43,000 years ago. Using favorable climatic conditions on their long way from

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com  - Atlantean statues of Tula are four anthropomorphic characters representing ancient warriors who followed the Mesoamerican god king Quetzalcoatl, a feathered serpent. Quetzalcoatl represented

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Whether societies are ruled by ruthless dictators or more well-meaning representatives, they fall apart in time, with different degrees of severity. In the

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - You don’t have to be an archaeologist to discovered something of great historical value. It seems indigenous residents may have found evidence of

Eddie Gonzales Jr. - AncientPages.com - Of the six species of early humans, only Homo sapiens have managed to survive climate change on Earth. Now, a new study

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Two weeks ago, a team of Egyptian archaeologists discovered a burial well in Minya’s Al-Gharafa archaeological area of Tuna El-Gebel.  The limestone coffin,

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Today many modern parents visit shops to buy toys for children. Ancient people also wanted their kids to have something fun to play

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A Canadian woman has sent back to Italy five artifacts she stole from Pompeii in 2005, during her visit to Pompeii, the ancient

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ball games are one of the most popular leisure activities in the world. Not only are ball games an important form of mass

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When it comes to ancient history, we have seen on several occasions that the line between what is impossible and what is not

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The loss of tropical rainforests and grasslands that once dominated Southeast Asia caused the extinction of many of the region's megafauna, and probably

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ancient Romans understood the value of salt. Salt was a scarce and expensive commodity, and its value was legendary. In fact, “the word