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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists report they have discovered an ancient cemetery near the Giza pyramids in Egypt. At the site, scientists found a fine limestone statue of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Aqar Quf is currently an archaeological site. An ancient ziggurat called Aqar Quf, largely abandoned after the fall of the Kassite dynasty in 1170,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - According to a thought-provoking theory, parts of what prophet Ezekiel said may have been misunderstood. What secret ancient knowledge did Ezekiel possess and how
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The biblical King Balak may have been a historical figure, according to a new reading of the Mesha Stele, an inscribed stone dating from
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Denisovans occupied the Tibetan Plateau in the Middle Pleistocene and successfully adapted to high-altitude low-oxygen environments long before the regional arrival of modern Homo
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Egyptologists have long wondered who ruled ancient Egypt before pharaoh Tutankhamun ascended the throne. Many theories have been put forward, but the ancient mystery
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It took several years, but scientists have now confirmed this is the oldest human footprint in the Americas. The discovery is significant as it
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - All over the world, people disappear without a trace each year. Many of these cases are later solved, but others remain unexplained. Today, we
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The largest known figurine workshop in the Mayan world, has been discovered by archaeologists working in Guatemala. The workshop dated to between 750
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this series we talked about legends that explained why this sacred artifact was believed to have mystical powers. Some people
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Ancient Mysteries
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Everyone who had heard the legend knew the sacred object had mystical powers, but where was it hidden? Over the centuries, many tried to
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient painted vase, which bears one of the longest hieroglyphic texts unearthed in Belize of the Central America , is offering new
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A Greco-Roman era rock-cut tomb was unearthed in Aswan West Bank by an Egyptian-Italian archaeological mission working at the Aga Khan Mausoleum area, a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have presented a controversial idea suggesting humans evolved in Europe instead of Africa. They base their theory on an 8-million-year-old skull that could
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A fascinating discovery has been made in Utah. A hiker accidentally found a pair of ancient Roman coins. The big question is – how
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Conny Waters - Ancient Pages.com - Archaeologists have studied remnants of the Wari culture and found that beer was of great importance to these ancient people. In fact, beer
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Conny Waters - Ancient Pages.com - A recently discovered inscription of the Assyrian King Sargon II found at the ruins of the ancient city of Karkemish has been examined
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Thousands of years ago people wore clothing with colorful patterns made from plant and animal-based dyes. Two ancient textile samples from China and Peru
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The DNA of nine 13th century Crusaders buried in a pit in Lebanon shows that the soldiers making up the Crusader armies were genetically
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It is often said that eyes can tell a lot about a person, but how much can eyes really reveal about the past? Can
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A giant underground structure known as Dolmen de Soto is finally beginning to reveal its secrets. This huge 6,000-year-old subterranean structure is often
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Human remains from a Cenomani burial site, Verona—Seminario Vescovile in Italy were studied by researchers from the University of Granada, Spain. The study shows variations
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient Cambodian city of Angkor experienced a gradual decline in occupation rather than abrupt collapse, shows recent research from New University of Sydney. The
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists are investigating an ancient burial of a woman in Bagicz, Poland. The women fell off a cliff and was later put to rest
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The history of the mysterious Hyksos people is still debated, and new evidence suggests the “Foreign Rulers” who founded the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have been researching interesting findings in the Liptov Historical Region, Slovakia. The first known inhabitants came to Liptov during the Neolithic age
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - “Beowulf,” a famous epic poem about a Danish hero’s quest to kill Grendel was long debated by scholars. “Beowulf” represents a very complex example
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - He became a celebrated artist and his magnificent works were admired by the Church, royalties and the public. He could have lived a quite
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A wave of migrants from what is now Greece and Turkey arrived in Britain some 6,000 years ago and replaced the existing hunter-gatherers
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