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Ellen Lloyd -  AncientPages.com - Most agree today that Christopher Columbus was not the first person to discover America. Who exactly discovered America and when is still a subject

AncientPages.com - An astronomical observatory, massive stone walls and a great variety of pottery have been revealed during excavations at Espiritu Pampa archaeological site in Southern Cusco region, Peru.

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered ruins of the lost town of Lechaion, the harbor from the ancient Greek city of Corinth. Many of the ancient underwater ruins are extremely

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In 1587, Urbano Monte (1544-1613), a little-known cartographer, created an amazing, hand-drawn, 10 feet by 10 feet map. Not only does the map

AncientPages.com - Totally 28 rock art sites dating from at least 2,500 years ago have been discovered by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU). The discovery was made

AncientPages.com - Conducting archaeological excavations in Afghanistan is not possible, but American and Afghan researchers can now study thousands of never-before-cataloged ancient sites that were discovered with help of

AncientPages.com - A decorative fitting from a book, originally from Ireland, has been unearthed during the expansion of Byneset Cemetery, nearby to the medieval Steine Church, built in the

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient ruins and artifacts in Borgatta, located in the Argentinean Andes reveal pre-Inca societies lacked hierarchical leadership before the Inca Empire claimed the region.

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When Spanish Conquistadors encountered natives in Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1543, they were told a tribe of giants once inhabited the Indians’ land. These horrifying

AncientPages.com - Many believe that Jesus Christ was buried and resurrected in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the holiest Christian shrine in the Old City. Now researchers can

AncientPages.com - A mummy wrapped in linen that probably belongs to a top official was discovered in one of two smaller previously unexplored tombs located in the southern city

AncientPages.com - Some of the largest, ever recorded engravings on rock, located in Western Venezuela have been mapped in unprecedented detail by UCL researchers. The engravings (petroglyphs) are believed

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Aswan report discovery of block with hieroglyphic inscription found in Komombo Temple and workshop for carpentry dated to 18th Dynasty. A limestone block engraved

AncientPages.com - 3,000-year-old graves have been unearthed in central Norway by archaeologists from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Museum. Archaeologists consider them some of the oldest burial sites