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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Prehistoric Cycladic figurines carved in marble are very ancient artifacts that appeared in the Cycladic society, many centuries before the arising of the famous Minoan Civilization.
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Question: What was the Royal Game Of Ur? Answer: In the ancient world, board games were as popular as they are today. Board games were very common
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient stone circle known as 'Stones of the Sun (In Irish, 'Lios na Grainsi') was built around 2000 BC by the people
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Herbal medicine was considered complementary medicine in ancient Egypt and it played a key role in society. Ancient Egyptian scrolls document natural herbs and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Choquequirao (from the Quechua word chuquik´iraw "Cradle of Gold") was the Inca’s last stronghold of the resistance to the Spanish domain. This was a
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - As many other Mayan archaeological sites, Dzibilchaltun (“place where there is writing on flat rocks”) is a striking place. It does not have huge
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Not much is known about the mysterious Picts and yet, they played a vital role in the history of Scotland. These brave and determined
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Algonquin people were the widespread Native American nation when French and English settlers arrived in North America. In those days, they inhabited
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Chinese Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ji Gong was a legendary ancient Chinese monk with an intriguing and controversial personality. He has been credited with supernatural powers, which he used
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egypt is often depicted as an autonomous, stand-alone realm that remained untouched and unaffected by its surrounding African cultures. There is, however, historical
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A Roman-Byzantine grave has been unearthed during the restoration of the historic Casa Garibaldi building on Istanbul’s famous Istiklal Avenue, Turkey The grave was found when a
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Artifacts of the ancient city of Kibyra can be seen in the digitally thanks to a laser technology project initiated by Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey. Researchers
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An analysis of three published and two unpublished cuneiform tablets from the British Museum has revealed that Babylonian astronomers used geometry to calculate the motions of Jupiter
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient story of the great Flood has been re-told worldwide. We find accounts of the event among many ancient cultures all across
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Runes played an essential part in the lives of the Vikings. Unfortunately, there are few remains of runic writing on paper from the Viking
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Who was the Sapa Inca? Answer: The ruler of the Inca people was called the "Sapa Inca", which means "only emperor". (in Quechua: "the only Inca").
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Egyptian Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The mysterious scorpion goddess appears under different names among many ancient cultures. She is mentioned in several myths and legends worldwide. We encounter her
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Numerous mythical stories explain Earth's creation and how it came to be. Among the Algonquian folktales and traditional stories, which belong to 35
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - For the first time, after the sustained efforts of two generations, Chinese archaeologists have discovered ruins of pottery marked with the characters for "Yueyang" in a location
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient city of Perge was one of the centers of the Kommagene civilization. Located in the southern province of Antalya, between the
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - People ask many questions and are curious about inventions and discoveries. Here is one question: When was the odometer invented? An odometer is
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Ancient Technology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com – Many scientists worldwide are currently conducting experiments in order to learn more about levitation and antigravity. There are however ancient documents that indicate our
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A brilliant Renaissance polymath, John Dee was an English mathematician, natural philosopher, and student of the occult. John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was also adviser to
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The dead were not buried until they had decomposed to skeletal remains. The skeletons were then dismantled and bones of similar types were buried together, say Danish
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Who invented beer? The first known beer was called kui, brewed by the ancient Chinese around 7,000 BC. Kui was made from rice, honey and fruit, but the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Very little is known about when, how, and by whom the Masroor temples were constructed. One thing we must say: they were created by
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Throughout history, we have seen and heard about a great number of insane rulers. Some of them have been bloodthirsty tyrants, while others
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An interesting question is when and where we started playing football. There are several references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the most intriguing ancient documents representing Sumerian literature is the Sumerian King List, produced at the end of the third millennium BC (most
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists believe they may have found a submerged seaside palace built more than 2,200 years ago by China’s first emperor, Ying Zheng, mainland media reports. The building,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Throughout history, this creepy island had a number o names. It has, for example, been called the bloody island, the island of madness, and
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Ancient Symbols
AncientPages.com - The stone, a solid pink granite boulder, measures 0.5 x 1.68 x 0.36m and weighs c.670kg. It was incised with odd carvings on two adjoining faces by the Picts
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An international team of researchers used cutting edge genome technology to solve a mystery that has puzzled archaeologists for more than a decade. Did the skeletons belong to gladiators, soldiers
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AncientPages.com - Have you ever wanted to listen to the sound of music in China thousand of years ago? In ancient China people played a number of greatly unknown
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to an ancient Egyptian myth, it is hazardous to interfere with the dead. This warning was written down on papyri dated to
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