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AncientPages.com - An ancient necropolis believed to be the 'cradle of the Scythians' located in the vicinity of Mangerok in the North Altai in Russia has been studied by Russian-Polish team
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AncientPages.com - Chinese archaeologists discovered an ancient tomb belonging to the Tuyuhun Huihua Princess during the early Chinese Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581. The ancient tomb is located in Chang'an
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Located in the ancient, pre-Columbian city of Uxmal, Mexico, an intriguing Mesoamerican step pyramid is known as the Pyramid of the Magician. It
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AncientPages.com - In 2012, the study of the “Demon star”, Algol, made by a research group of the University of Helsinki, Finland, has received both scientific and public
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AncientPages.com - An inscription in Hebrew letters engraved on a large, 1,500-year-old marble slab, first of its kind to be found in Israel, was excavated in the Kursi Beach
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AncientPages.com - Researchers conduct excavations at the Haihunhou cemetery near Nanchang City, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province. It’s the most complete known Western Han Dynasty (206 BC -
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AncientPages.com - Archaeologists from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have discovered the location of historic battle fought by the Roman the general of eight legions and statesman, Julius Caesar, who massacred
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Jainism – is an ancient religion of self-help and originates from India. There are no gods or spiritual beings that will help human
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Many have laid claim to having solved the mystery of the enigmatic round terracotta tablet - Phaistos Disk. The disk was found by Luigi Pernier, the Italian
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A rare sculpture of a sphinx dating back more than 1,000 years has been unearthed in a tomb in northwest China. The marble sculpture
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Kovachevsko Kale Fortress is located in the vicinity of the town of Popovo in Northeast Bulgaria. A few years ago, archaeologists discovered a
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Mogao Grottoes, near the oasis town of Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert, China are where generations of Buddhist monks built hundreds of
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AncientPages.com - An ancient relief depicting Heracles with a crook in his right hand and a seven-headed snake in his left hand can be found in an ancient quarry
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On the beautiful Isle of Lewis in Scotland, many mysterious figures that today are known as the Uig Chessmen were discovered over 180
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Fifteen rock paintings discovered in a village close to the ancient city of Ani in the eastern province of Kars will play a significant role for the
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AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in the east Moravian town of Přerov have discovered a unique statuette which they believe dates back to the early Neolithic period. The richly ornamented torso
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AncientPages.com - A team of researchers has found the partial remains of a 13th century pagoda foundation at the Todaiji temple. A Todaiji temple pagoda razed in war during
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AncientPages.com - About a year ago, beautiful mosaics were found during excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey's southern province of Gaziantep. Even earlier many beautiful mosaics
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Bocca della Verità is an ancient stone mask that once served as a tool to determine if a person was lying or telling
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A team led by the Archaeology Institute at the University of the Highlands and Islands discovered what is believed to be a Bronze Age settlement at Tresness,
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AncientPages.com - British Museum presents a Viking Hoard dating from the time of the ‘Last Kingdom’, when the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex were fighting for their survival against
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AncientPages.com - Trading routes have been discovered that pass through the old town of Vadnagar, mentioned often in the Puranas and even in the travelogue of the great Chinese
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have found evidence of Roman and medieval domestic life in Leicester. Archaeologists have completed the excavation of a series of
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Ancient Technology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was, without doubt, a man much ahead of his time. His excellent knowledge and scientific curiosity resulted in many incredible
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - While studying the ancient Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, archaeologists have discovered that the site was much larger and more complex than previously thought. Scientists found a
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The oldest surviving royal library in the world is that of Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria (668-around 630 BC). British Museum archaeologists discovered more than
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have unearthed remnants of the 12th-century castle keep wall and some remains of William Blackburns’s original prison design. The site lies immediately outside of the Roman
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AncientPages.com - Sobek was a 2,500-year old crocodile worshipped in life by the ancient Egyptians and mummified with all due reverence after death. The ancient Egyptians worshipped this
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A "frog-like" swastika made of nephrite has been discovered during archaeological excavations of the8,000-year-old Slatina Neolithic Settlement in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The swastika is 3 cm
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News
AncientPages.com - On December 7, 1941 at 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An ancient tomb has been discovered by a construction team working in a village of Datong Hui, in Datong County, in northwestern China's Qinghai Province, according to
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AncientPages.com - Researchers deployed an underwater robot to take a closer look at a mass of tiles that sank into the seabed off Hatsushima island in Atami while being
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Beneath Nottingham Castle, there is a labyrinth of manmade sandstone caves and tunnels; all of them are related to countless secrets of Nottingham,
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Although teaching is useful, it is not essential for cultural progress because people can use reasoning and reverse engineering of existing items to work out how to
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AncientPages.com - A small piece of the skull of the 8200-year-old “Viste Boy” has been sent to a Swedish laboratory for DNA analysis. Scientists hope to learn more about early
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