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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The catastrophic Minoan eruption - one of the largest volcanic outbreaks in recorded history of mankind and known as the ‘Thera eruption’ -

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Two amateur treasure hunters have discovered remarkable gold artifacts decorated with ancient Celtic art. It is an incredible discovery because examination revealed the precious

AncientPages.com - New discoveries made by archaeologists in Timna Valley, Israel shed light on complexity of Iron Age copper production. Recent excavations At Timna revealed the astonishing well-preserved of

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Everyone living outside of Africa today has a small amount of Neanderthal in them. The last Neanderthal died 40,000 years ago, but much

AncientPages.com - On March 2, 537, during the Gothic War, the First Siege of Rome began and lasted for a year and nine days, from March 2, 537,

AncientPages.com - On March 1, 1854, Inman Line's SS City of Glasgow left Liverpool harbor bound for Philadelphia just like she had for the last four years. It had 480 onboard,

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have found a carefully carved toy in form of a wooden boat with a raised prow like a proud Viking ship, and a hole in

AncientPages.com - On February 28, 1838, Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaimed the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec). Nelson was born in Sorel (near Montreal) to

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - What happened to the 200 missing pages of the Aleppo Codex? Were the Biblical pages lost, deliberately destroyed, stolen or perhaps hidden somewhere? Many

AncientPages.com - On February 26, 1266, the battle was fought near Benevento (in present-day Southern Italy). The troops of Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily were involved in

AncientPages.com - On February 25, 1336, Pilenai, a hill fort in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, was attacked by large Teutonic forces, who tried in vain to organize a

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in Egypt are busy with restoration of a statue of the celebrated 19th dynasty pharaoh, Ramesses II. Colossus of Ramesses II (Ramsess II) once decorated the façade

AncientPages.com - During the Revolutionary War (1775-83), also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence, the Colonists often had to bluff their way

AncientPages.com - Clash among scientists! There is currently a heated debate in the scientific community. Archaeologists maintain geneticists have totally misunderstood the Viking occupation in England. Geneticists, on the

AncientPagaes.com -  Israeli and French team of archaeologists begin excavations of an ancient and unexplored Biblical site, where the famous Ark of the Covenant was kept for two