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Myths & Legends
AncientPages.com - Nearly 50 people living in a cave and living off passing travellers by robbing, killing, butchering and eating them. The legend of Alexander Sawney Bean, and his
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry granted preliminary approval for the use of a non-invasive radar to verify a theory that Queen Nefertiti's crypt may be hidden behind
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists may have finally uncovered the lost tomb of the Maccabees - Matityahu the Hasmonean and his five sons, from the ancient city of Modi'in -
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AncientPages.com - On Sep 23, 1459 - the first major battle in the English Wars of the Roses was at Blore Heath, two miles east of Market Drayton
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AncientPages.com - On Sep 22, 480 BC the battle in the Greco-Persian Wars was fought. In this battle a Greek fleet defeated much larger Persian naval forces in
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AncientPages.com - Work is continuing to open a previously hidden tunnel that was discovered during the restoration of Tokat Castle, known as the dungeon of Dracula. The tunnel
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A rare pre-Roman tomb has been unearthed in Pompeii, shedding new light on life at the site in the fourth century BC. The rare archaeological finding confirms that
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - A mask of a satyr, a male companion of ancient wine god Dionysus with horse-like features, has been discovered near the town of Vetren in Southern
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AncientPages.com - One of the richest Bronze Age cemeteries in the Polish lands has been discovered by archaeologists near the village Dunino in the commune Krotoszyce (Lower Silesia).
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AncientPages.com - For more than a century and a half after the Mountain Meadows Massacre, no one knew exactly where the bodies were buried. A California-based archaeologist now
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AncientPages.com - On Sep 21, 1780, General Benedict Arnold (1740 – 1801) committed treason. During the American Revolution, General Benedict Arnold (1740 – 1801) met with British Major John
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Chinese Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient Chinese records describe a very special being who, depending on the source, is a god-like king, a "son of the heavens", or
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Civilizations
Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a 200-meter section of the long-lost Pelusiac branch of the Nile at the Tel Al-Dafna, archaeological site in Qantara. The ancient water-way was a
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists unearthed many fascinating ancient treasures during excavations conducted at Sedeinga, a necropolis located 450 miles from Meroe in northern Sudan. Among them, there are 35
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AncientPages.com - On September 20, 1066, the Battle of Fulford, near York, Yorkshire (then capital of Northumbria) was fought. Saxon troops of Mercia and Northumbria commanded by brothers
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AncientPages.com - Vikramashila was one of the two most important centers of Buddhist learning in India during the Pala Empire, along with Nalanda University. Vikramashila is a town
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - In his studio in the Stockholm suburban community of Tumba, Sweden, archaeologist-sculptor Oscar Nilsson is using 3D and 2D reconstructions of historical findings and set of
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Civilizations
Mexico has restored a series of colorful 2,500-year-old cave paintings with help from the American archaeologist who first registered them almost 50 years ago. Paintings are concentrated in
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AncientPages.com - A team of Japanese and Peruvian researchers has found in northern Peru an intact 2,700-year-old tomb containing the remains of two high priests from the ancient
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - This article is not about Lucifer or the Antichrist. It is about a good compassionate man who was born at the same time as
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News
AncientPages.com - Skeletal and crematory graves from the mid-1st millennium, and the remains of representatives of megafauna, living in the present Polish territory during the last Ice Age,
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AncientPages.com - An ancient aqueduct system, which is estimated to belong to the historical castle of the city, has been uncovered in Borujerd in Lorestan Province during construction
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com -The Yongle Sword, a stunning piece of weaponry complete with its scabbard, was once in the possession of Emperor Yongle. The sword is a
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - The oldest example of stone wall in the history of construction in the Polish lands, more than two and a half thousand years older than Romanesque
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Patara - one of the six big cities of the Lycia Union - is an ancient city with a long history. Long-lasting archaeological
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Image Of The Day
AncientPages.com - The architectural wonders of India include temples, mosques, monolith, statues, gigantic forts, palaces, universities, and tombs. One of these masterworks is known as Victory Tower (Vijaya
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AncientPages.com - Enormous and impressive structure of Derawar Fort is located at the edge of the Cholistan desert. It's a famed hallmark of Bahawalpur, the eleventh largest city
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The oldest Egyptian leather manuscript has been found in the shelves of the Egyptian museum in Cairo, where it was stored and forgotten for more than 70 years.
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Image Of The Day
AncientPages.com - The Pyramid of the Magician ("pyramid of the foreteller") is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid located in the ancient, Pre-Columbian city of Uxmal, Mexico. Also referred to as
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