Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – One of the most incredible ancient libraries one can encounter is located inside the Sakaya monastery in Tibet. The great Sakya library is home to 84,000 scrolls that have remained untouched for hundreds of years!
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Considered the war god of Kush, Apedemak was worshiped in ancient Meroe, a once magnificent and wealthy capital of the kingdom of Kush in Nubia, present-day Sudan. Today, few ancient remains of the stunning buildings built
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Once known as the Kingdom of Cleopatra the ancient underwater city of Heracleion has revealed more of its many archaeological treasures. The 2,700-year-old submerged city has long been of interest to underwater archaeologists who previously
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Mahabharata and Ramayana are two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. These literary masterworks contain a wealth of information and hold a special place in the hearts of Indians. “The fabric of Hindu culture is
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Native Americans have kept their memories of star people alive. Many tribes say they believe visitors from the stars are as real as humans. Several wonderful and fascinating Native American myths and legends describe truly
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 2,300-year old fragment of linen from the wrap of an Egyptian mummy, which is held in the University of Canterbury’s Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities, has been matched with a fragment in the United
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A rare stone showing the limits of the ancient city of Rome, was accidentally found in Rome. The stone is dated to the age of Emperor Claudius in 49 AD, and as Rome Mayor Virginia
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – It goes without saying that a man like Alexander the great who traveled to many foreign lands must have seen fascinating places and met extraordinary people. It is also evident Aristotle’s education of Alexander the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A rare 3,000-year-old inscription with the name of a Biblical judge has been unearthed in Israel. This important archaeological discovery sheds more light on the connection between the Biblical text and historical reality, the researchers
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the Saudi Heritage Commission have discovered fascinating rock inscriptions in the Hail region (northern Saudi Arabia) that depict the Babylonian King Nabonidus. The rock inscriptions date as far back as 540 B.C and
Angela Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Greek mythology, Bellerophon was the son of the mortal Eurynome (Eurymede) and Glaucus, the son of Sisyphus and King of Corinth. Still, to many of us, he is, first of all, known as the hero of Homer’s Iliad.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Information about ancient history can be obtained through a variety of means, even somewhat unusual ways. Scientists have used a news tool that provided surprising information about human presence in Maya lowlands. Researchers now say
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Once, a long time ago, there was a very precious herb in the ancient city of Cyrene, a Greek city on the North African coast near present-day Shahhat, a town located in northeastern Libya. According to
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – One of the most mysterious Biblical passages deals with the story of the witch of Endor. It’s a fascinating story that can be explained in many ways, but there is no agreement among Biblical scholars
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Ogham is an ancient writing, of which the earliest examples date back to the 4th and 6th centuries A.D. The language of the inscriptions is Irish, but many were found to have equivalents in Roman
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – No matter what place or time, people have always studied the stars and other celestial objects. Archaeologists have discovered thousands of years old tombs in Sudan that were deliberately arranged in the image of a
