Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Erik the Red was a famous Viking today remembered for colonizing Greenland and being the father of the great Viking explorer Leif Erikson. Erik the Red’s life was full of difficulties. He was a very controversial Viking. He
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Nue is a mysterious shape-shifting creature referred to in Japanese literature since ancient times. It is a yokai, a weird, mysterious creature that can take many forms. They are commonly associated with folklore, especially
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A great archaeological find has been reported from Italy. Using advanced ground-penetrating radar (GPR) scientists have discovered an amazing ancient Roman city hidden deep underground. The team of archeologists from the University of Cambridge and
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Who was the mysterious woman who spoke a language no-one could understand? What was inside the box she held in her hands? What was the meaning of the markings on the round metal object she
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Studies of ancient North American history can be as rewarding a frustrating. Just when we think we have figured out how and when the first people dispersed across the New World, we stumble across a
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Myths and legends of Europe, the Americas, China, Japan, and India describe terrible bloodsuckers that may differ in power and individual characteristics. Still, all of them fascinate people, and their vampiric fright knows no borders.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered the elusive remains of what appears to be London’s oldest theater known as Red Lion. The playhouse is thought to have been built around 1567. The Red Lion playhouse is widely regarded
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – We associate all these names – Ragnar Lodbrok, Ivar the Boneless, Bjorn Ironside, Erik the Red, Eric “Bloodaxe” Haraldsson – with courageous and fearsome Viking warriors. However, none of them can be compared to the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have once again used LIDAR technology with success. Using light detection and ranging technology scientists have located the world’s oldest and largest Maya structure in Tabasco, Mexico, near the northwestern border of Guatemala. The
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In part 1 of this series we talked about the origin of the mysterious twins mentioned in ancient myths and legends of our ancestors. Based on the sources we discussed, we concluded two possible locations
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In the Inca and Aymara mythologies, Supay (‘Andean Devil’) was both the god of death and a powerful ruler of the Incan underworld Ukhu Pacha (Uku Pacha), as well as a race of demons. Supay
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Ancient people kept the memory of mysterious shining twins alive. Myths, legends, ancient carvings, and prehistoric artifacts reveal these enigmatic beings played an important role in our history. In almost every ethnic group and all
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – We are today so used to the name that we hardly think about how the Vatican got its name. The truth is that the name Vatican is neither Latin nor Greek and cannot be traced
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Egyptian dream is, alongside the Babylonian dream, one of the most widespread ways of interpreting dreams. The belief that dreams can foretell the future has its roots in the distant past. Ancient people believed in
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Among many unsolved mysteries surrounding remarkable prehistoric structures of Armenia, there is a megalithic site of Karahunge or Carahunge (“Karahundj”) covered with hundreds of vertical 1 – 2.8 m high megaliths of greatly varying form. Not
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The most famous garden in Greek mythology was the Garden of the Hesperides. This legendary aromatic place was full of golden apples, which Gaia (Earth) gave to the goddess Hera and Zeus as a wedding
