A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Tipón waterworks stand out because their hydraulic engineering is combined with thoughtful and extremely skilled environmental design. In all of Tawantinsuyu, or the “Land of the Four Quarters” as the Inca called their empire,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Slavic mythology, this winged demon is called Strzyga (in Polish). In other cultures, it is the belief known as Strix (Strigoi). Rarely known in the male form, Strzyga is somewhat similar to a vampire.
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – His nose is broken, and his eyes are nothing but holes. His head is still bearing some traces of red and yellow paint, has been badly battered. He was buried several times by the desert
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – People in Ethiopia did not live in low valleys during the last ice age. Instead they lived high up in the inhospitable Bale Mountains, according to a new study. Researchers provide the first evidence that
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Even at the peak of their culture rival groups of the Maya acted with great brutality. Extreme conflicts broke out before the civilization’s decline, researchers say. Archaeologists have documented the destruction of the Maya city
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists found shards of ceramic vessels that date back to 4640 – 4460 BC, and are from an unknown ancient culture, probably related to Valdivia, one of the oldest pottery-featured cultures in North and South
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – We continue to discuss perplexing fires that defy an ordinary explanation. In part 1 we talked about curious incidents involving objects that for unknown reasons were undamaged by flames. We also spoke briefly about people
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An enigmatic object in form of the earliest known lunar calendar, dating from the Upper Paleolithic, has been found on a pebble found in the Alban Hills near Rome, Italy. It is also one of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A skull with marks indicating that neurosurgery existed 2,200 years ago, has been unearthed during excavations carried out in the ancient city of Euromus, dated back to the fifth century BC and located in Turkey’s southern
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Israel’s Galilee have unearthed remains of an ancient church said to mark the home of the apostles Peter and Andrew. Mordechai Aviam of Kinneret Academic College, on the shore of the Sea
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – James Leigh Hunt once said that the most tangible of all visible mysteries is fire, and this article shows he could have been right. Ancient people had deep respect for fire that has played an
Angela Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The first forms of religion appeared in prehistory because humans understood that there are many natural phenomena, such as floods, drought, thunder, and lightning, that no one could stop or control. It was believed that
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Mirrors, mirrors, mirrors everywhere. The more mirrors Lucida Mansi had, the more she could admire herself. To say that she was vain is an understatement. Lucida was obsessed with her beauty and could not stand
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Excavations at the ancient Urartu fortress in eastern Turkey’s Van province will help to solve the mysteries of a 2,700-year-old temple. For the past three decades, archaeologists led by archaeology Professor Mehmet Işıklı from Erzurum
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com -The lost kingdom of Urartu is shrouded in mystery and still very little is known about this ancient place and the origin of its people. A new archaeological discovery will shed more light on the Urartian
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Today Sahara is one of the hottest and driest places on Earth. It’s impossible for most living organisms survive for a longer period in this heat, but the situation was much different thousands of years
