Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Cacao originated 1,500 years earlier than previously thought, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia. Researchers also found genetic evidence showing that cacao was originally domesticated in South America, rather than in Central America.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Bolivian legends that go back some 5,000 years say about the destruction of civilization in far-off times as the result of a conflict with a mysterious, unknown race “whose blood was not red like ours”. The
AncientPages.com – Mexico News Daily reports that funeral rituals could have been carried out in the chamber at the Teotihuacán archaeological site. Researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have discovered a tunnel leading to a chamber
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Sahara is the largest desert in the world. At 3-1/2 million square miles, the Sahara is as large as the United States and covers one-third of the African continent. With temperatures reaching 135 degrees and
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Who was this mysterious man who revealed a number of extraordinary prophecies with fatal consequences? Was he a time traveler, holy man or an unidentified prophet in disguise? Those who met him say he was a
AncientPages.com – Five of the 16 Dead Sea Scrolls fragments in the collection of the Washington-based Museum of the Bible, are fakes, according to a series of tests performed by German researchers. The museum said in a press release that it
AncientPages.com – New agencies report that twenty human-like wooden sculptures, each approximately 70 cm (27 inches) tall, have been unearthed at the Chan Chan archaeological complex in northern Peru. The sculptures were found in niches constructed in the wall of a
AncientPages.com – BreakingIsraelNews reports that the oldest – 2,000-year-old Aramaic stone inscription with the full spelling of Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, as it is written in Hebrew today – has been discovered workers during digging works in the vicinity of Binyanei Ha’Uma, the Jerusalem International Convention Center.
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The time slip phenomenon remains unexplained. When visiting certain areas many people have reported seeing scenes from the past. It seems some regions are more associated with time slips than others. Could this be because of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – According to an ancient legend, the Shwedagon Pagoda is 2,500 years old, dating back to the lifetime of the Buddha, making it the oldest historical pagoda in the world. The Shwedagon Pagoda enshrines strands of Buddha’s
AncientPages.com – A limestone stela of liberation has been discovered by Egyptian archaeologists excavating in Kom Ombo temple area dated back to Early 18thDynasty or the Liberation war period. The stela has a scene in the upper lunette shows two persons
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists armed with a motorized high resolution georadar have found a Viking ship and a large number of burial mounds and longhouses in Østfold County in Norway. The discoveries were made by archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Hızır is one of the most enigmatic and extraordinary personalities of the ancient world. Although we can encounter him in many parts of the world at different time frames, his true origins remain obscure. Hızır which
Rafael – AncientPages.com – In a lot of societies in history, those who engaged in bloody battles were the males. In fact, they were the ones sent or chosen by lords to protect and defend their turf. However, women also managed
AncientPages.com – Modern facial reconstruction gives us a unique opportunity to see what historical people looked like in real life. We can never create an accurate picture of a face from the past, but using a combination of modern technology such
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – When an author wrote his novel, he had no idea that he was describing with scary accuracy one of the greatest disasters that was soon going to happen. Some years later, a famous journalist wrote a
