AncientPages.com – The pursuit of immortality was very popular among the most powerful Chinese emperors. China’s first emperor, Ying Zheng was one of those who pursued the mysterious elixir of immortality. Ying Zheng declared himself Qin Shihuang or the first emperor of
A.Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have initiated new surveys to examine sections of the ancient structure known as the Great Wall of Gorgan, located in northern Iran. Constructed between 420 CE and 530 CE, the Great Wall of Gorgan served as
AncientPages.com – A golden necklace – considered to be the oldest golden jewel in the Caucasus – was unearthed during excavations in one of the most ancient parts of Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan. The artifact was found in an ancient settlement situated in
AncientPages.com – The first-known example of a painted stone painted depicting a human face, has been discovered by Japanese archaeologists. The artifact is dated to the Jomon Pottery (8000 BC – 300B C) and was buried beneath the ground where a
AncientPages.com – A remarkable, resourceful people lived in southern part of Bolivia between the 13th and 15th centuries. They left a legacy of countless fields of ‘quinoa’, a plant grown as a grain crop, which was used 3,000 to 4,000 years
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Few ancient structures have caused as much controversy as the Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt. Scientists, archaeologists, and historians have debated its age, purpose, and original appearance for a long time, and the mysterious
AncientPages.com – A huge, more than 4,000-year-old military complex in northern Syria has been discovered by the Franco-Syrian mission “Marges arides de Syrie du Nord”. The complex – a vast structured surveillance and communication network – is located to the east
AncientPages.com – A skull of a young Scottish soldier who was imprisoned and died in Durham following the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, has been re-assembled and reconstructed by experts at Face Lab, based at Liverpool John Moores University. Durham University researchers
AncientPages.com – At first sight, these large circles discovered in a field near Oława, a town in south-western Poland remind us of a crop circle. However, what we are seeing are actually contours of a giant monumental structure. Archaeologists estimate our ancestors
AncietPages.com – Analysis of giant stone hats found on Rapa Nui, Chile (Easter Island) provides evidence contrary to the widely held belief that the ancient civilization had a warrior culture. Widely accepted belief that Rapa Nui inhabitants of Easter Island, located
AncientPages.com – A unique ancient monument built during, the late Second Ancient Turkic Qaghanate, has been discovered in eastern Mongolia by archeologists from Osaka University, Japan and the Institute of History and Archaeology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. The excavations,
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating at a site in the town of Beit Shemesh, Israel have unearthed extraordinary ancient mosaics, precious crucifixes, beautiful jewelry and a long-lost church that was once part of a whole monastery complex. On June 13, 313 AD,
AncientPages.com – Nepali art history will have to be revised after the recent discovery of rock paintings in Upper Mustang, researchers say. Recently discovered ancient rock art could shed more light on history of the people of Upper Mustang, Nepal, according
AncientPages.com – Hidden in the vaults of Saint Catherine’s famed monastery, located in southern Sinai, there are thousands of sacred ancient manuscripts. Some of these works are the oldest in Christianity. As Ancient Pages previously reported during the inauguration ceremony, Egypt
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Most agree today that Christopher Columbus was not the first person to discover America. Who exactly discovered America and when is still a subject of debate. It’s almost embarrassing, but Columbus was actually one of the
AncientPages.com – More than 300 small rocks – dubbed by archaeologists as ‘sun stones’ – carved in the Stone Age, were recently excavated in Vasagård in southern Bornholm, Denmark. Why did Stone Age people carve images of the sun, fields, and spider
