Explore mysterious ancient civilizations and their legacy. We examine their buildings, artifacts, religion, rituals, scientific achievements, customs and traditions, inventions, government, geography, wars, cities, empires and much more.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Historians have long used remains, burial practices, and other archaeological evidence to define the boundaries of ancient populations. But new discoveries can often change how we understand the past. In 2018, Corina Kellner, a biological anthropologist
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have made a remarkable find in southwestern Spain, where a 2,500-year-old bronze chariot adorned with mythological figures offers new insights into the lost civilization of Tartessos. The Tartessian culture flourished in the southwestern Iberian Peninsula
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new global study of ancient societies is rewriting what we thought we knew about democracy. By examining archaeological and historical evidence from 31 ancient societies across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, researchers have found
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Jama-Coaque people represented a magnificent culture that flourished from 500 BC to 500 AD and was named after the modern towns of Jama and Coaque, located on Ecuador’s coast in Manabí Province. Shaman‘s Table.
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Sahara, spanning over 3.5 million square miles and covering a third of Africa, stands as the largest desert on Earth. It’s intriguing to consider that this vast expanse was once a lush paradise. Just
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Trialeti Culture is named after the Trialeti plateau region of Georgia. Excavations conducted decades ago in the Trialeti region revealed rich burial mounds dated from 2100 to 1500 BC and containing gold and silver objects.
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Despite our diverse cultural, traditional, religious, and linguistic backgrounds, there is an underlying unity among humans. This is unsurprising since we all belong to the same human race. When we delve into our ancient history,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Galician Castro culture in northwestern Iberia flourished from the end of the Bronze Age to the dawn of our era. This culture represents an intriguing chapter in the history of the Iberian Peninsula. Mostly situated in
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Celtiberians -tribes of mixed Iberian and Celtic origin – inhabited an area in the central-northeastern Iberian Peninsula during the final centuries BC. ‘Celtiberi’ is Roman, and the Iberian Peninsula was Roman – Hispania. The Celtiberians
Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com – The origin of ancient Egyptian civilization remains a subject of scholarly debate, with diverse perspectives on its ethnic and cultural roots. Whether ancient Egyptian civilization had predominantly African origins is a complex and contentious issue extensively
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The historical narrative of the Celts does not revolve around a singular ethnic group but rather encompasses the collective histories of various tribes that collectively formed a distinct Celtic culture. It is undeniable that numerous
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Throughout history, it is inevitable that all leaders will eventually succeed. However, ancient civilizations’ responses to these transitions of power varied greatly. Recent archaeological research in Guatemala has provided new insights into the political durability
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Lusatian culture dates back to the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age (14th-4th century BC), occupying the broadest range of central Europe. This culture covered almost the entire territory of the Polish lands, central
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – An ancient city called Idu (now Satu Qala) was long hidden beneath a mound, and a few years ago, it was finally unearthed in northern Iraq. This historical and archaeological site, even today, separates two
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Forgotten for millennia, the Kingdom of Mitanni was discovered in the nineteenth century, and excavations revealed fascinating facts about this unusual kingdom, which once existed in northern Mesopotamia. Also known as Hanigalbat, Mitanni flourished during the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A University of South Florida anthropologist has uncovered the first ancient DNA from the Swahili Civilization, which included prosperous trading states along the coast of East Africa dating back to the 7th century. The site
