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.
AncientPages.com – Researchers say that approximately 70 percent of the 5,000-year-old ancient city of Perga, located in southern Antalya, Turkey has not been uncovered yet. Ancient city of Perge was one of the centers of the Kommagene civilization and one day,
AncientPages.com – Impressive ancient walls belonging to a fortress located on Egypt’s Canal of the Pharaohs, in Tell el-Maskhuta, has been unearthed by a team of Italian archaeologists working for the National Research Council (CNR). The place of this discovery is
AncientPages.com – A medieval grave with a skeleton with an arrow in the chest has been discovered by archaeologists of the Plovdiv Museum of Archaeology, Bulgaria. The findings, dated to about 11th/12th century AD, during excavations at the ancient site of the
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
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 – An astronomical observatory, massive stone walls and a great variety of pottery have been revealed during excavations at Espiritu Pampa archaeological site in Southern Cusco region, Peru. Experts believe that the structure served as an astronomical observatory for Wari’s
AncientPages.com – The ancient settlement area with the rock tombs, a temple area and a 50-meter-deep water tunnel have been discovered in Erzurum’s Dumlu neighborhood, located in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Archaeologists say it may belong to the time of the Urartu
AncientPages.com – Conducting archaeological excavations in Afghanistan is not possible, but American and Afghan researchers can now study thousands of never-before-cataloged ancient sites that were discovered with help of U.S. spy satellite and analysis of military drone images. Among the archaeological
AncientPages.com – The first genetic map of the people of Ireland has been presented by a team of Irish, British and American researchers who analyzed data from 194 Irish folks with 4 generations of ancestry across the island. DNA samples from
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient ruins and artifacts in Borgatta, located in the Argentinean Andes reveal pre-Inca societies lacked hierarchical leadership before the Inca Empire claimed the region. Borgatta was built in the tenth century. It grew to a community
AncientPages.com – These unusual 2,500-year-old face urns represent one of the most fascinating categories of prehistoric artifacts unearthed in Poland. They were discovered in Pomerania, a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Germany and Poland.
