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 – Our ancestors were aware of how dangerous natural calamities can be. The Harappan civilization that inhabited the Indus Valley several thousand years ago was familiar with ancient tsunamis. Scientists have found evidence that 5,000 years ago, these ancient people
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – One of the great personalities of the ancient world is Hammurabi. Proud of his military achievements as a ruler of Babylon, he wanted to be remembered as a servant of the gods, a father of
AncientPages.com – Was there once an ancient, unknown Atacama Desert civilization? Atacama Today, Chile’s Atacama Desert, located between two mountain ranges, which prevent water from reaching its valleys and salt flats, is one of the driest places on Earth. However, the
AncientPages.com – It has already been called a finding that could re-write ancient Maya history. A quite spectacular discovery of two untouched ancient tombs found beneath Maya pyramids can unravel the mystery of “Snake Kings”. Archaeologists say the ancient tombs contain treasures
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com -The Sami culture is the oldest in large areas of northern Europe. Before the development of Swedish, Finnish, or Viking cultures, Scandinavia was inhabited by the Sami people (formerly known as the Saemieh). The Sami have
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Siberia have found a grave containing a 4,500-year-old skeleton of a noblewoman. This intriguing ancient skeleton belongs to a woman who was a member of the mysterious ancient Okunev Culture. Inside the grave, scientists also came
AncientPages.com – According to a new study of the Dead Sea Scrolls Noah’s Ark was pyramid-shaped. This is assumption is based on a new interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Sophisticated technology has made it possible to scan the ancient scrolls
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The ancient stone circle known as ‘Stones of the Sun (In Irish, ‘Lios na Grainsi’) was built around 2000 BC by the people who brought metal and beaker pottery to Ireland around 2500 BC. It
AncientPages.com – For the first time, after the sustained efforts of two generations, Chinese archaeologists have discovered ruins of pottery marked with the characters for “Yueyang” in a location northeast of Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi province. With this discovery, they
AncientPages.com – Tom Garrison was four hours away from camp — headed into the city down a bumpy jungle road to get treated for poisonwood exposure — when he got a call from his co-director Edwin Román. “You need to get back
AncientPages.com – The Asclepieion also known as the Asclepius sanctuary is located at the southern slope of Acropolis but it was unknown until a few years ago. Asclepius was the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek religion and mythology. His cult became extremely popular
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists discovered two niches with six figures cut in rock inside two New Kingdom chapels in the Gebel Al-Silsila area, Egypt’s largest sandstone quarries located to the north of Aswan. The discovery was made during a survey carried out by
AncientPages.com – A new Macedonian tomb with four chambers have been dicovered within the modern settlement of Pella. Pella Macedonian Tombs’ comlex is one of about 100 similar tomb complexes found in northern Greece. The Macedonian tomb was studied by archaeologists of Ephorate of Antiquities
AncientPages.com – For the first time since its discovery in 1996, the tomb of Maia, the wet nurse of King Tutankhamun in Saqqara, opens to public, according to announcement made by Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El-Damaty. The New Kingdom rock-hewn tomb
AncientPages.com – Fifteen ancient tree species that grew 4,500 years ago in Alacahöyük, one of the most important centers of the Hittite civilization will be planted in order to create a “Hittite Forest” in the central Anatolian province of Çorum.
AncientPages.com – A cult area built for the god Zeus is considered the most important discovery during this year’s excavations in the ancient city of Metropolis, located in Aegean Izmir province’s Torbali district. Pieces of columns, which indicate the area was
