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 – Chinese archaeologists discovered an ancient tomb belonging to the Tuyuhun Huihua Princess during the early Chinese Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581. The ancient tomb is located in Chang’an district of Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi province. According to Shaanxi
AncientPages.com – An inscription in Hebrew letters engraved on a large, 1,500-year-old marble slab, first of its kind to be found in Israel, was excavated in the Kursi Beach National Park on the east coast of the Sea of Galilee, reports
AncientPages.com – Researchers conduct excavations at the Haihunhou cemetery near Nanchang City, capital of east China’s Jiangxi Province. It’s the most complete known Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – 24 AD) cemetery. It covers some 40,000 square meters with eight tombs
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – A rare sculpture of a sphinx dating back more than 1,000 years has been unearthed in a tomb in northwest China. The marble sculpture is well-preserved and dates back more than 1,000 years, according to archaeologists. The delicately-carved
AncientPages.com – Fifteen rock paintings discovered in a village close to the ancient city of Ani in the eastern province of Kars will play a significant role for the area to be declared a world heritage site by UNESCO. The 15
AncientPages.com – A team of researchers has found the partial remains of a 13th century pagoda foundation at the Todaiji temple. A Todaiji temple pagoda razed in war during the Heian Period (794-1185) was likely rebuilt into one of the biggest
AncientPages.com – About a year ago, beautiful mosaics were found during excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey’s southern province of Gaziantep. Even earlier many beautiful mosaics were discovered in Zeugma, one of the most important centers in the Eastern
AncientPages.com – Trading routes have been discovered that pass through the old town of Vadnagar, mentioned often in the Puranas and even in the travelogue of the great Chinese traveler, Hieu-en-Tsang, as a rich and flourishing town with many Buddhist establishments.
AncientPages.com – A “frog-like” swastika made of nephrite has been discovered during archaeological excavations of the8,000-year-old Slatina Neolithic Settlement in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The swastika is 3 cm wide and 3.5 cm long, and dates back to the beginning of
AncientPages.com – An ancient tomb has been discovered by a construction team working in a village of Datong Hui, in Datong County, in northwestern China’s Qinghai Province, according to Chen Rong, deputy head of the county’s cultural relic management bureau. Based
AncientPages.com – Impressive statues of ancient Mesopotamian rulers in the Louvre and the British Museum are famous. They bear witness to the wealth of Bronze Age Akkadian and Sumerian city-states more than four thousand years ago. However, they are made of
AncientPages.com – A 2000-year-old room plastered with frescoes was accidentally discovered during routine roadworks to install a gas pipeline under a busy street in central Rome, Italy. The find was made in the middle of November, when workmen started to dig a
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists accidentally discovered a traditional, ancient drum, an iconic artifact of the ancient Vietnamese people, dated to the Dong Son culture (700 B.C. – 100 AD). The Dong Son kettledrum – has been found in Timor Leste, some 3,000 km from
AncientPages.com – Thousands of years ago lived a woman in the Egyptian city of Asyut, on the west side of the Nile River Valley, 375 miles south of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Her true name is unknown, but today some
AncientPages.com – Researchers say that humans have been eating these beans for many millennia. The world’s oldest domesticated fava beans have been discovered in sites in the central-southern Levant, now the Galilee area of northern Israel. The most ancient beans were carbon
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The sarcophagus of Ankh-f-n-khonsu, a high priest of the ancient Egyptian god Amun Ra, has been unearthed in the west bank of Luxor, Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al Damaty announced Thursday. The sarcophagus, which dates back
