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.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Pronounced climate fluctuations and changed conditions for agriculture coincided with the rise and fall of the Persian Empires, according to an international study led by researchers at Linköping University. Konar Sandal – Credit: Pourjafari –
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The 2,500-year-old Empuries (also Emporiae) site on the Costa Brava was built in 575 BC. It was a Greek and later a Roman colony on the northeastern coast of Spain. The city of Emporiae was founded
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Many years ago, several statues depicting unusually looking people were discovered in a remote corner of the world. Some said the statues were raised by a no vanished race and made in the image of
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Several ancient myths, legends, and sacred texts worldwide tell of a lost world that was wiped out in the distant past. The destruction of the long-gone world inhabited by highly advanced civilizations was caused by
AncientPages.com – In the second episode of the TV show Lego Masters, contestants were asked to build a castle — then watch it be destroyed by a bowling ball. In the lucky dip that followed, teammates Fleur and Sarah drew a
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In part 1 we discussed some curious archaeological discoveries that according to some researchers may offer evidence of an unknown ancient mining civilization in North America. The problem with several of these ancient artifacts is
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Was there once in the distant past an unknown mining civilization in North America? This is a question few can answer without admitting no-one knows the truth. History is silent on the subject. There are
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Avars’ place in history has been marked and yet, it has long remained so enigmatic. These fierce nomadic warriors appeared riding from the East about 1,500 years ago and caused dramatic changes in Europe.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The mysterious, light-skinned Tarim Basin mummies unearthed in China have long puzzled scientists. Who were these ancient people? Where did they come from? Why were they so different from the local population? A new DNA
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the spring of 1900, a group of Greek sponge divers, blown off course by a storm in the Aegean, stumbled upon the wreck of an ancient Roman ship loaded with treasure that had sunk
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – What makes the Tarascans an intriguing pre-Columbian civilization? The Tarascans, well-known for their outstanding musical and artistic abilities, are, first of all, famous for their highly advanced metallurgical technology that existed before the coming of the
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – What evidence could support the theory that there was an unknown master race present in different corners of the world? In part 1 we discussed how strange ancient wooden tablets covered with hieroglyphics were discovered
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Why would someone deliberately remove all evidence of a long-gone civilization? Throughout history, traces of mysterious dead civilizations have been erased regularly. Historical records and unusual archaeological discoveries have been destroyed or kept at secret
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For the first time ever archaeologists, religious historians, folklorists and literary scholars have worked together and produced a unique book that sheds new light on Norse religion. It’s a remarkable and important study because this
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The mysterious Cucuteni-Trypillia culture lived in Eastern Europe thousands of years ago. They left behind a number of intriguing ancient artifacts, destroyed settlements, and sacred sanctuaries. It remains unclear why and how they vanished. It is
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Was there once an advanced Polar civilization that suddenly vanished without a trace millions of years ago? Can some perplexing anomalies clearly contradicting traditional theories of humanity’s beginnings offer evidence an unknown culture lived in
