Ancient Civilizations
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.
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Ancient Mysteries
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - We continue our long journey to a remote corner of the world. As we have learned in part 1 of this series, this little-known
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Ancient Mysteries
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Not every ancient civilization is as famous as the Egyptians, Romans, or the Maya, just to name a few. In a remote region of
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When discussing Italy’s history, we tend to focus on the Roman Empire, but there is archaeological evidence clearly showing that the country was
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - This article is devoted to the mysterious Oghars, a little known race that has been virtually unheard of. As you are about to find
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Arizona is a beautiful place, but it isn’t exactly famous for any remarkable ancient monuments and artifacts. However, this doesn’t mean this region was
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPage.com - The execution of the Cathars is a sad story in European history. Catharism was widespread in many European countries from the 11th to
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On every continent we find stories about highly advanced ancient beings who came from the skies and gave people knowledge in a variety of
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Most mainstream scholars and Egyptologists say that the pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs. The tomb theory, developed by British archaeologist
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Historical records clearly show humans often engaged in devastating wars wiping out entire cities and civilizations. If we don’t change our behavior, our aggressive
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On a small island in Japan there is a very interesting cave filled with astonishing ancient paintings. The cave's narrow entrance and passage make
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this series we discussed strange encounters with mysterious races of giants. From Native American myths and legends, we learned that
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Did humans of incredible strength and stature once rule the land of America? Have ancient skeletons of giant beings been deliberately covered-up and hidden
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient sources reveal that Mayan priests knew of an ancient civilization that existed underground. Still, there was a reason why no one was
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Sahara is the largest desert in the world. At 3-1/2 million square miles, the Sahara is as large as the United States and
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new set of petroglyphs may offer evidence of a lost advanced civilization that existed thousands of years ago. The rock art was found
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Two ancient paintings made of sandstone have been discovered by an Egyptian archaeological mission working on reducing the groundwater level at Aswan’s Kom Ombo Temple. One of the
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many times, ancient people left behind certain clues that, when deciphered, could describe things and events they had witnessed. It was their way of leaving
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Researchers at Tulane University have documented the discovery of dozens of ancient cities in northern Guatemala through the use of jungle-penetrating Lidar (light detection and ranging) technology.
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists has uncovered evidence indicating that Mayan elites lived in the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacán, located northeast of Mexico City more than 1,000 kilometers
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient myths and legends tell they came from a distant corner of the Universe and settled on the Earth. It is written that one
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Two burials with rich grave goods were discovered in a pit of the Middle Minoan IA era (2100-2000 BC) in Siteia, NE Crete, during excavations of a
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are ancient Mesoamerican cultures we still know very little about. The Toltecs belong to one of the most mysterious ancient races in America
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The head of a statue dated to the 3rd century AD and believed to depict Roman Emperor Aurelian (250 – 275 AD) have been discovered at the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Remains of an ancient village, dating back to about 5,000 BC, has been discovered by the Egyptian-French archaeological expedition, led by Dr. Frederick Gio. Archaeologists say it
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Nearly 1,000-Year-Old Maya pictographic text was recently announced as authentic, according to scientists at Mexico's National Institute of History and Anthropology. The valuable document that was sold by
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Several years ago, archaeologists unearthed an ancient tomb that contained remains of an unknown woman. She was put to rest dressed in precious clothes
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - According to historians, political debates in ancient Rome were conducted with great harshness and personal attacks, which were comparable to examples of hate speech on the internet.
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In a remote monastery, he discovered ancient stone tablets. When he finally deciphered and translated the message written on the sacred tablets, he realized
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient wall relief in Peru, belonging to the oldest civilizations in the Americas, has been unearthed at the ancient Caral site of
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