Ancient History Facts
Enjoy our ancient history facts section where you’ll find plenty of amazing and little known facts about the ancient world. We explore a variety of fascinating ancient history facts that you probably are unaware of. The facts include information about ancient civilizations, amazing ancient inventions, prehistoric places, battles, great historical figures and much more.
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Conny Waters -AncientPages.com - The Law of the Innocents was an attempt to protect non-combatants: women, children, and the clergy – to give rights to civilians. It was
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, the pyramid stands 55 meters (180 ft) above the surrounding plain, and in its final form, it measured 400 by 400
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AncientPages.com - Question: What was the Egyptian blue? Answer: The Egyptian blue is the world’s oldest artificial pigment. It appeared about 5,000 years ago in a tomb painting
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com How big the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I? it is huge indeed! The tomb of Pharaoh Seti I the largest tomb and the longest
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AncientPages.com - Question: What was the Royal Game Of Ur? Answer: In the ancient world, board games were as popular as they are today. Board games were very common
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Runes played an essential part in the lives of the Vikings. Unfortunately, there are few remains of runic writing on paper from the Viking
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AncientPages.com - Who was the Sapa Inca? Answer: The ruler of the Inca people was called the "Sapa Inca", which means "only emperor". (in Quechua: "the only Inca").
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - People ask many questions and are curious about inventions and discoveries. Here is one question: When was the odometer invented? An odometer is
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AncientPages.com - Who invented beer? The first known beer was called kui, brewed by the ancient Chinese around 7,000 BC. Kui was made from rice, honey and fruit, but the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An interesting question is when and where we started playing football. There are several references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Who were the Barbarians? The term “Barbarians” is misused today. In modern times, we often say Barbarians are uncivilized people or evil people.
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AncientPages.com - Question: When was chocolate invented? Answer: The word chocolate was actually derived from the Aztec language known as Nahuatl. Chocolate is something ancient people enjoyed just
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - King Ur-Nammu reigned in 2047-2030 BC and founded the Third Dynasty of Ur in Sumer. He initiated the so-called Ur III Period (2047-1750
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AncientPages.com - A star chart found on the ceiling in the stone chamber of the Kitora Tomb Asuka, located in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan was based on celestial
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - German printer Johannes Gutenberg did not invent movable type printing; he contributed movable type mechanical printing technology in Europe in 1450. More than four centuries
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