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A well-preserved human skeleton was also found in the bog (photo: Moesgaard Museum)

Archaeology

Sacrificial Remains From The Iron Age Unearthed Near Aarhus, Denmark

AncientPages.com | October 14, 2015

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists from Moesgaard Museum have discovered an unusually complete and well-preserved Iron Age find near Skødstrup just north of Aarhus. Several bogs containing sacrificial offerings have been found

"The sharing of food had religious as well as social connotations for promoting unity among Britain’s scattered farming communities in prehistory. ”

Archaeology

What Was On The Menu For Stonehenge’s Builders, 2500 BC? Milk, Yoghurt And Cheese Only Eaten In Exclusive Ceremonies

AncientPages.com | October 14, 2015

AncientPages.com - Evidence from settlement where Stonehenge builders lived suggests well-organised community feasting. Milk, yoghurt and cheeses could have been seen as “exclusive” foods or eaten predominantly in

Ancient Mysteries

Mystery Of The Sphinx – A Guardian Of Knowledge And Symbol Of Riddles And Intrigue

AncientPages.com | October 13, 2015

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An idol with human head and a lion's body known as sphinx is one of the most important symbols in humanity's records. It's a

Vallo Castle Ring from the air. Graphic by processed satellite photo, September 7th 2014

Archaeology

Archaeologists Uncover Secrets Of ‘Vallø Borgring’ Viking Age Circular Fortress

AncientPages.com | October 11, 2015

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists begin to uncover secrets of a Viking Age circular fortress discovered a year ago. It's the first Viking Age fortress found in Denmark for the

Ancient Mysteries

Mysterious Great Pyramid Of China: Almost Totally Unknown Even To Most Chinese

AncientPages.com | October 10, 2015

Ellen Lloyd - MessageToEagle.com - It is located about 40 miles southwest of Xian, the largest of sixteen pyramids located in the area designated as a Shensi, or

Ancient Mysteries

A 200-Year-Old Swedish Mystery Remains Unsolved

AncientPages.com | October 7, 2015

AncientPages.com - A remarkable and unexplained phenomenon took place in a small village in Sweden over 200 years ago. As you are about to find out, not all unidentified

Ruins of the unearthed temple. Courtesy Of Antiquities Ministry

Archaeology

Discovered: Mysterious 2,400-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Shrine Belonging To 30th Dynasty Pharaoh Nectanebo I

AncientPages.com | October 6, 2015

AncientPages.com - The ruins of a 2,400 year-old shrine beneath Cairo’s modern district of Mataria, have been discovered by Egyptian and German archaeologists, according to Antiquities Minister Mamdouh

A rare turtle-shaped brick tomb dating back to about 800 years. Credits: (AFP)

Archaeology

Unique Ancient Turtle-Shaped Tomb Discovered In North China

AncientPages.com | October 5, 2015

AncientPages.com - Archeologists in North China's Shanxi Province have excavated a rare turtle-shaped brick tomb dating back to about 800 years. The tomb of the mid to late Jin

A file picture taken on March 14, 2014 shows visitors walking near the famous Arch of Triumph of the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, 215 kilometres northeast of the Syrian capital Damascus. AFP Photo

Archaeology

Arch Of Triumph In 2000-Year-Old City Of Palmyra – Destroyed

AncientPages.com | October 5, 2015

AncientPages.com - Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) extremists have blown up the famous Arch of Triumph in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, the country's

Ancient Mysteries

Secret Ancient Subterranean Tunnels And Caverns Across America: Who Or What Were Our Ancestors Hiding From?

AncientPages.com | October 4, 2015

Ellen Lloyd - Ancient Pages.com - Throughout all the Americas there are a number of legends of secret of subterranean passages stretching for miles. Did perhaps our ancestors for

Are the bones evidence of a lost royal stronghold? Credits: Edinburgh Museums and Galleries

Archaeology

Mystery Of An Edinburgh Crypt – Secrets Of Warriors Of Dark Ages In Scotland – Revealed

AncientPages.com | October 3, 2015

AncientPages.com - A two-year meticulous investigation into the mystery of an Edinburgh crypt has finally cast important new light on the turbulent and little-known history of the Dark

the building is likely to be a ‘burnt mound’, which generally comprises of a fireplace, water tank and a pile of burnt stone. Through experimentation and reference to medieval Irish literature, experts have been able to deduce that stones were roasted on a hearth before being placed into the tank of water, bringing the water to a boiling point and producing lots of steam.

Archaeology

Rare 4,000-Year-Old Sauna Discovered In Scotland

AncientPages.com | October 3, 2015

AncientPages.com - A "very rare" Bronze Age underground building which experts believe could have been a sauna or steam house has been discovered by archaeologists in Scotland. The

A new project is performing CAT scans on the plaster casts of the victims of Pompeii. Photo: Mario Caporta/AFP

Civilizations

Incredible CT scans show Pompeii victims ‘in good health’

AncientPages.com | October 3, 2015

AncientPages.com - A recently launched project that is performing CAT scans on the remains of Pompeii victims contained within plaster casts has revealed that good health was widespread

Ancient Mysteries

Mysterious Marcahuasi, Peru – One Of The Greatest Puzzles Of Human Prehistory

AncientPages.com | October 2, 2015

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Marcahuasi is an eerie place related to many legends and unbelievable stories about mysterious subterranean chambers, sightings of balls of light or even encounters

The skeletal remains were found both inside and outside the rectangular stone-lined cist (pictured), under the floor of the cavernous, vaulted structure that is 26 feet (eight metres) tall. They are undergoing DNA analysis

Civilizations

Mystery Greek tomb was dedicated to companion of Alexander – experts say

AncientPages.com | October 1, 2015

AncientPages.com - A massive ancient tomb recently opened in northern Greece was likely a monument to Hephaestion, the close companion of Alexander the Great, experts working on the

A 1,500 year old mosaic, depicting a map with streets and buildings, was exposed about two years ago in archaeological excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority

News

A Rare 1,500 Year Old Mosaic That Depicts Ancient Streets And Buildings in Egypt – Discovered

AncientPages.com | September 29, 2015

AncientPages.com - A 1,500 year old mosaic, depicting a map with streets and buildings, was uncovered on the floor of an early Christian church in Kiryat Gat, about two

Another view of the inscription on the balsamarium. The vessel has been found in the main grave of the Great Burial Mound in Bulgaria’s Tatarevo. Photo: Parvomai.net

News

Inscription Found In Ancient Thracian Tomb in Bulgaria’s Tatarevo Is A Verse from Solon’s ‘Prayer to the Muses’

AncientPages.com | September 29, 2015

AncientPages.com - The 1st century AD inscription printed on an ancient clay vessel in an ancient Thracian burial mound near the town of Tatarevo in Southern Bulgaria is

The depictions on one of the stone steles found in the Stolovatets Shrine near Bulgaria’s Razlog feature geometric motifs such as triple and double spirals representing the sun light

Artifacts

Bulgaria’s Reliefs From Ancient Thracian Sun Shrine – Restored

AncientPages.com | September 29, 2015

AncientPages.com - Ornate ancient Thracian marble steles from a Thracian shrine dedicated to the sun have been restored with a permanent open-air exhibition of replicas of the steles.

The death of Canute IV of Denmark at St Alban's Priory in 1086 (photo: Christian Albrecht von Benzon)

News

Thousand-Year-Old Sarcophagus Discovered In Odense

AncientPages.com | September 28, 2015

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists from Odense City Museums have opened a stone coffin beneath the city's smal timber church of St. Alban’s Priory in Odense, Denmark The coffin with

The city, like other Hellenistic colonies, was founded on a hill for ease of defence. The steep valley of the River Anthius in the east provides a perfect defence.

Civilizations

Ancient Pisidia Antiocheia – Excavations In An Important Center Of Early Christianity

AncientPages.com | September 27, 2015

AncientPages.com - Long-term excavations at the Hellenistic city of Pisidia Antiocheia, an important center of early Christianity revealed that the settlement was occupied since the Neolithic age. The

Civilizations

Ancient Armenia Remains A Country Full Of Secret History

AncientPages.com | September 25, 2015

AncientPages.com - Armenia is one of the oldest countries in the world. Scientific researches, archaeological findings, old cuneiform inscriptions, ancient maps and even the Holy Bible provide lots of

Sophisticated knowledge and techniques for shipbuilding and navigation made it possible for this civilization to explore the Aegean Sea and to extend its trade to other Hellenic areas, even as far away as Asia Minor.

News

Cycladic Figurines Of Ancient Crete – International Symposium With Scholars From Around The World

AncientPages.com | September 25, 2015

AncientPages.com - The International Symposium “Cycladica in Crete: Cycladic and Cycladicizing figurines within their archaeological context” will take place on Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd October 2015 at the Museum of Cycladic

Some of the skulls found among the footings of Westminster Abbey’s south transept have square holes left by the pickaxes of 13th-century workman. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

News

Medieval Burials Discovered Under London’s Westminster Abbey

AncientPages.com | September 24, 2015

AncientPages.com - Remains of at least 50 people, all believed to date from 11th and early 12th century, have beeen discovered during demolition work to make space for

the graves found in the Palidli necropolis traced back to the XII-XI centuries BC. One of the graves, which were two meters wide and tall, differed from others in the rich archeological materials found inside.at Palidli

Civilizations

New Findings In Ancient Palidli Necropolis, Agdam Azerbaijan

AncientPages.com | September 24, 2015

AncientPages.com - A Bronze Age burial site has recently been discovered in Azerbaijan. Parviz Gasimov, an official at the Archeology and Ethnography Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy

Remains of a ceremonial burial: The images show the shape of the burial pit (left) and the arrangement of the hands over the skull (right). © Danilo Bernardo

Civilizations

Oldest Case of Decapitation In the New World – Lapa do Santo, East-Central Brazil

AncientPages.com | September 24, 2015

AncientPages.com - An international team of researchers led by André Strauss of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, presents evidence for a 9,000 year-old

An overview of an archeological site that has revealed a large mausoleum uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority while searching for the real location of the Tomb of the Maccabees in Modi'in, Israel, September 21, 2015.

Civilizations

Search For The Elusive Tomb Of The Maccabees – Has The Tomb Finally Been Found?

AncientPages.com | September 23, 2015

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists may have finally uncovered the lost tomb of the Maccabees - Matityahu the Hasmonean and his five sons, from the ancient city of Modi'in -

News

Hidden Tunnel In Tokat Castle – ‘The Dungeon Of Dracula’ – To Open Soon

AncientPages.com | September 22, 2015

AncientPages.com - Work is continuing to open a previously hidden tunnel that was discovered during the restoration of Tokat Castle, known as the dungeon of Dracula. The tunnel

Rare tomb unearthed in Pompeii. Photo: Riccardo Siano

News

A Rare Pre-Roman Tomb Unearthed In Pompeii

AncientPages.com | September 22, 2015

A rare pre-Roman tomb has been unearthed in Pompeii, shedding new light on life at the site in the fourth century BC. The rare archaeological finding confirms that

Another photo of the satyr mask found during the 2015 summer excavations of emporium Pistiros, the Ancient Greek trading post in the Ancient Thracian Odrysian Kingdom, whose ruins are located near today’s Bulgarian town of Vetren, Septemvri Municipality, Pazardzhik District. Photo: Zname daily

Civilizations

Satyr Mask Discovered In Ancient Greek Emporium Pistiros In Thracians’ Odrysian Kingdom Near Bulgaria’s Vetren

AncientPages.com | September 22, 2015

AncientPages.com - A mask of a satyr, a male companion of ancient wine god Dionysus with horse-like features, has been discovered near the town of Vetren in Southern

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