Explore mysterious ancient ruins, sacred sites, places of great historical importance and phenomenal archaeological sites. Many ancient places offer us unique glimpse to the past.
Marvel over the astonishing architecture and history. You will be magically transported back in time.
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In part 1 of this series we started to discus encounters with the unusual strange, white men with glowing eyes. We read about a little-known expedition to the Amazon Jungle and some puzzling ancient ruins
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Located in nine different countries, the Amazon Jungle is home to about 10% of the world’s known biodiversity. In the world’s largest rainforest, we can find many beautiful, exotic animals and plants. According to World Wide
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Was the ancient Maya civilization much more advanced than previously thought? More than 1,000 years before Europeans landed on the shores of the Americas, the Maya had already established a powerful civilization that was familiar with
AncientPages.com – There are hundreds of ancient mounds in coastal Louisiana, USA. Why our ancestors picked certain sites to construct their mounds, has been a subject of debate. What was special about these sites and why were they later abandoned? Now,
AncientPages.com – Every ancient culture had some form of afterlife beliefs and these were reflected in their burial customs. As previously mentioned on Ancient Pages, Sumerians for example, respected death and when life came to an end, they took the burial
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – At the beginning, it was only an ancient legend. Later, the legend became reality. It was said that in the remote past, the Sons of Fire came down from the heavens, and built a magnificent city
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In the South West Pacific, there is a beautiful small island where exotic animals, magnificent plants and a small group of locals peacefully co-exist. On this remote island, there are also very curious ancient objects that
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Once again, we return to America and explore secrets of our ancestors. Thousands of years ago, there was a very interesting ancient culture in North America and these people are the focus of this article. Archaeologists
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Alpes stretch across France, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany and Slovenia. In ancient time, the Alpes were home to many tribes that fought battles against each other. This beautiful region of Europe is of
AncientPages.com – During continuous excavations conducted in the area of ancient Zerzevan Castle, archaeologists found two new corridors in a 1,700-year-old Roman-era temple linked to the Mithras religion. The Zerzevan Castle is located in southeastern Diyarbakır province, southeastern Turkey. It is
AncientPages.com – A Roman temple from the 2nd century CE has been unearthed in the village of Al-Hag Ali in the Siwa Oasis near the “Mountain of the Dead” Gabal Al-Marwa, Egypt. Archaeologists found the foundation of a large rectangular limestone building
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The idea that many ancient civilizations traveled vast distances, crossed the oceans, walked miles across deserts, struggled to get through dangerous jungles, is hardly questioned these days. Afterall, archaeologists have found plenty of evidence showing clearly
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – About a year ago (summer 2017), archaeologists from Tübingen’s Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies found 92 Assyrian cuneiform tablets, hidden in a pottery vessel and wrapped in a thick covering of clay along with
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Last time, in part 1 of this series, we discovered that we know virtually nothing about the mysterious founder of the controversial religion that was banned. We know there are various locations that may be regarded
AncientPages.com – Several discovered stone artifacts have just re-written ancient history of the Philippines and reveal humans lived in the country 700,000 years ago, hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously thought. The artifacts were unearthed by an international team
AncientPages.com – Excavations conducted in Kenya’s Panga ya Saidi cave site, have delivered evidence for long-lasting human occupation ranging from the Middle Stone Age to the Iron Age. This evidence shows gradual (not dramatic) changes in cultural, technological and symbolic innovations
