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AncientPages.com – A 400-meter stretch of unbroken castle wall–the largest intact example of such stone masonry from the feudal era –has been discovered during excavations at Okazaki Castle, the birthplace of the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1543-1616), one of the most influential
AncientPages.com – A fragment of the Late Antiquity fortress wall of the Ancient Roman city of Sexaginta Prista (meaning “Port of the Sixty Ships”) has been discovered in the Danube city of Ruse in Northeast Bulgaria. The fortress wall that dates back
AncientPages.com – Relics of an ancient six-thousand-year old village in the Sarvabad county in Kurdestan Province have been unearthed by Iranian archaeologists. The ancient village was unearthed in the Sarcham archeological site in the vicinity of Rowar Village, Excavation Head of the
AncientPages.com – For many years, scientists have debated the age of some of Europe’s oldest cave art. Many questions have remained without answers, among them, perhaps one probably the most important: Were the stunning images of cave lions, horses, and bulls
AncientPages.com – A new William Shakespeare First Folio, part of the original collection of 36 plays published in 1623, has been discovered on Isle of Bute, Scotland. Emma Smith, professor of Shakespeare Studies at Oxford University, authenticated the First Folio as genuine,
AncientPages.com – An ancient tomb dating back to the late Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-220), nearly 2,000 years ago, has been found in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, according to local authorities. Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 CE) was one of
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists may have discovered the second Viking site ever found in North America. It’s a truly significant historical find that offers tantalizing evidence of a Viking presence 300 miles from the only place in Canada they’d
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Indian archaeologists have discovered that hemp – a mix of hemp with clay and lime plaster – has prevented the famous ancient Ellora caves from degrading over the 1,500 years they have been in existence.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Three huge Viking swords tower over Hafrsfjord just outside Stavanger, Norway. This extraordinary artwork, Sverd I Fjell (Swords in Rock), was created to commemorate Norway’s unification as a single kingdom in 872. Image credit: Giuseppe
AncientPages.com – The remains of an Anglo-Saxon island – home to a Middle Saxon settlement – have been uncovered at Little Carlton near Louth, Lincolnshire by archaeologists from the University of Sheffield. One of the most important archaeological finds in decades, settlement
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Sir Aurel Stein (1862 – 1943), British archaeologist and explorer famous for his archaeological discoveries in Central Asia, was fascinated by the history of the Silk Road. For many years, Stein conducted scientific and archaeological excavations
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The ancient stone circle known as ‘Stones of the Sun (In Irish, ‘Lios na Grainsi’) was built around 2000 BC by the people who brought metal and beaker pottery to Ireland around 2500 BC. It
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – As many other Mayan archaeological sites, Dzibilchaltun (“place where there is writing on flat rocks”) is a striking place. It does not have the huge pyramids of Uxmal or Chichen Itza, but it has its own unique
AncientPages.com – A Roman-Byzantine grave has been unearthed during the restoration of the historic Casa Garibaldi building on Istanbul’s famous Istiklal Avenue, Turkey The grave was found when a worker discovered a 1,600- to 1800-year-old skull eight meters under the surface.
AncientPages.com – Seven caves (Buddhist ‘viharas’) have been discovered in the forests of the sprawling Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivli, on the northern fringes of the city. They are believed to have been constructed before the Kanheri Caves nearby and probably
AncientPages.com – The Meroitic Empire is one of the civilizations of ancient Africa. It was reported by the Greek historian Herodotus as a rival to Greek (Ptolemaic) Egypt. The remote archaeological site of Abu Erteila is located northeast of Shendi Town in
