Ancient Mysteries Archive
Vikings
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Vikings were very superstitious and convinced higher powers guided their lives. Norse gods and goddesses, mysterious animals, and supernatural creatures played an essential role in
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our oceans hold many clues that could shed light on our ancient past. Beneath the waters are incredible prehistoric objects and ruins of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - All across the world, there are still many mysterious ancient scripts, tablets, codes, and maps that remain undeciphered. Shepherd's Monument, Shugborough Estate -
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In Finland, many unexplored ancient caves hold many secrets. One of them is called Varggrottan, which means Wolf Cave in English. When archaeologists
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Ellen Lloyd– AncientPages.com – It’s difficult to say where we can find traces of the world’s oldest civilization because many ancient underwater ruins still await our discovery. There
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this series, we discussed an unusual birth and prophecy concerning an ancient Greek philosopher. Ancient scholars found the subject
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - An inscription on the Temple of Delphi says: "Know thyself, and thou wilt know the universe and the gods." It is only one sentence,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The discovery of the Gerdrup grave surprised scientists because it challenged our understanding of Viking burials. Who were the individuals buried in the double
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Björketorp Runestone in Blekinge, Sweden, is part of a burial ground with menhirs standing alone and forming stone circles. Dated to about 400-700
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Generally speaking, one can say that Viking boat burials are rare, as most notable burial finds throughout the Viking world are cremations. Archaeologists
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A growing body of evidence is illuminating a bold and inspiring thesis: the Balkan Peninsula, not ancient Mesopotamia, may be the true cradle
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the most perplexing ancient Chinese artifacts ever discovered is the jade cong that offers evidence that our ancestors were familiar with
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It is one of the strangest ancient desert mysteries one can come across. Truth be told, no one knows what happened. Some scholars
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many years ago, several statues depicting unusually looking people were discovered in a remote corner of the world. Some said the statues were
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Pyramids are considered anonymous structures. Pharaohs built huge, well-constructed pyramids, tombs, and temples to glorify themselves and be forever remembered after death, but their
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Several ancient myths, legends, and sacred texts worldwide tell of a lost world that was wiped out in the distant past. The destruction
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - An unrecognized, hidden, and millennia-old subterranean world lies under the surface of our planet. Unknown ancient men once dug an underground world of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Some years ago, one of the most extraordinary swords was discovered in a Viking burial ground in Langeid, Bygland, Setesdal, in southern Norway.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 we discussed three continents inhabited by strange ancient races we know almost nothing about. As we are moving forward in
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our attempts to unravel mysteries of the past often lead to strange places we never thought could have existed. When we examine ancient
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Myths & Legends
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sirrush (Mushrush, Mushrushu) is a hybrid creature depicted on the Ishtar gate in Babylon. It resembles a dragon or a griffin, and it is the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - All ancient Egyptian tombs are unique, but some pose a greater mystery than others. In 1905, archaeologists excavating in the Egyptian necropolis of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Prehistoric Cycladic figurines carved in marble are very ancient artifacts that appeared in the Cycladic society, many centuries before the rise of the famous Minoan
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 we discussed some curious archaeological discoveries that according to some researchers may offer evidence of an unknown ancient mining civilization
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Was there once in the distant past an unknown mining civilization in North America? This is a question few can answer without admitting
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Hidden in a crypt of a ruined church in Poland, for many years, the golden Curmsun Disc did not see the modern world
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are claims that the Knights Templar possessed an important book containing numerous prophecies related to the third millennium. This mysterious book, or rather,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Sometimes we encounter modern mysteries that may be solved if we explore the past. Today's story could be such a case. Something truly
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1, we talked about an ancient Egyptian artifact with an engraving that could have a somewhat different meaning than previously thought.
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