Ancient Artifacts
Thousands of intriguing ancient artifacts have been discovered world-wide. Some of these ancient artifacts give us a deeper understanding of our ancestors’ customs, traditions, beliefs, level of technology and scientific achievements. Many of the artifacts are also mysterious and puzzling because we haven’t yet been able to determine their true purpose.
Artifacts Archive
Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient Maya created many books, but almost all of them were burned by conquistadors and clergy. One of those who significantly contributed
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Ancient Technology
AncientPages.com - Scientists have found evidence people in Sahara were familiar with glass technology centuries before the arrival of Europeans. During excavations at Igbo Olokun, located on the northern
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When scientists examined a mysterious ancient jade artifact it quickly became clear that the object didn’t match anything that anyone knew about jadeite jade.
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Ancient musical instruments made of the splintered ribs of cows or horses and known as the Jew's harps were discovered at archaeological sites Chultukov Log 9 and
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The royal burial site at Sutton Hoo, a few miles from the Suffolk coast, East England, is the most famous of all Anglo-Saxon
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient Metroplis and its treasures has been brought to the light of day thanks to the continuous excavations in the ancient city of
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - As many as 16 tiny but very interesting scraps of paper have been discovered during conservation work on artifacts recovered from the wreckage of ‘Queen Anne’s Revenge’ —
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An ancient wooden board game discovered in the 1,600-year-old tomb of a Germanic prince, is a unique archaeological treasure. According to experts the board game is a
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The Canterbury Roll is a magnificent and unique ancient manuscript that traces the history of England from its mythical origins until the Wars of the Roses.
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed remains of mud-brick walls and several artefacts, probably dated to different periods of the ancient Egyptian era. Additionally, four furnaces (664-332 BC) have
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The original purpose of ancient artifacts known as cog stones is not entirely clear. These curious artifacts have been found throughout the Southern California
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Huge jars (in Greek, called 'pithoi') were large storage containers, widely used among the civilizations that inhabited the regions of the Mediterranean Sea in the Neolithic, the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A 2,700-year-old clay seal impression which they said belonged to a biblical governor of Jerusalem has been uncovered by Israeli archaeologists. The Israel Antiquities Authority says this
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Two remarkable ancient toys have been discovered in a child’s grave in Siberia. The Bronze Age artifacts from the Okunev culture, a southern Siberian ethnic group are
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Archaeology
AncientPagers.com - A well-preserved and rare 1,900-year-old mirror has been found at the Nakashima archaeological site on the southern island of Kyushu, reports The Asahi Shimbun. It was unearthed
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Unraveling the secret of the quipu is by no means easy, but one student has successfully decoded an ancient Inca message. The Inca had no written language.
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Ark of the Covenant is one of the greatest mysteries of the Bible. Treasure hunters, historians, archaeologists have searched for the sacred ark
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A golden necklace - considered to be the oldest golden jewel in the Caucasus – was unearthed during excavations in one of the most ancient parts of
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The first-known example of a painted stone painted depicting a human face, has been discovered by Japanese archaeologists. The artifact is dated to the Jomon Pottery (8000
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating at a site in the town of Beit Shemesh, Israel have unearthed extraordinary ancient mosaics, precious crucifixes, beautiful jewelry and a long-lost church that was
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Hidden in the vaults of Saint Catherine's famed monastery, located in southern Sinai, there are thousands of sacred ancient manuscripts. Some of these works are the oldest
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Most agree today that Christopher Columbus was not the first person to discover America. Who exactly discovered America and when is still a subject
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - More than 300 small rocks - dubbed by archaeologists as 'sun stones’ - carved in the Stone Age, were recently excavated in Vasagård in southern Bornholm, Denmark. Why
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In 1587, Urbano Monte (1544-1613), a little-known cartographer, created an amazing, hand-drawn, 10 feet by 10 feet map. Not only does the map
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A decorative fitting from a book, originally from Ireland, has been unearthed during the expansion of Byneset Cemetery, nearby to the medieval Steine Church, built in the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - More than 1,000 ancient sealings related to the Graeco-Roman pantheon have been discovered in a late antique building complex, which could be an
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Sometimes just one artifact is enough to change our understanding of history. This is exactly what has taken place when a student metal detectorist in UK literally struck
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Our ancestors were familiar with meteoric iron much earlier than previously thought. Scientists have determined ancient civilizations constructed remarkable artifacts made of iron from meteorites thousands of
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - This beautiful 2,000-year-old vase is a true masterpiece of Iberian art. Discovered in Valencia, Spain in 134, the Iberian warrior still refuses to give up some of
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Artifacts
AncientPages.com - Biblical scholars have discovered the first known original Greek copy of a heretical Christian writing describing Jesus' secret teachings to his brother James and include information about
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A mysterious 300-year-old time capsule has been discovered during restoration works at the church of Santa Agueda in Sotillo de la Ribera, Burgos, northern Spain. The document
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This fascinating artifact, which is displayed in the Mexican gallery of the British Museum, resembles a giant stone horseshoe. It weighs almost 40 kilos
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Some ancient artifacts are truly puzzling. They are so large in size and heavy that it’s impossible even to consider that they could
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In the Museum of the Seminary of Sherbrooke in Quebec, Canada there are two very interesting stones that tell an intriguing story about North
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Discovered back in 1947 near the ruins of Qumran – also known as Khirbet Qumran, the Dead Sea Scrolls still remain a great ancient puzzle. The scrolls
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - These unusual 2,500-year-old face urns represent one of the most fascinating categories of prehistoric artifacts unearthed in Poland. They were discovered in Pomerania, a region on the southern shore
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in the Roman town of Interamna Lirenas, near Monte Cassino, in Italy have unearthed a rare 2,00-year-old sundial. It’s still intact and has a Latin inscription that
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Archaeology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A rare Minoan sealstone in the treasure-laden tomb of a Bronze Age Greek warrior has been discovered by University of Cincinnati archaeologists. The
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An unfinished portrait of a woman believed to be Mary, Queen of Scots has been found hidden beneath another 16th-century portrait during a significant research project recently
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - King Henry VIII is today often remembered for his many marriages. He also played a critical role in the English Reformation, turning his country
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have a made a sensational find that could re-write our ancient history. A huge cuneiform archive consisting of 93 ancient clay tablets was unearthed on in
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An astrolabe was not only a very a beautiful ancient object. It was also a sophisticated very old astronomical computer especially created for solving problems relating to
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