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.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A Canadian woman has sent back to Italy five artifacts she stole from Pompeii in 2005, during her visit to Pompeii, the ancient
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient gold earring was found during excavations at the site of the Ancient Roman colony Deultum near the town of Debelt, Burgas
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The cathedral in Odense, Denmark, has for nine centuries held the relics of the Danish King St. Canute the Holy and his brother
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Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com - A very strange 5,000-year-old clay figurine has been found in Siberia. The Bronze Age statuette has a tattooed face and a bone mask. It
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - More and more artifacts are returned to the countries they came from. Recently, antique Tamil Nadu statues were returned by Britain to India,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in northwestern Turkey discovered a sun disk on a rock altar in the ancient Thracian settlement. The Thracian rock altar, unearthed in
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Three antique idols depicting of Lord Ram, Lakshman and Sita have been returned by Britain to Indian authorities. The three bronze statues were
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Mystery surrounds the Yamacutah, a sacred Native American shrine located along the North Oconee River in Jackson, County, Georgia, where Indians believed the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists from East Bohemia unearthed a unique Celtic sword. The discovery took place during surveying the site of a former Celtic oppidum in
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Long-lasting archaeological excavations conducted in the Eleke Sazy valley in East Kazakhstan, have located a burial mound with a rich treasure of ancient
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Two pieces of a six-foot-tall statue of a lion have been accidentally found by a team of experts who were excavating and clearing
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Additional finds were recovered from a small 1,500-year-old tomb in eastern South Korea by a team of researchers from South Korea’s Cultural Heritage
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A stunning 2,400-year-old terracotta mask of God Dionysus has been discovered in an old city today known as Daskyleion. Daskyleion, also known as
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The 1,800-year-old relief of a Satyr has been unearthed in excavations carried out in the ancient city of Smyrna in Izmir province. The
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Until now the Nebra sky disk was deemed to be from the Early Bronze Age and therefore the world’s oldest depiction of the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During the excavation and restoration work at Ekşi Höyük, Denizli in Western Anatolia, archaeologists have discovered 8,600-year-old bone needles and round stones for
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - For years, the former Roman auxiliary fort, located just south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, has yielded a number of rare finds
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - German-Italian research project investigates different cutting tools from the Sesselfelsgrotte cave in Lower Bavaria. Now they know that Neanderthals had to develop more
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The tomb and golden jewels of the Bronze Age "Carian Princess," were unearthed during 1989 excavations of an ancient necropolis, located in the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A string of beads and an ancient animal figurine found at the Paleolithic site of Ust-Kova in Krasnoyarsk Territory were recently studied by
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - These two unique clay pig figurines dating back 3,500 years were found in Poland. Someone during the Bronze Age took the time to
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Probably one of the biggest troves of gold and silver coins dated to the 14th century was discovered on the territory of the
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A unique Medieval sword has been found in the Odra River in Poland. It will take some time before scientists can tell more
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Found in the 1950s by workmen digging pipe trenches in Chapel Yard, Yarm, near the River Tees, in the UK, this ancient helmet
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Chinese archeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old settlement located only about eight km south of the famous Sanxingdui Ruins, in the city of Guanghan,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 1,000-year-old, double-sided mold that was probably used for the manufacture of Christian-related objects or/and jewelry has been uncovered during excavations in Chur,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Founded by Cyrus the Great, one of the most outstanding figures in human history, the First Persian Empire also known as the Achaemenid
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists from the Göcseji Museum, Hungary discovered a fragment of a 6,500-year-old statuette at the site of a large settlement that belonged to
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - This tiny, wooden horse may not be much to look at, and compared to other unearthed ancient artifacts it’s not very old at
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An object of black magic that dates back to the 1st century AD was discovered in Tongeren, a city located in the Belgian
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It's hard not to admire this stunning 2,000-year-old sapphire ring. It's an ancient Roman treasure believed to have once belonged to Caligula, the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient humans deliberately collected perforated shells in order to string them together like beads, according to a new study. Shells from Qafzeh Cave
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Aluminum (also aluminium) was used at least 7,000 years ago and our modern discovery of this valuable metal is nothing but a re-invention
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A double stamp impression on a bulla and a seal made of used pottery shreds discovered in the City of David may indicate
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - They are considered to be "hats of ancient wizards" but their original purpose has baffled scientists for many decades. Did wizards wear conical hats?
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When the Crusaders reached the Middle East in the 11th century, they discovered swords made of a metal that could slice a hair
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - If you’re an open-minded person eager to learn more about ancient history, even if the knowledge you gain forces you to reconsider everything
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A rare figurine of the Canaanite god Baal and a bronze calf statue are among the fascinating finds which Macquarie University archaeologists have uncovered
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Ellen Lloyd - Most are familiar with famous Norse gods such as Odin, Thor, Bragi, Tyr, and Frey, to mention a few. Mysterious artifact with two heads was discovered in Kallestrup, Denmark. Credit: Kirstine
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com - When the first modern European arrived on the shores of North America they noticed to their surprise that another civilization from their continent
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com - Scandal is perhaps not the best word to describe this news, but it’s certainly embarrassing and disappointing. What some suspected for a while
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A metal detectorist has discovered a very rare ancient Roman artifact in a Lincolnshire field, UK. Experts say this beautiful and colorful horse
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