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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Has modern science only re-discovered the multiverse theory that was already discussed among medieval scientists? If true, it is somewhat shocking and rather embarrassing. Is

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Ausevik rock art site at Høydalsfjorden, in Sunnfjord, in Western Norway, contains more than 300 rock carvings of different shapes, of which many

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An interesting historical artifact in the form of a fragment of a late medieval mount was discovered in the vicinity of Llanbadoc, in

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Ming Tombs ("Ming Thirteen Mausoleums") is a collection of imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty scattered over forty square kilometers in Changping

AncientPages.com - The Statue of Liberty has become the most cherished symbol of the United States of America. What we were not taught in school were the truly significant

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The two Egyptian gods Thoth and Osiris are well-known to anyone interested in mythology. Thoth was ancient Egypt’s most mysterious, highly venerated God of

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - While pulque (“Drink of the Gods”) is Mexico’s oldest alcoholic beverage of the Maya, Aztecs, Huastec and other cultures in ancient Mesoamerica, posca

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - These remarkable artifacts known as slit gongs are truly extraordinary in their appearances. They can be found primarily on the islands, Ambrym and Malakula

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Is it possible to stop your body from decaying after death? The mystery of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, a mummy whose body defies time has amazed

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Although gigantic chalk figures or geoglyphs are something of a modern phenomenon, there are examples that this tradition has been going on for more

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, Thor is a god who protects the Aesir gods and humans from giants and monsters. Thor fights with his main enemy, the serpent of Midgard, and

AncientPages.com - Science fiction may seem resolutely modern, but the genre could actually be considered hundreds of years old. There are the alien green "children of Woolpit", who appeared

Ellen Lloyd  - AncientPages.com - There are certain legends and myths that suggest ancient civilizations might have had some knowledge of time travel. While researching advanced technologies of the

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Year 1816 was very different from other periods in Earth’s history. Due to severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - These ancient structures, called yakhchals should not be confused with pyramids or ziggurats. The yakhchals (‘yakh’ means ‘ice’ and ‘chal’ means ‘pit’) are in

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Two very remarkable islands - Kosrae and Pohnpei ("upon a stone altar") - can be found in the Caroline Islands, a widely scattered archipelago

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In an ancient Medieval manuscript, there is a very strange story that cannot be easily explained. The incident happened on a Sunday in a small

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Book of Changes - I Ching in Chinese is one of the most important ancient books ever written. The Book of Changes has

Rafael - AncientPages.com - The samurai warriors considered the sword as part of their soul. In this case, we can assume that the sword blade is the heart of

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - There is an ancient tradition associated with the Katanga Cross and copper in this part of Africa. A Katanga Cross is an important symbol

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - While many cultures bury their dead out of sight beneath a commemorative headstone or a plaque, some societies in China, Indonesia and the Philippines