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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The 2,500-year-old Empuries (also Emporiae) site on the Costa Brava was built in 575 BC. It was a Greek and later a Roman colony on the northeastern coast of Spain. The city of Emporiae was founded
AncientPages.com – One of my life’s aims is to swim in as many lakes, rivers, pools and oceans as I possibly can, to use my liberty and swimming skills as freely as I can. I love the feeling of being
AncientPages.com – Cats had a bad reputation in the middle ages. Their presumed links with paganism and witchcraft meant they were often treated with suspicion. But despite their association with the supernatural, medieval manuscripts showcase surprisingly playful images of our furry friends. From these
AncientPages.com – If you’ve already spend hours shoveling snow this year, you may be dismayed to realize that technically, it’s not yet winter. According to the astronomical definition, the season will officially begin in the Northern Hemisphere on Dec. 21,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Norse mythology, Hvergelmir (located in Niflheim) is a “bubbling boiling spring.” According to the Prose Edda, the spring is one of the three significant springs at the primary roots of the cosmic tree Yggdrasil. Ancient fairy
AncientPages.com – A village with the Old English name “Filthy Pool” wasn’t an auspicious location to discover one of the most spectacular burials of the Anglo Saxon period. Nevertheless, excavations by the Museum of London Archaeology at Harpole, Northamptonshire, in England’s Midlands,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Frigg is an early European goddess and a prominent mythological figure in Norse mythology. In Norse beliefs, she was the personification of the sky, clouds, and the earth, and the ruler of Asgard as the chief of
AncientPages.com – When did humans first begin to speak, which speech sounds were uttered first, and when did language evolve from those humble beginnings? These questions have long fascinated people, especially in tracing the evolution of modern humans and what
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – About 1,000 years ago, legendary King Harald Bluetooth built several impressive Viking fortresses. Today, little remains of these once-powerful ancient buildings, but reconstructions offer a unique glimpse of what life was like inside the circular
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The problem with researching Iceland’s ancient history is the lack of written sources. Most scholars say Iceland was discovered by Norse people who created the first settlement on the island around 870–930. The island was
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The prehistoric ruins of the Din Lligwy settlement have a long history spanning three eras. It is a fascinating place on the eastern coast of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, with more than 5,000 years of
AncientPages.com – A little over a year ago we reported on a large area at the foot of the Asperillo cliff, on the coast of the Doñana Natural Area in Huelva, Spain. There, along with numerous animal footprints, other footprints had
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 say the incident is a myth, but other scientists are convinced this
AncientPages.com – We humans can’t stop playing with our food. Just think of all the different ways of serving potatoes—entire books have been written about potato recipes alone. The restaurant industry was born from our love of flavouring food in
AncientPages.com – In evolutionary terms, the human population has rocketed in seconds. The news that it has now reached 8 billion seems inexplicable when you think about our history. For 99% of the last million years of our existence, people
AncientPages.com – It couldn’t have been a case of better timing. Egyptologists celebrating the centenary of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun now have a promising new archaeological discovery that appears to have been made in Egypt. Excavators have
