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AncientPages.com – Spartacus, a lowly barbarian slave whose rebellion ultimately proved a failure and whose followers died in the most ignominious of fashions, has become a modern symbol of the power of freedom and the dignity of humanity. The contemporary
AncientPages.com – “If humans don’t die out in a climate apocalypse or asteroid impact in the next 10,000 years, are we likely to evolve further into a more advanced species than what we are at the moment?”, Harry Bonas, 57,
AncientPages.com – First, what is an ice age? It’s when the Earth has cold temperatures for a long time – millions to tens of millions of years – that lead to ice sheets and glaciers covering large areas of its surface.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Roman city walls in Lugo, Spain, are considered the only Roman structure that experienced the powerful empire’s domination, yet it is still in perfect condition. The Lugo structure – dated to the end of
AncientPages.com – Human beings have a conflicted relationship with the sun. People love sunshine, but then get hot. Sweat gets in your eyes. Then there are all the protective rituals: the sunscreen, the hats, the sunglasses. If you stay out
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 of the long-gone world inhabited by highly advanced civilizations was caused by
AncientPages.com – Dragons have inspired awe and wonder since the beginning of human imagination. Most recently, these fire-spitting flying creatures – in modern western culture at least – have come alive in Game of Thrones and its new spin off,
AncientPages.com – A woman in Suzhou, China, was reportedly detained recently for “provoking trouble.” Her alleged crime was being spotted outside wearing a kimono. The woman was dressed like a character from a manga (a Japanese comic). Arresting her might
AncientPages.com – When Columbus landed in 1492, the Americas had been settled for tens of thousands of years. He wasn’t the first person to discover the continent. Instead, his discovery was the last of many discoveries. In all, people found
AncientPages.com – Every year I ask the college students in the course I teach about the 14th-century Black Death to imagine they are farmers or nuns or nobles in the Middle Ages. What would their lives have been like in the face
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In the year 865 A.D., the Great Heathen Army, also known as the Great Viking Army, crossed the sea and dramatically changed the history of Britain. Led by Ragnar Lodbrok’s sons, Ivar the Boneless, Halfdan
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Once upon a time, there was an important commercial center on Gotland, the island located in the Baltic Sea, approximately 90 kilometers east of mainland Sweden. Gotland’s central position within an extensive trading network stretched
AncientPages.com – The city of Mayapán was the largest Mayan city from approximately 1200 to 1450 AD. It was an important political, economic and religious center, and the capital of a large state that controlled much of northwestern Yucatan in
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – According to legend, Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw from Nottingham, UK. Living in Sherwood Forest, he was famous for robbing the rich and giving to the poor. The legend of Robin Hood dates back
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Altamura Man lived more than 130,000 years ago when ice sheets were expanding from Antarctica and Greenland. His fossilized skeleton, imprisoned in calcite formations, remained hidden from view at the bottom of a sinkhole
AncientPages.com – That the arrival of Europeans in the New World in 1492 led to a massive shift in the ecological landscape has been widely accepted for the past 50 years. Does a painting from 1400 depict one of Jesus’
