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AncientPage.com - Going to war in ancient times involved more than just great military strategy and excellent warrior skill. To conquer your enemy, it was assumed the warriors must

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. She was the most beautiful of Priam's daughters

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - An almost 2,000-year-old large complex of temples, shrines, and monasteries known as Fengdu Ghost City is devoted to the afterlife. Many temples and shrines

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - It is commonly believed that the Elephant God, Ganesha (Ganesh, in Hindi word) means success and wealth; therefore people place a statue or

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Ireland, the chambered round cairn of Newgrange, with its quartz walls and a passage aligned towards the midwinter sunrise, was placed inside

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pax Assyriaca’ (Latin for "Assyrian Peace") was a longer period of peace in the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the 7th century (ca. 700-630/620 BC). In

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Join us on a voyage through ancient times to secret lands, high mountains, dark forests, and beautiful lakes, to a world where magic

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Yam (Yamm), (in Hebrew, means ‘sea’) is best known from Canaanite tablets unearthed at Ugarit and related in myths to Baal, the son

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In the village of Ko Gyi Myoke, in Myanmar, there is an abandoned monastery. It is the site of princess Thon Pan Hla's

A.Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Pandavleni Caves are considered to be a part of Hinayana (in Sanskrit, means the "Smaller Vehicle") Buddhist Caves which is more than 1200 years

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The oldest evidence of printing is the stamping of inscriptions into the soft clay of bricks before firing. This was done by Sumerian

AncientPages.com - Priesthood played an important role in many ancient societies. Although, many ancient priests and priestesses had very much in common, sometimes their duties varied depending on which

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Teotihuacán is an ancient site where the circumstances of its destruction are not entirely clear. The people who created it are completely unknown, and

AncientPages.com - During the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland that took place in stages throughout the late 12th century, the Englishmen did their best to prevent their colonizers to become

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to available ancient references, Takshashila, was an early Buddhist center of learning. Scholars date back this ancient university to (c. approx. 400-500

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Scientists have been searching for an ancient temple dedicated to a winged warrior god Haldi for centuries. Was the temple just an ancient myth

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Anansi the Spider is a very popular creature encountered in African mythology. This West African god frequently takes the form of a spider and

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The legendary kingdom of Punt has long been argued by scholars, who are not exactly sure about the location of Punt. It is

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Tanis (dubbed "Luxor of the North"), an ancient area in the Nile Delta, Egypt, was an early subject of the archaeologists' interest. The city's

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Once, it was the site of many temples, especially the temple of Seti I, and first of all, this very ancient city is

AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptian schools were in some way similar to the Eduba, ancient scribal school in Mesopotamia. Students in ancient Egypt were mainly wealthy boys who started school