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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com – Sometimes you can stare at something without noticing it all. This carving has been hiding in plain sight for 900 years and millions
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 20-room peristyle (an open interior space surrounded by columns) with a church inside has been discovered during the excavation and restoration works
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Dogs are our beloved pets, and they have been our companions for a very long time, or maybe even longer than we previously
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An examination of two documented periods of climate change in the greater Middle East, between approximately 4,500 and 3,000 years ago, reveals local
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have analyzed the genome of the oldest human fossil found in Mongolia to date and show that the 34,000-year-old woman inherited around
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek -AncientPages.com - Belief in and practice of witchcraft in Europe goes far back in time. Witches were considered evil by Medieval people and the belief in
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - On December 26, 1665, the Codex Cospi (or Codex Bologna) was given as a Christmas gift to the Italian nobleman Ferdinando Cospi (1606
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An attempt to smuggle three artifacts made of porcelain and glass at Alexandria port - failed, according to the authorities. The head of
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It's not unusual to find ancient silver or gold coins in Europe. Often related to a turbulent year of civil war, or escape
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - There seems to be no end to archaeological findings in Egypt. Archaeologists announced they have found hundreds of marvelous ancient Egyptian treasures when
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The composition of red and black inks in ancient Egyptian papyri from circa 100-200 AD, has been discovered by a team of researchers
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Tools made by some of North America’s earliest inhabitants were made only during a 300-year period, according to a new study. The findings
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It may be nothing than just pure coincidence, because pandemics have been around as long as humans, but it’s interesting to note a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A study combines newly available analyses and methods from linguistics and genetics to tackle a long-standing topic in archaeological research, confirming the demographic
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Some years ago, researchers had no evidence that Neanderthals lived in Scandinavia. There is enough evidence that Neanderthals were living in northern Germany
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have unearthed the main gate of the historical Harran Palace, in southeastern Turkey’s Şanlıurfa province Harran region. The city of Harran was
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During a pandemic is can be troublesome to conduct archaeological excavations, but it’s not always impossible. Archaeologists in Canada have discovered 35,000 unique
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Many ancient civilizations performed sophisticated cranial surgery. Ancient nomads of Siberia created a major skull surgery center about 2,300–2,500 years ago. “Archaeologists excavating
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient Maya in the once-bustling city of Tikal built sophisticated water filters using natural materials they imported from miles away, according to new
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Some may wonder how a giant geoglyph like this one hasn’t been noticed until now, but there is an explanation. Located about 400
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptians prepared thoroughly for the afterlife and they were convinced that it was possible to be in the company of the gods,
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We may soon get an even better glimpse into the remarkable life of the mighty conqueror, Alexander the Great. Being one of the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Recent research suggests that most languages that have ever existed are no longer spoken. Dozens of these dead languages are also considered to be lost,
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have studied settlement movements of Homo sapiens in the Levant 43,000 years ago. Using favorable climatic conditions on their long way from
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Patara - one of the six big cities of the Lycia Union - was one of Lycia's major naval and trading ports, located in the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Glacier archaeology has become a sparking a brand-new field of research, and with good reason. Over the years, archaeologists have unearthed exceptional artifacts
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Civilizations
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Whether societies are ruled by ruthless dictators or more well-meaning representatives, they fall apart in time, with different degrees of severity. In the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During excavations at the Balatlar building complex in the northern province of Sinop, in northern Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed mosaics similar to those in the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - You don’t have to be an archaeologist to discovered something of great historical value. It seems indigenous residents may have found evidence of
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