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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Can the old Aztec technique in the form of innovative  'chinampas' ('artificial island') contribute to better urban farming today? Researchers led by Roland

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 we talked about how an astronomer combined scientific and historical data leading him to think he had located a big

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have now identified mosses and liverworts frozen with the Iceman, Ötzi.  The man's 5,300-year-old human corpse was found frozen in ice in

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The most famous sword in stone is the Excalibur associated with the Arthurian legend. The Excalibur was said to have had magical powers.

AncientPages.com - Day of the Dead might sound like a solemn affair, but Mexico’s famous holiday is actually a lively commemoration of the departed. The nationwide festivities, which include a massive

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The earliest ancestors of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) emerged in a southern African ‘homeland’ and thrived there for 70 thousand years,

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - To avoid persecution and hide valuable treasures the Knights Templar often used secrets passages and chambers where they met. Archaeologists have now discovered

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - People all over the world have had astonishing encounters with the paranormal and unexplained. Among these people, we also find several actors who

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Will we ever learn the truth about the mysterious three-fingered mummies with elongated skulls discovered at Nazca in Peru? These ancient mummies have

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Samurai Era 1185-1868 was an exciting period in the history of Japan. The Samurai warriors, who occasionally remind of knights of Medieval

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Early Celts from the Heuneburg settlement may have enjoyed Mediterranean wine well before they began importing Mediterranean drinking vessels--and this special drink may

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Is it possible that certain cosmic events have shaped human evolution? One of the most puzzling mysteries concerns what caused humans to start

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Demons are mentioned in myths, legends, folklore and various religions worldwide. Known under a variety of names, demons and other diabolical creatures represent

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India is of great value to anyone interested in Hinduism and ancient

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com -Nurikabe is among the most popular Yokai monster creatures in Japanese mythology and folk traditions. Left: Nurikabe, a mythological creature of the Japanese folklore. Montage with

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many ancient European civilizations have been traced and their history documented. Based on discovered artifacts, buildings, scripts, etc., it’s possible to understand how

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have found a marble slab, dating from the end of the second century CE, during excavations at the Roman Forum site in

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In 1502 A.D., Sultan Bayezid II was seeking a design for a bridge to connect Istanbul with its neighbor city Galata. Leonardo da Vinci,

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient Assyrians were brilliant astronomers who studied the sky with great interest. Scientists have discovered evidence of unusual solar activity 2,700 years ago

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We continue to explore the strange case of the Italian doppelganger whose life ended in tragedy. In part 1 we talked about why

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Goujian's sword, surprisingly rarely mentioned, belongs to the most valuable artifacts of the ancient world. Legends surround this weapon, and one of them