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AncientPages.com - To many Santa Claus is a Christmas figure that makes our holidays more colorful, but few think the man could have really existed. Yet, archaeological evidence suggests

AncientPages.com - Researchers in South Africa have just presented "the most complete skeleton of a human ancestor older than 1.5 million years ever found." The University of the Witwatersrand

AncientPages.com - Our ancestors were familiar with meteoric iron much earlier than previously thought. Scientists have determined ancient civilizations constructed remarkable artifacts made of iron from meteorites thousands of

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Earlier excavations (2011) in the Vlakno Cave, Croatia revealed the remains of a human skeleton belonging to a man, whose age was estimated

AncientPages.com - Biblical scholars have discovered the first known original Greek copy of a heretical Christian writing describing Jesus' secret teachings to his brother James and include information about

AncientPages.com - There were no camels in the Ural Mountains during the Upper Paleolithic era and yet, scientists have discovered a cave painting of the animal in the Kapova

AncientPages.com - Discovered back in 1947 near the ruins of Qumran – also known as Khirbet Qumran, the Dead Sea Scrolls still remain a great ancient puzzle. The scrolls

AncientPages.com - There are many enigmatic ancient geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert, in southern Peru. Stretching across nearly 200 square miles of high arid plateau the Nazca lines are legendary

AncientPages.com - Born in modern Nepal, Prince Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha or the “awakened one", was the founder of Buddhism. It is believed he lived around 566-486

AncientPages.com - Analysis of a 2,000-year-old papyri fragments reveals ancient Egyptians were familiar with advanced ink technology. Using X-ray microscopy have demonstrated that black ink used by Egyptian scribes

AncientPages.com - These unusual 2,500-year-old face urns represent one of the most fascinating categories of prehistoric artifacts unearthed in Poland. They were discovered in Pomerania, a region on the southern shore

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in the Roman town of Interamna Lirenas, near Monte Cassino, in Italy have unearthed a rare 2,00-year-old sundial. It’s still intact and has a Latin inscription that

AncientPages.com - Have you ever wondered what ancient Egyptian schools were like? We do some information about education in ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptian schools were in some way similar

AncientPages.com - An unfinished portrait of a woman believed to be Mary, Queen of Scots has been found hidden beneath another 16th-century portrait during a significant research project recently