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AncientPages.com - Researchers, using ground penetrating radar, have now done a complete scan of the ancient town of Carnuntum located east of Vienna, Austria. The research has revealed, without
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - For a long time, the ancient Roman city of Ucetia in southern France was known only by its name. Now archaeologists have unearthed
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AncientPages.com - Archaeologists describe remains found in caves near Paisley, Oregon, that represent the oldest specimens of insects from the genus Cimex ever found, ranging between 5,100 and
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AncientPages.com - On April 7, 451, Attila the Hun, who reigned 434-453 CE, captured and plundered the city of Metz - Roman's stronghold. Without any opposition, he massacred the
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AncientPages.com - Michelangelo (1475 – 1564), painter, sculptor and one of the greatest artists of all time, often secretly inserted pagan symbols into his works of art. Many of them were
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AncientPages.com - About 13,500 years after nomadic Clovis hunters crossed the frozen land bridge from Asia to North America. It was very long time ago but researchers are still
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AncientPages.com - The oldest aqueduct in Rome has been discovered during constructions works in the center of the city. The aqueduct dates back to the 3rd century BC and
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AncientPages.com - History books say that barbarian tribes of Huns, under their violent and cruel leader Attila, triggered the fall of one of history's greatest empires: Rome. However, a new study conducted
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AncientPages.com - Queens College of the University of New York has received a gift in form of 85 beautiful Coptic textiles that will be part of the Godwin-Ternbach Museum. The textiles that
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AncientPages.com - Several chamber-graves have been unearthed in the hamlet of Hørning near Skanderborg in Jutland, Denmark. “The artefacts that we’ve already found are exquisite gilded fittings from a
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AncientPages.com - Archaeologists continue to analyze the old remains of the Danish medieval warship “Gribshunden” (Griffin-Hound), discovered at the bottom of the sea off the Swedish coast. In 2016, a group
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AncientPages.com - The remains of a 13th Dynasty pyramid have been unearthed by an Egyptian archaeological mission excavating in an area to the north of King Snefru's Bent Pyramid
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AncientPages.com - On May 3, 752, Bird Jaguar IV (also called Yaxun B’alam IV) was a Mayan king from Yaxchilan (modern-day Chiapas), located on the banks of the river Usumacinta,
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AncientPages.com - In the ancient city of Lyrboton Kome in Antalya, Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest olive oil press. However, the most interesting in this discovery is that many of
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AncientPages.com - During diggings at ancient site of Tiel in Gelderland,i n the central eastern part of the Netherlands, archaeologists have discovered valuable Roman treasures, including a statue of the
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AncientPages.com - Charlemagne was born on April 2, 742, in Northern Europe. He was also known as Charles the Great (in English), Karl der Grosse (in German), and Carolus Magnus (in
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AncientPages.com - On April 1, 1826, American Samuel Morey patented his "Gas or Vapor Engine" — the first internal combustion engine patent in the United States. Morey was the son of
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AncientPages.com - The vessel, which is believed to be the ceremonial boat of Pharaoh Cheops, known for building the largest of Egypt’s pyramids, will be restored by the largest
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AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists from the Archaeological Survey of India, discovered about 25 caves located in the north-west of the forest, on the outskirts of Odisha’s capital.
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AncientPages.com - During the Second Jewish Revolt against Rome (132-135 CE), Jewish rebels used hiding places from the Romans in caves and underground complexes throughout Judea. One of such places
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AncientPages.com - Giant ancient palace unearthed in Mexico was the ruler's home and the seat of government. Archaeologists say it is the oldest ever palace excavated in Mexico's Valley of
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AncientPages.com - "Many texts from ancient Mesopotamia contain colourful descriptions of wars and other physical atrocities, such as mass beheadings or stripping the skin. Meanwhile, bioarchaeology research paints the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - World’s largest dinosaur footprints have been discovered in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. Dubbed “Australia’s Jurassic Park”, footprints belonging to 21
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AncientPages.com - On March 29, 1974, local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, discovered the Terracotta Army buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, in the
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AncientPages.com - Recently more than 30 Roman skeletons have been discovered during archaeological excavations at Pontefract town in West Yorkshire, England. Pontefrac is a historical town located on an
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AncientPages.com - An intact tomb has been discovered in the necropolis located at Qubbet el-Hawa, West Aswan by excavating archaeologists of the Spanish Archaeological Mission. The tomb belongs to
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AncientPages.com - On March 28, 845, Paris was attacked by Vikings under the leadership of Ragnar Lodbrok, nicknamed 'Hairy Breeches,' referring to the animal-skin trousers that he wore. Ragnar, one of
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AncientPages.com - The brutal crime was solved on March 27, 1905, using the newly developed fingerprinting technique. Fingerprint evidence from the cash box of a murder scene in
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Native American Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Native Americans have wonderful legends of a powerful and magnificent Thunderbird that the Gods sent to protect humans from evil. When this huge,
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