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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international team of archaeologists has employed high-resolution digital imaging techniques to study tattoos on a 2,000-year-old ice mummy from the Pazyryk culture
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent study has uncovered that males of some of our earliest ancestors were notably larger than their female counterparts. This significant size difference
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Scripts, Paintings & Inscriptions
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Google DeepMind has developed an artificial intelligence program called Aeneas that helps historians restore damaged Latin texts by analyzing thousands of Latin inscriptions.
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Vikings
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Brothers and sisters can love or hate each other. Siblings can also be rivals, which was by no means uncommon in the ancient world.
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Scripts, Paintings & Inscriptions
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Mongolian collection at the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin houses a distinctive Gungervaa shrine. Inside this shrine, researchers discovered three
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have uncovered a wealthy burial site belonging to a young woman who was under 18 at the time of her death. Through
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Hawaiian petroglyphs, which date back at least 500 years, have recently become visible on Oahu for the first time in several years. Seasonal
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have deciphered a unique yet fragmentary Sumerian myth about the storm-and-rain god Iškur’s captivity in the netherworld, from which he appears to
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - No doubt, Tezcatlipoca ('Lord of the Smoking Mirror') was one of the most powerful deities of pre-Columbian Mexico. In the mythology of the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A city of Tharais, dating back to the Byzantine era, which had been buried for centuries and largely forgotten, has recently been rediscovered.
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The boundary between what we define as reality and the invisible world is thin. To ancient Celts, hidden realms were just as significant
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A significant archaeological discovery was made off the coast of Adrasan, Kumluca, Turkey, where a cargo ship from the Late Hellenistic to Early
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Millet is among the earliest domesticated crops, and have a rich history that extends back 7,000 years. This crop has served as a
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient Greece, women had limited rights, and they were considered less valuable than men. Greek Queen Artemisia I of Caria was luckier
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Peruvian city, Peñico, which was a bustling trade hub over 3,000 years ago. Situated just 12 kilometers from the
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Underwater Discoveries
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Last year, during underwater research in Lake Lednica (Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship), Polish archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University discovered a fragment of defensive
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have traditionally believed that monumental architecture—large, human-constructed structures designed for visibility—was a hallmark of societies with established power structures, including social hierarchies,
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have unraveled the intricate history of the ancient aqueduct system in Arles, Provence. Barbegal aqueduct. Image credit: maarjaara - CC BY 2.0
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A research team led by Professor Eske Willerslev from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge has made significant strides in
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Whatever you do, never approach the river, because something exciting, yet dangerous, might happen. Beyond the river lies an intimidating island, from which
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Scripts, Paintings & Inscriptions
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge scholars now believe the
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Deir el-Bahri, a sacred resting place for the pharaohs, is a mountain valley on the western bank of the Nile River near Thebes,
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Social Sciences
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scholars suggest that alcohol promoted cooperation and the development of complex societies. An analysis of 186 non-industrial societies found a small positive link
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DNA
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent genomic study reveals how human populations adapted, survived, and diversified in the challenging Himalayan environment. Himalaya from the International Space Station. Source:
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are many stories of incredible ancient treasures that were deliberately hidden when the Spaniards conquered the Incas. One of these remarkable and
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recently discovered rock art panel located near Aswan, Egypt, may illustrate a rare image of an elite individual from the First Dynasty. This
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Volunteer archaeologists have uncovered three Bronze Age cremations beneath a popular playing field as they continue their excavations. Trelai Park. Credit: Vivian Thomas This
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During the excavation of the Kani Koter cemetery, located on the eastern border of what was once the Assyrian Empire, scientists uncovered a fascinating
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Recent research has revealed that during the Stone Age, early humans in southern Africa traveled long to obtain colorful stones, which served as
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Nabu was one of the most esteemed deities in the Babylonian-Assyrian pantheon, gaining significant prominence later in the first millennium BC. At one
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Visiting a Medieval marketplace could be a pleasant experience. However, honesty was crucial because practices such as fraud and theft were subject to
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent study suggests that the Roman Emperor Caligula, often remembered for his notorious bloodlust, may have possessed a considerable understanding of medicine. This
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists from the University of Houston have made a significant discovery at Caracol in Belize, Central America, uncovering the tomb of Te K'ab
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - If you travel to the Glens of Antrim, a few miles from the seaside town of Ballycastle, in Northern Ireland, you may or
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Paleontology
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America’s oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs and were the
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ornaments in the shape of beetles are known from the late Paleolithic epoch (10,000 to 20,000 years ago). However, since the Egyptian civilization
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recent investigations in northwest Arabia have uncovered a fascinating network of monumental walls enclosing many major oases in the region. A walled oasis,
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Fire, an ancient natural phenomenon, has played a key role in shaping our planet for over 400 million years. It can transform habitats, impact
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com - Sigmund is a notable figure in Norse mythology. He is famous for being the only one to pull out the enchanted sword from
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The mythical Easter Island (or Rapa Nui), located in the Pacific Ocean, over 3,500 kilometers off the coast of Chile, is one of
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Scripts, Paintings & Inscriptions
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Joseph Mallord William Turner RA, commonly referred to as J. M. W. Turner or William Turner during his time, was an influential English
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Featured Stories
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptians loved to dance. In the vibrant world of ancient Egypt, dance was more than just a form of entertainment; it was
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