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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Previously uncounted copies of Isaac Newton's groundbreaking science book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known as the 'Principia' have been found by a Caltech
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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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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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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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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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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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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Hittites lived in Anatolia some 3,500 years ago. They used clay tablets to keep records of state treaties and decrees, prayers, myths,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The loss of tropical rainforests and grasslands that once dominated Southeast Asia caused the extinction of many of the region's megafauna, and probably
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A team led by Ana Isabel Ortega Martínez, an archaeologist at the CENIEH (Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana), has recently
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient paintings showing eight Buddhist saints possibly dating back to over 1,300 years ago have been discovered on temple columns blackened by soot.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The city of Teotihuacán in Mexico remains as intriguing as mysterious. There is still so much we do not know about Teotihuacán, a
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have analyzed 18 ancient texts dating back to around 600 BCE from the Tel Arad military post
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - About 3,500 years ago, the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete developed a writing system composed of syllabic signs, called Linear A,
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptians understood the value of what is today known as the world’s oldest artificial pigment. Egyptian blue appeared about 5,000 years ago
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Chinese text of the Mawangdui medical manuscripts found in is the earliest surviving anatomical description of the human body. "We have demonstrated that
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ancient treasures can be found in the most unexpected places. Sometimes a page from a rare manuscript can be enough to shed new
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The impressive castle in the town of Cēsis in central Latvia recently revealed one of its ancient secrets. The ruins of Cesis -
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During the Renaissance great painters like Da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello, and many others produced extraordinary art. Their famous and beautiful paintings are
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - These paintings were not meant to bee seen for a long time. The world has waited 3,000 years to see the hidden ancient
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pyramid Texts represent the oldest known collection of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions containing religious texts, elaborate spells (or utterances), hymns, prayers, thousands of
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The great Renaissance man Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 – 1519), had many secrets he was unwilling to share with the world. Modern scientists must
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - Scientists are now able to shed more light on the mysterious orb depicted in Salvator Mundi, a painting created by Italian Renaissance artist
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Linguistic Discoveries
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Have we misunderstood the contents of the famous epic poem Beowulf? According to one professor who spent eight years studying the poem, Beowulf
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A manuscript translation of Tacitus's Annales, completed in the late sixteenth century and preserved at Lambeth Palace Library, was done by Queen Elizabeth
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - We have been using this cultural achievement of the ancient Romans for at least 2,500 years. Roman square capitals (also called capitalis monumentalis,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have discovered Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting Virgin of the Rocks contains some surprises. Using a technique called infrared reflectography (IRR) researchers
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - “Beowulf,” a famous epic poem about a Danish hero’s quest to kill Grendel was long debated by scholars. “Beowulf” represents a very complex example
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The first Cherokee inscriptions in Manitou Cave, Alabama, have been recorded and interpreted by researchers. Nestled in a forested hillside, Manitou Cave is a hidden
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AncientPages.com - BreakingIsraelNews reports that the oldest - 2,000-year-old Aramaic stone inscription with the full spelling of Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, as it is written in Hebrew today – has been discovered workers during
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Carved stones represent a unique legacy of the Picts. Many of them give evidence of the advanced skills of artists; some of the stones
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Africa’s rock art is very rich and can be found in many places across the vast African continent. It constitutes an important legacy of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Scandinavia has the largest concentration of Bronze Age rock art in Europe. Approximately thirty thousand registered sites depict figurative art (human and animal
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Since the 16th century, Basel has been home to a mysterious papyrus. With mirror writing on both sides, it has puzzled generations of researchers.
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AncientPages.com - Hundreds of ancient rock paintings have been discovered in the Swaga Swag reserve in the Kondoa region in central Tanzania. Many of the rock art include depictions
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