Scripts, Paintings & Inscriptions Archive
Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A stone inscribed with Latin writing and Greek letters as well as Christian symbols – all dating from the 7th century has been excavated at Tintagel Castle, we
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A 6th century hidden medical text from a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen, has been found with the help of X-ray technology. The words had been
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News
AncientPages.com - It has long been debated how the great English writer William Shakespeare came up with ideas and unique phrases for his great plays. Did Shakespeare have a source
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Thalia Lightbringer - AncientPages.com - You've heard of the da Vinci code, but what about the Michelangelo Code? Did this famous artist encode subversive messages in the work he did
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Many famous artists had hidden secrets messages or other details beneath their paintings. One of them was world famous painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) who deliberately
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Excavations near Old Deer have unearthed a hearth and a thick layer of charcoal, with carbon testing dating the objects to between 1147 and 1260, which chimes
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Nepali art history will have to be revised after the recent discovery of rock paintings in Upper Mustang, researchers say. Recently discovered ancient rock art could shed
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Totally 28 rock art sites dating from at least 2,500 years ago have been discovered by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU). The discovery was made
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The oldest known written document in Anatolia has been found during excavations in Acemhöyük Mound in the Central Anatolian province of Aksaray. It is an area of
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A Sumerian epic poem entitled "Inanna and Enki" says that the art of writing was among many essential elements of civilization, transferred from Eridu, the City
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are many controversial ancient scrolls, documents, manuscripts, and books that reveal intriguing and surprising information about humanity’s distant past. We can either
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AncientPages.com - Many mysterious ancient manuscripts with hidden secrets have been discovered over the years. Sometimes, researchers examining ancient manuscripts have found hidden text or ghostly faces. On other
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In 1928, strange signs were discovered on the wall of a cave near Sitovo next to Plovdiv, Bulgaria. These mysterious markings that are
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Herbal medicine was considered complementary medicine in ancient Egypt and it played a key role in society. Ancient Egyptian scrolls document natural herbs and
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists led by professor Rubina Raja at Aarhus University, Denmark, have used CT scanning and advanced 3D-modelling to virtually 'unfold' the silver plate
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Prehistoric rock paintings have been discovered near Kadiri of Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. The rock, locally known as Rukalagundu in Kadiri mandal, was found to have
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - 13,000 year-old engraving uncovered in Spain may depict a hunter-gatherer campsite, according to researchers Marcos García-Diez from University of the Basque Country, Spain, and Manuel Vaquero from
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A rare medieval painting depicting Judas' betrayal of Christ may have survived destruction at the hands of 16th century iconoclasts after being 'recycled' to list the Ten
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Leiden Egyptologist Ben Haring has deciphered a list of words engraved on a shard of pottery from the 15th century B.C. and determined that it is
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An inscription of Vijayanagara King Bukkaraya I has been discovered near Kollur in Udupi district. This is said to be the earliest inscription of Bukkaraya found
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Civilization in Ancient Egypt means tombs, pyramids, and all aspects of human life. Prehistoric physicians in Egypt had an impressive knowledge of the
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News
The oldest Egyptian leather manuscript has been found in the shelves of the Egyptian museum in Cairo, where it was stored and forgotten for more than 70 years.
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Before the introduction of printing to Western Europe during the mid-15th century, all ancient books or manuscripts were written by hand. Preparing a
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Dighton Rock has been a subject of intense debate, curiosity and wonder for centuries. It’s a rock with a mysterious past we are
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News
The world’s oldest bible, The Codex Sinaiticus, will be lent by the British Library to the British Museum for an exhibition covering 1,200 years of Christian, Islamic and
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Recent discovery of a marble slab with an important inscription about the Odrysian Kingdom will shed light on the past of the most powerful of the ancient Thracian
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Artifacts
Mourning rings honouring post-medieval dead, emblazoned with skulls and crosses, have been declared archaeological treasure in Wales. Post-medieval mourning is revealed in skulls and inscriptions on three rings
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Artifacts
AncientPages.com - Almost a year ago, archaeologists in Bulgaria discovered a sacrificial altar dedicated to Porobonus, an unknown Pagan god. The artifact was found at Roman fortress Ad
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News
Previously unknown rock paintings, covering rock shelters in the Kondoa district in central Tanzania, have been discovered by Maciej Grzelczyck, archaeologist from A. Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
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Civilizations
A marble block, considered the “water law” from 1,900 years ago, has been unearthed in the ancient city of Laodicea in the western province of Denizli and shows
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The surviving recorded graffiti written on the walls of a cave in central Asia may tell a 500-year-old story of climate change. Scientists have found unique writings on
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AncientPages.com - When a farmer ploughing an Aberdeenshire field in 1978 uncovered a six-foot high Pictish stone carved with a distinctive figure carrying an axe, it quickly earned
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Cholpon-Ata, which means “Venus father,” is a resort town north of the world’s second largest high altitude lake, Issyk-Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan. In the
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News
Archaeologists of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) have discovered a one line inscription of as yet unknown Georgian writing, dating back 2700 years on the altar pedestal
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Artifacts
AncientPages.com - One of the UK’s most important medieval manuscripts is surprisingly revealing ghosts from the past after new research and imaging work discovered eerie faces and lines of
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