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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Aslaug was sad and furious when she learned about the death of her husband’s first-born sons Eirik and Agnar. She loved them just
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Valley of Thracian Kings is a very special place with numerous burial mounds (tumuli) containing tombs and graves of the Thracian rulers and
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - Archaeologists are busy attempting to unravel a medieval mystery. About 500 years ago, a man ended his life lying face-down deep in the Thames
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - The fascinating thing about and the weakness of history is that there are so many theories, opinions, and options to choose from when
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The aged monk invited them to his room where they saw a mysterious and completely unknown machine that made a strange sound. When they
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many ancient monuments have been rescued from rising waters of powerful Nile River. One of them is rock cut 'Tomb of Pennut', which is
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Inca Llajta (in Quechua means ‘Inca Town’) is considered the largest and most impressive Inca military complex in Bolivia, which served as the most
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient legends of European cultures, there are numerous references to antisocial and ugly creatures called – goblins. However, they can also be
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - Scientists are investigating a strange phenomenon and may have come up with an explanation that is truly gruesome. Several Stone Age cave paintings in
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - Socks have been around since the Stone Age when cave people used pelts or animal skins. However, ancient Egyptians were the first civilization to
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Goddess Athena was beautiful, wise, and skilled in battles, but like many other deities, she could be full of envy and jealousy. Arachne should
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The relief plaques - very popular in the Sumerian society - were often covered with inscriptions and were dedicated to the gods by individual
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AncientPages.com - A Bronze Age and Iron Age city complex that could be Kummanni, known as a place of worship, has been unearthed by the Swiss-Turkish expedition archaeological team.
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AncientPages.com - Hidden between two stones in the side of a wall, located in a house, archaeologists discovered a small bronze pot containing 24 gold coins and a 900-year-old
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Historical records clearly show humans often engaged in devastating wars wiping out entire cities and civilizations. If we don’t change our behavior, our aggressive
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - No one knows exactly when the statue first appeared in Paris, but it’s believed it was raised in pre-Roman times. Sometime during the 12th
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Freya married Odr (Odur), a symbol of the summer sun and a symbol of passion. She loved Odr very much, and the couple had
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Enigmatic Stecci, the tombstones, often referred to as stone sleepers, are among the oldest witnesses of Bosnia and Herzegovina's history. They are considered
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - The Temple Mount is probably the most fragile place on earth. It is also the most incendiary site as well. Managed by the Islamic
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AncientPages.com - The funerary complex of the first Chinese emperor of the Qin dynasty (3th century BC) is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. This
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AncientPages.com - A unique 9,000-year-old stone mask was uncovered several months ago and is currently being studied by experts of the IAA and the Geological Survey of Israel. The impressive
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On a small island in Japan there is a very interesting cave filled with astonishing ancient paintings. The cave's narrow entrance and passage make
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The first mention of the Yuezhi civilization can be found in ancient Chinese sources from the 2nd century B.C. They are describes as nomadic
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A few kilometers from Rome, there are ruins of the ancient city of Ostia ( Ostia (literally translated as "the mouth"), which by its
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient kingdom of Chu flourished in China between around 1030 – 223 B.C. According to legends, the royal family of Chu descended
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Chartres Cathedral is not an ordinary place but a symbol of power of the secret knowledge of the ancients. It is a place of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Newspaper Rock is one of the finest and largest collections of Indian rock art to be found anywhere in the U.S. The first carvings
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AncientPages.com - Some of the world's oldest cave paintings have revealed how ancient people had relatively advanced knowledge of astronomy. The artworks, at sites across Europe, are not simply
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A strange ancient monument known as the Falicon pyramid is located at a rural site near the town of Falicon, near Nice on the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Inhabited since the 2nd century AD, Quirigua was the capital of an autonomous and prosperous state during the reign of Cauac Sky (723–84).
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Clava Cairns are located near Inverness, a city in the Scottish Highlands. According to no published excavations, the dates for the Clava monuments are
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A great number of archaeological sites and prehistoric monuments have revealed alignments towards celestial events that played an important role in the life of
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It’s time to re-write some history, or at least one part that concerns England’s famous Domesday Book. As previously mentioned on Ancient Pages, the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It is said that there was only one copy of this precious ancient book that contained remarkable stories revealing who we are and where
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - 'Burnt mounds' also known as fulacht fiadh are thought to be cooking places of the legendary soldiers of the High Kings of Ireland. They
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