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AncientPages.com - Once again scientists have managed to discovered a hidden text inside an ancient scroll. With help of new technology, researchers can now examine precious, damaged ancient scrolls
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AncientPages.com - It’s certainly doesn’t happen every day that we come across, Viking artifacts, especially not swords. But Saga Vanecek, an 8-year old girl in Sweden managed to do
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The fascinating animal effigy platform pipes have been found mainly in ceremonial deposits at Mound City and Tremper Mound. Most of the carved
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Has modern science only re-discovered the multiverse theory that was already discussed among medieval scientists? If true, it is somewhat shocking and rather embarrassing. Is
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new set of petroglyphs may offer evidence of a lost advanced civilization that existed thousands of years ago. The rock art was found
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Two ancient paintings made of sandstone have been discovered by an Egyptian archaeological mission working on reducing the groundwater level at Aswan’s Kom Ombo Temple. One of the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - To many of us it can seem odd that physical objects can be labeled “evil”. How can a painting be considered evil? Owners of
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Traces of opiates preserved inside a distinctive vessel dating back to the Late Bronze Age have been discovered by researchers at the University of York and the British
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Ausevik rock art site at Høydalsfjorden, in Sunnfjord, in Western Norway, contains more than 300 rock carvings of different shapes, of which many
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Some really impressive petroglyphs can be admired on the hills overlooking the desert communities Santa Clara and Ivins in the Santa Clara River Reserve,
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An interesting historical artifact in the form of a fragment of a late medieval mount was discovered in the vicinity of Llanbadoc, in
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Rafael - AncientPages.com - Throughout history, the use of shields for battle has been present since the early civilizations. If you take a look at paintings or films depicting
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Ming Tombs ("Ming Thirteen Mausoleums") is a collection of imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty scattered over forty square kilometers in Changping
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A 1,800-Year-old painted tomb has been unearthed by archaeologists from the Department of Antiquities and the discovery that was made at the ancient site of Capitolias in
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many times, ancient people left behind certain clues that when deciphered could describe things and events they had witnessed. It was their way of
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Researchers at Tulane University have documented the discovery of dozens of ancient cities in northern Guatemala through the use of jungle-penetrating Lidar (light detection and ranging) technology.
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Gargoyles appeared very early in Gothic architecture, and they were needed to eliminate corrosive rainwater from the foundations of churches. It is believed
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AncientPages.com - The Statue of Liberty has become the most cherished symbol of the United States of America. What we were not taught in school were the truly significant
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - When and where the boomerang was invented is not entirely clear, but archaeological discoveries reveal the object has a very ancient history. It
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A mysterious ancient bronze hand with a gold cuff dating back some 3,500 years puzzles scientists. It has today become known as the hand of Prêles. Archaeologists
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Egyptian Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The two Egyptian gods Thoth and Osiris are well-known to anyone interested in mythology. Thoth was ancient Egypt’s most mysterious, highly venerated God of
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered a huge edifice with several corridors and four entrances during excavation work carried out in Hod El-Demerdash, 400 meters to the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists has uncovered evidence indicating that Mayan elites lived in the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacán, located northeast of Mexico City more than 1,000 kilometers
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Life does not work out well for everyone. In the case of Countess Loretta, hers did not go as she probably planned. Born
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - While pulque (“Drink of the Gods”) is Mexico’s oldest alcoholic beverage of the Maya, Aztecs, Huastec and other cultures in ancient Mesoamerica, posca
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered a 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Portugal. This significant find ha been labeled the “discovery of the decade”. The shipwreck was found at
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A 2700-year-old grinding stone dating back to the Urartian era has been unearthed by a group of archaeologists in Turkey's eastern Van province. The stone, used
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPges.com - It is said that some hundred years ago, the people of Jamaica believed in the powers of so-called “Shadow Killers.” These were witches, wizards
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - These remarkable artifacts known as slit gongs are truly extraordinary in their appearances. They can be found primarily on the islands, Ambrym and Malakula
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An amateur archaeologist has discovered a spectacular ancient gold treasure. The Hjarnø treasure consists of over 32 pieces of jewelry including gold and pearls, dating 1,500 years.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - "Someone" is buried there... and they do not appear to be ordinary humans. In a difficult accessible region, there is an unusual ancient cave
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The seven-page letter - long believed lost - was written by Galileo Galilei to a friend on 21 December 1613 and signed “G.G.” This important historical document
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Latest archaeological evidence reveals our knowledge of Australian history is far from complete. When did humans first occupy the Australian deserts? This question has been raised once
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The 4,000-year-old ancient city of Troy is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. Located in what today is known as Anatolia in modern
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Is it possible to stop your body from decaying after death? The mystery of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, a mummy whose body defies time has amazed
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