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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In Lago do Cochila, located in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, fallen trees are a frequent occurrence due to the area's approximately 70 artificial
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient myths and legends of the Finnish people can be found in the national epic, the ’Kalevala,’ which contains 50 beautifully entwined poems
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In Viking society, kings were the most influential individuals, but having the highest social status was accompanied by specific responsibilities and requirements. Unlike
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international research team comprising experts from Germany, Georgia, Armenia, and Norway analyzed ancient DNA from 230 individuals across 50 archaeological sites in Georgia
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Empress Wu Zetian was a pivotal and influential figure in Chinese history, renowned for her strong and distinctive personality. As the only woman
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Central Wyoming's River Bend site (48NA202) is notable for containing the largest collection of adornments discovered in the state, showcasing significant evidence of
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Evolution
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists from the University of Liège are currently engaged in a new excavation campaign at the Paleolithic site of Trou Al'Wesse in Modave,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Our knowledge of Mesopotamian afterlife beliefs comes from literary texts recorded on cuneiform clay tablets. Cuneiform clay tablets represent one of the most
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Recent findings by Griffith University researchers show that early hominins made a significant deep-sea crossing to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi much
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A rare, intact 7th-century BC Etruscan chamber tomb in San Giuliano, about 70 km northwest of Rome, Italy has been uncovered by a team of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In a little-known corner of the world, tucked away from the hustle and bustle of modern life, archaeologists have stumbled upon a truly
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating at the Roman site in Spain have discovered the region's intriguing amulet. It's a rare, fossilized trilobite, a representative of an extinct
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Raven was a prominent figure in the myths and legends of many ancient cultures. It was considered a magical and elusive animal that
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The analysis of cauldrons dating back nearly two and a half millennia has enabled archaeologists to produce an almost exact replica, which gives valuable
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Linguistic Discoveries
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Our understanding of ancient literature is mainly due to the diligent work of scribes. The survival of works by Aristotle, Galen, and Ptolemy can
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DNA
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Papua New Guineans are living proof of how isolation, ancient mixing, and survival in remote islands can preserve a unique piece of our shared
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Chancay civilization, which flourished during the latter part of the Inca Empire, remains somewhat enigmatic due to the limited historical records available. However,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Legendary British King Lud is shrouded in a veil of mystery. Did he ever exist? Was he the real founder of London or
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For thousands of years, humans have used psychoactive plants for their narcotic effects. In Thailand, archaeological evidence has revealed the presence of betel
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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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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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