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AncientPages.com - The Egyptian blue is the world’s oldest artificial pigment. It appeared about 5,000 years ago in a tomb painting dated to the reign of Ka-sen, the last
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AncientPages.com - A secret escape tunnel built by the Crusaders in their fortress in Tiberias, 800 years ago, has been discovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists. It is
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AncientPages.com - Famous by the Greco-Trojan War that is the subject of Homer's epic poem The Iliad, the ancient city of Troy remains one of the most important and
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AncientPages.com - Not far from the town of Varberg, in the small community of Sunnsvära in Sweden, archaeologists have discovered 82 ancient pits. The mysterious pits are 3,000-year-old and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Most civilizations of Mesoamerica have an old belief in the power of the “ceiba” tree. Mixtec, Aztec, Maya, and other cultures consider this tree
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AncientPages.com - Beautiful, elaborate mosaics, statues, ancient Roman silver and gold coins are among artifacts unearthed by archaeologists excavating a 1,700-year-old villa in Ptolemais, an important trading port for
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among certain groups of the Maya of Yucatan, it was believed that the Bacabs — mythical figures in Mayan beliefs — were four
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The recently excavated, Harappan site, dubbed by archaeologists as 4MSR, is located about 10 kilometers from Anupgarh town in Rajasthan. Among many fascinating artifacts unearthed by archaeologists from ASI
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AncientPages.com - Traditional Mesoamerican ball game was part of the Aztec religious life. Many scholars believe that this game may have originated with the ancient Olmec civilization, one of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient Maya beliefs, Camazotz (Camoazotz) was a vampire bat god. Camazotz means "death bat" in the Quiché Maya language. Chinese cultures see the
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Very little is known about Sonchis of Sais, an Egyptian priest who, according to ancient Greek texts, revealed intriguing information about the legendary Atlantis.
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AncientPages.com - Sophisticated technology can shed new light on many prehistoric mysteries. Despite many theories and speculations, we still don’t know who the first Americans were and where they
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - During excavations conducted in Peru's Nepeña Valley in the 1960s, archaeologists discovered an artificial mound or pyramid with a crater at the top.
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AncientPages.com - More than 200 previously unknown remains of villages and an ancient city have been discovered by Polish archaeologists excavating in northern Mesopotamia - present day Iraqi Kurdistan. Most
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AncientPages.com - Aratus was an ancient Greek poet who lived between 315 and 245 B.C. He is today famous for his works describing various constellations and other celestial
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AncientPages.com - More than thousand years ago, superstitious inhabitants placed a clay pot with a sour soup, under the floor of their hut. It was their sacrificial offering to
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AncientPages.com - Deep beneath the city of Rome, Italy there is a vast ancient underground labyrinth. Here, we find the Domitilla catacombs that represents the roots of Christianity. Stretching
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AncientPages.com - Located on the slopes in the State of Veracruz, Mexico there is a very intriguing ancient Olmec site known as Tres Zapotes. A Professor of Anthropology who
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Garden of Eden is one of many Biblical mysteries. If the legendary paradise existed, we would all like to know where it was
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Peru have discovered traces of an ancient civilization inhabited by humans nearly 15,000 years ago during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene ages. The
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AncientPages.com - During the Middle Ages, many graves were re-opened. It has previously been assumed that this was because thieves wanted to steal valuable items such as jewellery and
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Two fossils of the species Graecopithecus freybergi, discovered in Greece and Bulgaria have now been dated to between 7.2 and 7.1 million years ago. The discovery is
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AncientPages.com - A huge Viking winter camp has been unearthed in Lincolnshire, England by archaeologists at the Universities of Sheffield and York. Thousands of Vikings established the site in
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A rare stone slab that was most probably used in fire making was excavated in Ramat Beit Shemesh, not far from Jerusalem, Israel. "The ancient people who
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - With its magnificent pyramids, the sphinx, mysterious tombs and enigmatic hieroglyphs, Egypt is a country full of ancient secrets, some of which are heavily
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Mosaics unearthed during excavation works in the ancient city of Perge in the southern province of Antalya are known as “Turkey’s second Zeugma” for
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Egyptians viewed their civilization as a legacy coming directly from divine beings who existed in Egypt thousands of years before the pharaonic
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Over the years, Aboriginal people have managed to preserve many memories of dramatic natural events that took place in the distant past, and once again an ancient
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A collection of silver coins dating back to the days of Ivan the Terrible. was recently unearthed during construction work in downtown Moscow, Russia. Ten silver coins
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