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AncientPages.com - Work is continuing to open a previously hidden tunnel that was discovered during the restoration of Tokat Castle, known as the dungeon of Dracula. The tunnel
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient myths and legends tell that this small town became abandoned and haunted after a magician and holy man cursed it. According to
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A rare pre-Roman tomb has been unearthed in Pompeii, shedding new light on life at the site in the fourth century BC. The rare archaeological finding confirms that
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AncientPages.com - A mask of a satyr, a male companion of ancient wine god Dionysus with horse-like features, has been discovered near the town of Vetren in Southern
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AncientPages.com - One of the richest Bronze Age cemeteries in the Polish lands has been discovered by archaeologists near the village Dunino in the commune Krotoszyce (Lower Silesia).
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Yangshan Quarry is famous for an unfinished stele of huge size that was abandoned there during the reign of the Yongle Emperor,
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AncientPages.com - For more than a century and a half after the Mountain Meadows Massacre, no one knew exactly where the bodies were buried. A California-based archaeologist now
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AncientPages.com - On Sep 21, 1780, General Benedict Arnold (1740 – 1801) committed treason. During the American Revolution, General Benedict Arnold (1740 – 1801) met with British Major John
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Chinese Mythology
AncientPages.com - Ancient Chinese records talk of a very special being that depending on the sources is described as a god-like-king, a "son of the heavens" or a half-god.
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Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a 200-meter section of the long-lost Pelusiac branch of the Nile at the Tel Al-Dafna, archaeological site in Qantara. The ancient water-way was a
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AncientPages.com - Archaeologists unearthed many fascinating ancient treasures during excavations conducted at Sedeinga, a necropolis located 450 miles from Meroe in northern Sudan. Among them, there are 35
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AncientPages.com - On September 20, 1066, the Battle of Fulford, near York, Yorkshire (then capital of Northumbria) was fought. Saxon troops of Mercia and Northumbria commanded by brothers
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In south-west America, there are remains of the dwellings that once belonged to the Anasazi people, a civilization that arose as early as
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The story of Li Ching-Yuen is shrouded in controversy. Although much has been written about this extraordinary and mysterious being, little is known
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AncientPages.com - Vikramashila was one of the two most important centers of Buddhist learning in India during the Pala Empire, along with Nalanda University. Vikramashila is a town
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AncientPages.com - In his studio in the Stockholm suburban community of Tumba, Sweden, archaeologist-sculptor Oscar Nilsson is using 3D and 2D reconstructions of historical findings and set of
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AncientPages.com - Over the last decade, an extensive research has been conducted at Catalhoyuk (Çatalhöyük), a Neolithic settlement in Turkey. One of the most distinguishing features at Catalhoyuk
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Mexico has restored a series of colorful 2,500-year-old cave paintings with help from the American archaeologist who first registered them almost 50 years ago. Paintings are concentrated in
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AncientPages.com - A team of Japanese and Peruvian researchers has found in northern Peru an intact 2,700-year-old tomb containing the remains of two high priests from the ancient
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - This article is not about Lucifer or the Antichrist. It is about a good compassionate man who was born at the same time as
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This library - built in 117 AD - is one of the most beautiful structures in Ephesus. It was a monumental tomb for
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AncientPages.com - Skeletal and crematory graves from the mid-1st millennium, and the remains of representatives of megafauna, living in the present Polish territory during the last Ice Age,
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AncientPages.com - An ancient aqueduct system, which is estimated to belong to the historical castle of the city, has been uncovered in Borujerd in Lorestan Province during construction
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com -The Yongle Sword, a stunning piece of weaponry complete with its scabbard, was once in the possession of Emperor Yongle. The sword is a
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AncientPages.com - The oldest example of stone wall in the history of construction in the Polish lands, more than two and a half thousand years older than Romanesque
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Yungang Grottoes is a stone carving treasure that is renowned all around the world. Richly decorated grottoes, known as Wuzhoushan Grottoes in ancient times,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Patara - one of the six big cities of the Lycia Union - is an ancient city with a long history. Long-lasting archaeological
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AncientPages.com - The architectural wonders of India include temples, mosques, monolith, statues, gigantic forts, palaces, universities, and tombs. One of these masterworks is known as Victory Tower (Vijaya
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AncientPages.com - Enormous and impressive structure of Derawar Fort is located at the edge of the Cholistan desert. It's a famed hallmark of Bahawalpur, the eleventh largest city
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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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AncientPages.com - The Pyramid of the Magician ("pyramid of the foreteller") is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid located in the ancient, Pre-Columbian city of Uxmal, Mexico. Also referred to as
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Humanity has always been fascinated by the mysterious and unexplored. Mythology, folklore, and sacred texts worldwide are full of stories of mysterious underground
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among the numerous deities of the Slavic peoples of central Europe, the most prominent place was occupied by Svantevit, the war god (Svetovit,
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Biblical Mysteries
AncientPages.com - When people are spoken of constantly, we feel we know them. Christians and Jews have been talking about Moses for thousands of years, so they assume they
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The Gate of All Nations or Gate of Xerxes palace is located in the ruins of the ancient city of Persepolis, Iran. It was ordered by the Achaemenid
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