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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The discovery marks a significant milestone in archaeology: for the first time, a Greek literary text has been found intentionally incorporated into the
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DNA
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An international team of scientists has analyzed ancient mitochondrial DNA extracted from eight Neanderthal teeth found in Stajnia Cave, Poland. This research, conducted
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com - The timeless struggle between good and evil in myths and legends around the world is truly remarkable, echoing through the stories of countless
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Since the beginning of the 16th century, Penkaet Castle has been the scene of several unexplained mysteries. People who visited this old, lonely
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists working in Áspero, Peru, have uncovered an ancient structure interpreted as an “observatory” used by the Caral civilization to track the sky
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent archaeological discovery is providing important new insights into women’s secret societies in Neolithic Europe. Around the fourth millennium BC, the Funnel
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A large-scale study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 individuals spanning more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia shows that natural selection has
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - For more than 2,000 years, ancient and modern scientists have tried to decipher a mysterious symbol discovered at the beautiful temple of Apollo
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - For more than a century, the National Museum in Denmark has had the privilege of safeguarding a remarkable collection of inscribed tablets from the earliest
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of genetic connections among people buried in Neolithic chambered tombs in northern Scotland, suggesting these monumental structures were far
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Ancient Mysteries
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Along the prominent Gila River at Butte, Arizona, lies Cochran Ghost Town, and there are five very well-preserved beehive-shaped ovens standing in a
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In a quiet field in Quadring, UK, a small yet magnificent artifact lay patiently beneath the earth, waiting for the moment it would be
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Swedish folklore, the sjörå (or the ‘Mistress of the Lake’) is a "supernatural being" that inhabits mainly lakes, but it can also
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Who wants war? The majority of people want to live in peace. “War is hell,” as the saying goes, and it is often
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in northern Iraq have made an intriguing discovery. The research team found a deliberately constructed feature that offers new insights into
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - After six years of excavation at Tell El-Farama in North Sinai, archaeologists have uncovered a rare water-focused ritual complex dedicated to the local
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Lycurgus is mentioned in many ancient sources, but most modern historians regard him as a semi-mythical figure. Some scholars say Lycurgus was deliberately
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It took many years, but the mystery behind a curious ancient artifact found in Kents Cavern in Torquay, U.K., has finally been solved,
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Readers with an interest in unexplained phenomena and traditional folklore will find the accounts of the mysterious Vardøger particularly compelling. These reports, which
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new scientific study is offering important insights into the Maori diet and burial practices in Aotearoa, New Zealand, before European colonization. Led by
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Overconfidence can turn against you more quickly than you might expect, a lesson Phaethon learned far too late. The Greek myth of Phaethon
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have analyzed ash residues from ancient incense burners in Pompeii and nearby villas, revealing new insights into Roman trade and religious practices.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The bond between humans and dogs is one of nature’s longest-lasting partnerships, but its origins have been difficult to pinpoint. A new study has
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers using an advanced satellite radar system have identified a large, oval-shaped anomaly beneath one of the most significant prehistoric sites in Lower
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Recent research suggests that the earliest known dice in human history were created and used by Native American hunter-gatherers on the western Great Plains
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The discovery of a 2,400-year-old metalworking workshop in Senegal offers important new information about the history of iron production in Africa. Although archaeologists have
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In a remote, high-altitude Andean town in Peru, difficult to reach, reporters and investigators encountered a mystery that remains unsolved. The settlement, which
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Linguistic Discoveries
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A 2,000-year-old papyrus fragment, uncovered in the archives of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, Egypt, has gifted us with 30 previously
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have been carefully investigating a large burial mound from the early Celtic period on the southwestern edge of Riedlingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany,
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