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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egyptian mythology, Zep Tepi can be translated as the 'First Time.' It was during Zep Tepi Gods established their kingdom on
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Vikings left an everlasting legacy in Ireland. While you are in Ireland, you can visit archaeological places where battles between Vikings and the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - "Chac Mool" (chacmool, or chaacmol) is one of Mexico's most famous Pre-Columbian statues. Chac-Mool altars are generally found at the entrance to Toltec temples
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Art is universal and timeless, and so is our appreciation of it if it is unique and beautiful, like this magnificent bronze sculpture.
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Unlike mythologies from other ancient cultures, Egyptian mythology does not have many terrible creatures. The most frightening monster was a gigantic and evil
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It does occasionally happen people are born with two heads. This medical condition is known as Polycephaly or simply put, multi-headedness. The thought
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - This unique golden silk textile is so magnificent you would like to buy it, but it is no ordinary cloth available in the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Long before the arrival of Christopher Columbus (1451 - 1506), North and South America had been visited by other ancient civilizations. It is
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Proto-Elamite script is the world's oldest system of writing that has yet to be deciphered. This Early Bronze Age writing was briefly
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have found evidence of one of the world's oldest Acheulean sites on the Arabian Peninsula. While excavating at the site, Al Nasim
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Biblical story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis explains why people speak different languages. The Choctaw, a Native American Indian tribe
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Some of the world's earliest rock art located at the Maros-Pangkep site in Sulawesi, Indonesia, is rapidly disappearing due to climate change. Rock
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Mirpur Jain Temple is near a fortified village, Mirpur, district Sirohi, Rajasthan, India. Pillars at the Mirpur Jain Temple. Image credit: Nihir Shah23 - CC BY-SA
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this article we spoke about Pharaohs who witnessed strange, unknown flying objects in the skies. We also discussed unusual
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There is a truly puzzling ancient carving in Sri Lanka covered with strange symbols, lines, and other geometric figures. The ancient chart-like carving
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - We waste a lot more valuable marble than builders who worked with marble statues, columns, or slabs under Roman Empire! Ancient Roman imperial
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Every person is different, but coping with isolation can be difficult to some. Ancient people on Easter Island lived long in isolation and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Khara-Khoto ("black city" or "black water city") was inhabited by Tangut people and located about 200 miles north of the legendary Silk Highway
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Destroyed by King Murdoch O'Brien of Munster in 1101, the little-known stone ringfort Grianán Of Aileach was once home to the Kingdom of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sardinia is one of the most ancient pieces of land in Europe with a rich legacy of prehistoric monuments. On the island, there
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - How much did ancient Egyptians know about life in the Universe? Did they believe beings from outer space had once visited their kingdom?
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - To some, the ancient burial mounds are standing on a piece of land that can be used for building new homes and factories.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) investigated the longest aqueduct of the time, the 426-kilometer-long Aqueduct of Valens supplying Constantinople, and revealed
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ekambareswarar Temple (Ekambaranathar Temple) is an outstanding Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, and located in Kanchipuram, an ancient city in southern India's
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Judaculla Rock in North Carolina is one of the greatest mysteries in North America. The 230-square-foot soapstone boulder is covered with more
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Despite marked differences in burial customs, architecture, and art, the Minoan civilization in Crete, the Helladic civilization in mainland Greece and the Cycladic
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Our knowledge of Cambodia's Greater Angkor region has increased thanks to new LIDAR images. It has long been known this region was once
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A marble head of the Roman emperor Augustus was unearthed in the Italian town of Isernia, located in the region of Molise, a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A rare bronze oil lamp, shaped like a grotesque face that is cut in half, was recently unearthed during excavations conducted in the
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Ellen Lloyd—AncientPages.com - In South America, certain giant ancient statues point their index fingers in a specific location. Unknown races sculptured these statues. In North and South America, locals
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Meteora, (means in Greek:" raised from the ground, hanging") and the ancient monasteries built atop the Meteora massif represent a magnificent place that does
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A portion of royal memorial inscription, which is attributed to a Neo-Assyrian king, has been unearthed by a team of archaeologists in western
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egyptian religion, Ra (Re) was the god of the sun and creation, who was born each morning in the East and
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Russian archaeologists have found the burial place of the last two rulers of the Pereslavl-Zalessky principality - Princes Dmitry Alexandrovich and Ivan Dmitrievich,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - From once being one of the most wealthy and powerful Western Christian military orders, life changed dramatically for the Knights Templar in 1307.
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Ellen Lloyd -AncientPages.com - Sacred ancient texts are filled with remarkable accounts describing individuals who came in contact with unknown technology. Our ancestors left behind stories of people
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - How, when, and where the first Americans made the first daring journey to the Americas is no doubt 'one of the greatest mysteries
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - What at first glance looked like garbage turned out to be a valuable Bronze Age treasure. Tommy Karlsson, an orienteering enthusiast, accidentally stumbled
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Stories of mysterious beings who dwell in secret underground worlds are common among many Native American tribes. According to local accounts, these individuals avoid
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Dravidian (or Southern-style) is the earlier of the two main styles in the evolution of sacred Hindu architecture. It is characterized by
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - If you have the patience and are not determined to compete with some of the world’s most talented artists, painting can be a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Chauvet Cave is home to the world's oldest cave paintings, dating back 36,000 years. Chauvet-Pont d’Arc cave in southeastern France. Credits: mockingbird.creighton.edu Were the stunning
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