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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Britain has still not returned thirty Stone Age statues that were taken for restoration in 1990. According to Daifallah Hdeithat, the head of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Using magnetic imaging, scientists have re-discovered ancient burial mounds in Iowa that were presumably lost to history. These Native American mounds were spotted
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Rigveda, a collection of hymns, the authors appeal to many gods, and one of them is the goddess Aditi, who is believed
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As explained in part 1, depending on which ancient text one reads there are different versions of this story, but they all relate
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The University of Aberdeen is to return a Benin bronze - a sculpture looted by British soldiers in Nigeria in one of the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Pirate Henry Every was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s. Dubbed "The Arch Pirate" and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Cheomseongdae Observatory located in Gyeongju, South Korea originates from the flourishing Silla period. Constructed in 632, the Cheomseongdae (“star-gazing tower” or “star-observing
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - This is really great news to anyone who appreciates art and culture. The Louvre Museum has announced it has put its entire collection
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We can begin this story by saying we have no evidence for King Solomon, other than the Holy Bible, Quran, and certain less
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - To archaeologists, Luxor is a dream. To tourists, it’s a wonderful place offering the best glimpses into the ancient Egyptian world one can
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Scythians were a multitude of horse-warrior nomad cultures dwelling in the Eurasian steppe during the first millennium BCE. Because of the lack
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Willow Winsham - AncientPages.com - There is nothing more calming than sitting beside a nice stretch of water, gazing out into the distance and letting your mind be
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Valsgärde is a large Viking burial cemetery located not far from Uppsala in Sweden. Today it’s just a name few, even in Sweden
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The year is 1206. The Mongol tribal leader Temüjin (1158 – 1227) gathers several nomadic tribes and declares himself Genghis Khan. By doing
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Every society has some degree of wealth inequality—over history, in different cultures across continents. There always seem to be some people who have
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the Prose Edda book "Gylfaginning," an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician, Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241), described the goddess Lofn, who "let people live together, women and
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Some years ago, paleontologists found sixteen preserved trunks of cypress trees, estimated to be eight million years old in the area of the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers led by the University of Adelaide have conducted a comprehensive genetic analysis and found no evidence of interbreeding between modern humans and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many years ago archaeologists stumbled upon a curious ancient tomb that belonged to an individual of great importance. Inside the tomb, scientists found
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It takes only a few seconds to blow up a sacred temple that has withstood the test of time for thousands of years.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Salt has always been important and essential for life. The Classic Maya made salt by boiling brine in pots over fires in salt
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In "Theogony," a Greek poet Hesiod who likely lived around 700 BC, tells about Hypnos, the god of sleep, and his twin brother,
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The faces of two of the most famous people of ancient Egypt have been reconstructed with the use of artificial intelligence. Queen Nefertiti
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Though it’s today difficult to imagine the Sahara and parts of Egypt not being covered by sand, there is enough scientific evidence this
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Unlike many females in other ancient cultures, Viking women were powerful, dominant, and had a prominent role in society. This Viking legacy is still
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Scythians have long been presented as highly mobile nomadic warriors. They lived across the Pontic steppe around 700-200 BC and posed a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A hieroglyph-adorned stairway leading up to a ceremonial platform has been unearthed during excavations at El Palmar, a small plaza compound in Mexico
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - This large woven basket is still in perfect condition despite being 10,500-year-old! It is now the world’s oldest woven basket and it was
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient civilization of the Sumer still hides many secrets. Representatives of this unique culture left behind many art pieces, pottery, writing hydraulic
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - If the mysterious mountain is located near ley lines, it could explain the discovery of unknown energy forces detected in the area. As
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ahmose I was carrying a heavy burden on his shoulders when he ascended the throne to rule as the pharaoh of Egypt. He
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists at Odense City Museums have made a startling discovery in form of a 1.3 kg heavy Bronze sword that was excavated at
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - If Vikings were alive today, they would be surprised and perhaps even a little flattered to see how the world has taken an
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers at UCL have solved a major piece of the puzzle that makes up the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Chibcha (Muisca) mythology, Huitaca was the rebel goddess of drunkenness, widely known as the goddess of lust. She was a beautiful woman
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Tourists and explorers are attracted to mountains because of the panoramic sights and challenges they offer. We are constantly reminded not to underestimate
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Leibniz-Keks remain now as popular as ever. Most have tasted these delicious butter biscuits found in almost every modern supermarket. The production
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have tried for years to solve the mystery of Laos megalithic jars. Are they now closer to unraveling the truth behind these
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Vatican is the smallest state in Europe, but it has many interesting attractions to offer. If you visit the beautiful Sistine Chapel,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Old human footprints have been found in many places around the world. Some of them are very old and some only thousands of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We often think of ancient civilizations that existed before us as being less sophisticated. However, many discoveries offer evidence that our ancestors were
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The tombs accidentally discovered by researchers in Debiany, a village within Sandomierz County, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland, are approximately 40-50 m long.
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