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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It’s a race against time and there isn’t much time left to uncover the secrets of a rare Norwegian Viking ship burial before
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 we discussed two exciting artifacts that have been a subject of long-standing controversy and debate among scholars. Are these artifacts
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - As we continue to explore ancient Egypt's secrets, we now learn that more coffins have been discovered in Saqqara's ancient cemetery. This burial ground
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - What many hoped would never happen has occurred. After years of protests from Druids, archaeologists, scientists and the public in general, the U.K.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A marvelous juglet containing pure four gold coins has been unearthed in Jerusalem. The coins are still in excellent condition despite being at
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are still many beautiful Viking Age treasures waiting to be discovered and one of them has just been unearthed on a farm
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - If Ramses the Great, the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, was alive today, he would be proud to see how
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An interesting piece of fossil of extinct human species suggests climate change contributed to the evolution and unexpected anatomical changes that previously were
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Previously uncounted copies of Isaac Newton's groundbreaking science book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known as the 'Principia' have been found by a Caltech
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Stonehenge’s fate is very uncertain right now and time is running out for this historical ancient site. Druids, archaeologists, historians, and many others
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have analyzed teeth from the Castellón Alto individuals belonging to El Argar culture (Southeastern Iberia) that flourished between c. 2200 BC and
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It happens unfortunately far too often that ancient historical sites are vandalized, but then again, in some cases, greed knows no limits. Sometimes
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - We reported recently Viking graves in Norway had been a victim of vandalism and looting. Deliberate destruction of historical sites is a serious
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A man who was out searching for mushrooms in the Jesenicko district of Northern Moravia, Czech Republic made a startling discovery. To his
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - By now most know Christopher Columbus was not the first to reach America. Many ancient civilizations crossed the oceans and reached America long
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A prominent figure of Hindu mythology and a personification of natural forces that can be seen in many South Indian medieval temples is
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Destruction of historical and archaeological sites happens much too often. This time a huge Viking burial complex in Norway has become the victim
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Lady of Bietikow lived during the Neolithic period. All that is left of the woman who died more than 5,000 years ago are
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers analyzed genome-wide data for 214 ancient individuals spanning 6,000 years to explore the genetic, sociopolitical, and cultural changes surrounding the formation of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Something strange took place around 2,500 B.C. in Britain. For some reason, Stone Age builders were suddenly in a hurry and they constructed
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - This beautiful 2,000-year-old gem seal was found in the drainage canal in the City of David in Israel. It’s a curious artifact because
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Inca used two main units of measurement while constructing Machu Picchu, according to a new study. Researchers have analyzed measurements of buildings
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It’s time to once again confirm the fact that the Neanderthals were not as primitive as previously thought. Neanderthals are our closest cousins
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A rare child burial dating back 8,000 years on Alor Island, Indonesia has been discovered by ANU archeologists. The burial is dated to
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Many people are angry and with good reason. The beautiful and historic Hindu Sheetal temple in Karachi has been vandalized. Statues of Lord
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Chinese Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient Chinese mythology, Gong Gong (also King King, Gongong) was a god of destruction and the one who ruled water. However, he
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A remarkable skull found in South Africa challenges the theory of evolution. This 260,000-year-old skull is extraordinary because the frontal bone of this
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com – Sometimes you can stare at something without noticing it all. This carving has been hiding in plain sight for 900 years and millions
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - He had no access to any form of modern communication like television, radio, or telephone, and yet he was fully aware of a
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - No matter what culture or place many are convinced some places are either cursed or still visited by those who died long ago.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 20-room peristyle (an open interior space surrounded by columns) with a church inside has been discovered during the excavation and restoration works
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Dogs are our beloved pets, and they have been our companions for a very long time, or maybe even longer than we previously
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An examination of two documented periods of climate change in the greater Middle East, between approximately 4,500 and 3,000 years ago, reveals local
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have analyzed the genome of the oldest human fossil found in Mongolia to date and show that the 34,000-year-old woman inherited around
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek -AncientPages.com - Belief in and practice of witchcraft in Europe goes far back in time. Witches were considered evil by Medieval people and the belief in
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - On December 26, 1665, the Codex Cospi (or Codex Bologna) was given as a Christmas gift to the Italian nobleman Ferdinando Cospi (1606
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An attempt to smuggle three artifacts made of porcelain and glass at Alexandria port - failed, according to the authorities. The head of
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It's not unusual to find ancient silver or gold coins in Europe. Often related to a turbulent year of civil war, or escape
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - There seems to be no end to archaeological findings in Egypt. Archaeologists announced they have found hundreds of marvelous ancient Egyptian treasures when
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The composition of red and black inks in ancient Egyptian papyri from circa 100-200 AD, has been discovered by a team of researchers
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King (1638 – 1715), couldn’t stand bad table manners. The Sun King is
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Tools made by some of North America’s earliest inhabitants were made only during a 300-year period, according to a new study. The findings
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