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Ruins of ancietn city in Kerman Province, Iran. Images via ifp

Ruins Of Ancient City Emerged From The Sand In Kerman Province, Iran

AncientPages.com | April 15, 2017

AncientPages.com - Still much is buried under the sands in many places across the world. Recently, a strong sand storm in Kerman province in southern Iran has contributed to

El Palenque royal palace has been excavated. Image credits: Elsa M. Redmond and Charles Spencer.

Archaeology

Gigantic Ancient Palace Unearthed In Mexico’s Valley Of Oaxaca

AncientPages.com | March 29, 2017

AncientPages.com - Giant ancient palace unearthed in Mexico was the ruler's home and the seat of government. Archaeologists say it is the oldest ever palace excavated in Mexico's Valley of

Skull with traces of healed trauma (the arrow) from Tell Majnuna, Syria, late Chalcolithic (c. 3500 BC). Photo by A. Sołtysiak

Archaeology

Physical Violence In Ancient Mesopotamia Much Less Common Than Ancient Texts Suggest – New Study

AncientPages.com | March 29, 2017

AncientPages.com - "Many texts from ancient Mesopotamia contain colourful descriptions of wars and other physical atrocities, such as mass beheadings or stripping the skin. Meanwhile, bioarchaeology research paints the

Funerary goods that consist of pottery, two cedar coffins (outer and inner) and a set of wooden models, which represent funerary boats and scenes of daily life.

Archaeology

An Intact 4,000-Year-Old Burial Chamber Found In Aswan

AncientPages.com | March 28, 2017

AncientPages.com - An intact tomb has been discovered in the necropolis located at Qubbet el-Hawa, West Aswan by excavating archaeologists of the Spanish Archaeological Mission. The tomb belongs to

Psammetichus I adoring Ra-Harakhte - Pabasa's tomb in the Theban Necropolis - 26th dynasty of Egypt. Using the milk-jug hieroglyph in text in front of Pharaoh, (and two milk jugs in hands): "Making (offering of) Milk". Image credit: Wikipedia

Archaeology

Newly Unearthed Colossal Statue Probably Depicts King Psammetich I And Not Ramses II

AncientPages.com | March 17, 2017

AncientPages.com - The royal colossus unearthed a week ago in Matariya district, Cairo is probably a statue of 26 dynasty king Psammetich I and not King Ramses II

Archaeology

Discovery Of 1500-Year-Old Celestial Observatory Dated To Sassanian Empire

AncientPages.com | March 16, 2017

AncientPages.com - An ancient observatory from the 3rd or 4th century has been discovered by a team of researchers during excavations carried out in the south of Iran. Traces of the

The statues of clairvoyance, clairaudience and the Jade Emperor in the Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing. Image credits: chinadaily.com.cn

Archaeology

Dazu Rock Statues Of Clairvoyance And Clairaudience: Is One Of them Holding A Snake Or ‘Telephone Receiver” In His Hand?

AncientPages.com | March 8, 2017

AncientPages.com - Two 1.82-meter-high statues have been found in the grotto in Shimenshan area in the Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing, China. Shimenshan Rock Carvings are located to the

Panel A shows Ptolemy II Philadelphus standing before Ptah, adoring him and presenting with his right hand a statuette of Ma'at to the god. Image via Global Egyptian Museum

Archaeology

Egyptian Temple Culture In Ptolemaic-Era Survived Changes And Became Even Stronger – Researcher Says

AncientPages.com | March 1, 2017

AncientPages.com - It was long believed that Egyptian temple culture was declining in the Ptolemaic era, after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. Egyptologist Carina van

Stratonikeia ancient marble city, Turkey. DHA photos

Archaeology

65 Byzantine-Era Tombs Unearthed In Stratonikeia – World’s Largest Marble City

AncientPages.com | February 24, 2017

AncientPages.com - Roughly 65 Byzantine-era tombs have been unearthed in the most recent archaeological excavations in Stratonikeia Ancient City, located in the western province of Muğla, in the Aegean

The marble statue discovered in Caesarea Copyright: Vered Sarig, The Caesarea Development Corporation

Ancient Symbols

Impressive Marble Statue Of A Ram, An Ancient Christian Symbol For Jesus Discovered

AncientPages.com | December 28, 2015

AncientPages.com - An impressive marble statue of a ram, an ancient Christian symbol for Jesus, was discovered on Christmas Eve during the excavation of a Byzantine-period church in Caesarea, the

Ganesha - one of the five prime Hindu deities (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Durga being the other four). Ganesha has an elephantine countenance with a curved trunk and big ears, and a huge pot-bellied body of a human being. He is the Lord of success and destroyer of evils and obstacles. He is also worshipped as the god of education, knowledge, wisdom and wealth.

Ancient Technology

India: Plastic Surgery And Genetic Science – Found In Ancient Vedas – Were Practiced Thousands Of Years Ago

AncientPages.com | October 29, 2014

AncientPages.com - Many discoveries of modern science and technology were known to the people of ancient India. Skilled ancient doctors conducted complicated surgeries like fractures, cesareans, removing of urinary