Asia Archive
Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In many Asian countries, people celebrate the Hungry Ghost festival in August. It’s an ancient tradition and a time when people make offerings
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Chinese Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Lao Tzu (Laozi or Lao-tze), known as the Old Master, was an ancient Chinese philosopher, almighty sage, creator of Taoism and author of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new study suggests that northern and central Asia’s wetter climates may have allowed Homo sapiens to expand across the deserts of Central Asia by 50-30,000
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Studies strongly suggest that Indian Civilization emerged in the 8th millennium BC and pre-Harappan cultures, which were thoroughly studied, should be rather called
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The story of Hua Mulan, a tough, brave young female warrior is related to the Three Kingdoms Period (220–280), a very chaotic and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Historical records confirm that the greatest military campaigns of conquest were often accomplished by the robust nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples inhabiting Central Asia. Their
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Cheng I Sao, also known as Ching Shih ("Zheng's widow"), Lady Ching, or Mrs. Ching, was a dangerous pirate who terrified the South
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Chinese Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com -The Kunlun Mountain was a place of great importance to the ancient Chinese. The sacred mountain was the dwelling place of gods, goddesses, incredible
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Peng Jiamu was a great scientist and explorer who vanished during an expedition in China's Lop Nur, the "Wandering Lake." It is a hostile
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Triskelion is a mysterious ancient symbol that has never been explained. It has been found in Christian, Buddhist, Islamic, and Jewish contexts. Tri-Spiral
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient kingdom of Chu flourished in China between around 1030 – 223 B.C. According to legends, the royal family of Chu descended
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Potala - also known as "Buddha Mountain" - is the most famous building in Tibet and the winter palace of the Dalai Lama.
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - While excavating the massive tomb of the warrior queen Fu Hao archaeologists uncovered over 8700 precious objects. One of them caught our interest immediately.
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Book of Changes - I Ching in Chinese is one of the most important ancient books ever written. The Book of Changes has
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - While many cultures bury their dead out of sight beneath a commemorative headstone or a plaque, some societies in China, Indonesia and the Philippines
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Kuthodaw Pagoda is an amazing complex known as the ‘World's Largest Book’ and is located in Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar). It was constructed during the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Ancient musical instruments made of the splintered ribs of cows or horses and known as the Jew's harps were discovered at archaeological sites Chultukov Log 9 and
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Long forgotten, the magnificent ancient step pyramid of Koh Ker stands abandoned in the forest of Cambodia. It was once an important structure
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sanchi is famous in the world for stupas, monolithic Ashokan pillars, temples, monasteries, and sculptural wealth. Located at Sanchi Town in Raisen District of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Mogao Grottoes, near the oasis town of Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert, China are where generations of Buddhist monks built hundreds of
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The vast Indus Valley Civilization had technologically advanced Bronze Age cities that once flourished from northern India and Pakistan to Iran, and surrounded the
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The modern world likes to take credit for many technological inventions, but we fail to mention that often many of these “discoveries” are nothing
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It is an astonishing sight to see hundreds of carved Shiva Lingas embedded on the Shalmala river bed. This is an ancient place
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Ellen Lloyd - MessageToEagle.com - It is located about 40 miles southwest of Xian, the largest of sixteen pyramids located in the area designated as a Shensi, or
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Since ancient times India is well-known for its long tradition of spiritual customs. At the same time there is no other country on
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archeologists in North China's Shanxi Province have excavated a rare turtle-shaped brick tomb dating back to about 800 years. The tomb of the mid to late Jin
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - They came from a distant place in our Galaxy. Their spaceship crashed on Earth. They were chased and killed by humans. Stranded on an
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Jade suits were first documented in literature around AD 320, although there is archaeological proof of their existence that dates back thousands of
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Most people have heard of the famous Great Wall of China, but not everyone knows that there is a magnificent ancient structure that is
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - It is time to visit remarkable Vijayanagara, one of the most beautiful ancient places and one of the kingdoms of the Shining Ones. Vijayanagara
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A mystery lies scattered on the unexplored bottom of Fuxian Lake, stretching out through Chengjiang County, Jiangchuan County and Huaning County in Yunnan Province,
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Is it just a coincidence or do certain laws of nature lie behind the phenomenon observed in the ancient Huashan Caves in China's Anhui
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Featured Stories
AncientPages.com - Thanks to the latest Hollywood martial arts blockbuster along with a steady stream of Hong Kong action films, audiences around the world have been entertained by wild
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Sleeping Beauty of Loulan is an extraordinary 3,800-year-old mummy that until today is still preserved. It is one of 200 mummies found in
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Has the mysterious tomb of Cao Cao (155 - 220 AD) really been found or is the final resting place of this legendary ruler
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