Europe Archive
Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - 'Altar of Twelve Gods', also called the Sanctuary of the Twelve Gods was found at Gabii, Italy. This valuable piece of sculpture represents the twelve
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating near Garforth in Leeds, UK, have made a "once-in-a-lifetime" find. Scientists report they have discovered multiple ancient burials. The hidden cemetery
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AncientPages.com - A recently discovered note, drawn up by Leonardo da Vinci's father, Piero, in November 1452, shows that he emancipated an enslaved woman named Caterina. The scholar who found
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A mysterious ancient stone structure was discovered while laying a fiber optic cable in Torreano, a town of 2,060 inhabitants in Friuli-Venezia Giulia,
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Celtiberians -tribes of mixed Iberian and Celtic origin - inhabited an area in the central-northeastern Iberian Peninsula during the final centuries BC. Credit:
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) have discovered traces of previously unknown graves and settlement activity at several locations along Trondheim Fjord. Scientists hope
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A previously unknown Crusades-era bird pendant found in Lappajärvi in the 1960s is now in the collection of the Finnish Heritage Agency. The
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A metal detector has found an ancient Roman fragment made of silver in Norfolk. The piece was obviously part of something, but what
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - An inscription on the Temple of Delphi says: "Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe and the gods." It is only one sentence,
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A unique 1,000-year-old medieval golden treasure was unearthed by a Dutch historian, who stumbled upon it while using a metal detector. Part of the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com- When early Stone Age farmers first moved into Europe from the Near East about 8,000 years ago, they met and began mixing with the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Tomb and urn images shed light on the intricacies of Etruscan and Roman civilization at least 2,000 years ago, reviving it for modern
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Archaeoastronomy
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Stonehenge is an astonishingly complex monument, which attracts attention mostly for its spectacular megalithic circle and "horseshoe," built around 2600 B.C. Over the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Bulla Felix was a legendary Italian 'bandit' who reminds us of Robin Hood, a heroic outlaw from Nottingham, England, who robbed the rich and helped the poor
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com -The discovery of the Gerdrup grave surprised scientists because it challenged our knowledge of Viking burials. Who were the individuals buried in the double
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Artifacts
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One can imagine losing a wallet, suitcase, shoe, or even some clothes, but how can an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus end up abandoned on
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great (742 - 814), is considered the most remarkable of all medieval rulers in the history of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Björketorp Runestone in Blekinge, Sweden, is part of a burial ground with menhirs standing alone and forming stone circles. Dated to about 400-700
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The cathedral-like structure - the least-visited and unique place in the world - is located on the barren and uninhabited island of Staffa, six
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Notre-Dame de Paris is the first known cathedral of Gothic-style architecture to be initially constructed with extensive use of iron to bind
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Using DNA analysis and modern forensic techniques, scientists have reconstructed the face of a Stone Age boy who lived in Norway. The Vistegutten
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In England, there are many ancient places shrouded in mystery. In a desolate Cornish landscape, some mysterious ancient caves are still left. These caves
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - When archaeologists found a curious object at Bar Hill near Cambridge, UK, they understood it was an unusual ancient artifact, but exactly was
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Rök Stone (in Swedish, Rökstenen') is the 9th-century memorial granite block covered with the longest runic inscription ever discovered. The 4-ton stone is located
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have been researching an area under the North Sea known as Doggerland, which was home to one of the largest prehistoric settlements
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Lancaster University staff and student researchers have discovered evidence of a Romano-Celtic temple under public land near Lancaster Castle - only the second
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Can the nearly 7,000-year-old Gradeshnitsa Tablets offer evidence of one of the world's oldest human writing? Are the carved signs and symbols on
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - With 800 grams of real gold, the Vindelev treasure is one of the largest treasures unearthed recently. Found by two old friends and
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists at Leicester Cathedral have finished the excavation project and reported discovering an ancient Roman shrine and over 1,100 burials. The archaeological project
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