Europe Archive
Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Anchor Church Caves in the United Kingdom have long held a secret, but no one knew it, at least not until now.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - This massive ancient structure, nicknamed the Ukrainian Stonehenge, has many secrets to tell. According to researchers, this kurgan (burial mound, sacred hill) located
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - July 15th is the feast day of St. Swithin, an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester who died in 862 A.D. His name is associated
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The world is full of wonderful, beautiful, and mysterious places. One of them is a lake called Llyn Y Dywarchen. Located in Gwynedd,
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On June 21, many people around the world celebrate the summer solstice. It’s an ancient tradition that is still alive. The festivals are often
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Those who would like to visit Civita di Bagnoregio should be prepared to walk a lot. The only way to access the Italian
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - About 1,000 years ago, two Vikings from the same family traveled abroad to fight. One of the Viking warriors went to England where
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Thraco-Phrygian deity known as Sabazius has been frequently identified with Dionysus and had a small and yet persistent presence in the Roman
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Artifacts
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The beauty of stargazing is that so many celestial objects are visible to the naked eye. Ancient people who did not have access
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Civilizations
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Vikings left an everlasting legacy in Ireland. While you are in Ireland, you can visit archaeological places where battles between Vikings and the
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Artifacts
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Art is universal and timeless, and so is our appreciation of it if, it is unique and beautiful like this magnificent Bronze Age
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Destroyed by King Murdoch O'Brien of Munster in 1101, the little-known stone ringfort Grianán Of Aileach was once home to the Kingdom of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - To some, the ancient burial mounds are standing on a piece of land that can be used for building new homes and factories.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Meteora, (means in Greek:" raised from the ground, hanging") and the ancient monasteries built atop the Meteora massif represent a magnificent place that
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - From once being one of the most wealthy and powerful Western Christian military orders, life changed dramatically for the Knights Templar in 1307.
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - What at first glance looked like garbage turned out to be a valuable Bronze Age treasure. Tommy Karlsson, an orienteering enthusiast, accidentally stumbled
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Cosquer Cave is the world’s only underwater Stone Age cave and a marvelous place where archaeologists have discovered mysterious paintings created by our
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It has been assumed for some time the Caynton Caves were used by the Knights Templar, who held secret meetings in underground chambers
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Some people are destined to rule and some are simply obliged to follow in the footsteps of their family. Being an emperor was
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The 4,000-year-old piece of rock, called Saint-Bélec Slab has been re-examined and a new analysis shows it may be Europe's oldest 3D map.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Shortly before Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici died, he told his son Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici never to go against the will
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Archaeology
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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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Shortly before 600 BC, the Naxos people dedicated the "Terrace of the Lions" to Apollo. Originally, marble guardian lions were erected north of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For the first time ever archaeologists, religious historians, folklorists and literary scholars have worked together and produced a unique book that sheds new
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Tjelvar's tomb is a ship set from the Bronze Age located near the east coast of Gotland and almost directly east of Visby,
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