September 2015 – Ancient Pages – All About The Ancient World

“The present sea levels in Australia were reached 7,000 years ago and as such any stories about the coastline stretching much further out to sea had to pre-date that time.”

Aboriginal ‘Memories’ Of Australia’s Coastline Go Back More Than 7,000 Years

AncientPages.com – Aboriginal society has preserved memories of Australia’s coastline dating back more than 7,000 years, researchers say. After three years of painstaking research, University of the Sunshine Coast Professor of Geography Patrick Nunn and collaborator Nick Reid, a University of New England reached this conclusion. They studied Aboriginal stories from 21 places around Australia’s coastline, […]

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Giants Roamed The Earth Millions Of Years Ago

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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – “On the earth there once were giants.” Greek poet Homer wrote in 400 B.C. People of Africa have memories of the giants who once lived on Earth. African legends describe these powerful beings as brave men who had shining eyes. They were very strong and their voices could be heard from

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A 1,500 year old mosaic, depicting a map with streets and buildings, was exposed about two years ago in archaeological excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority

A Rare 1,500 Year Old Mosaic That Depicts Ancient Streets And Buildings in Egypt – Discovered

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AncientPages.com – A 1,500 year old mosaic, depicting a map with streets and buildings, was uncovered on the floor of an early Christian church in Kiryat Gat, about two years ago. This extraordinary mosaic served as the floor of a church dating to the Byzantine period. It was removed from the site for the purpose of

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Another view of the inscription on the balsamarium. The vessel has been found in the main grave of the Great Burial Mound in Bulgaria’s Tatarevo. Photo: Parvomai.net

Inscription Found In Ancient Thracian Tomb in Bulgaria’s Tatarevo Is A Verse from Solon’s ‘Prayer to the Muses’

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AncientPages.com – The 1st century AD inscription printed on an ancient clay vessel in an ancient Thracian burial mound near the town of Tatarevo in Southern Bulgaria is a verse from the poem “Prayer to the Muses” by Ancient Greek poet and statesman Solon. The inscription was found in August 2015 by the archaeologists excavating

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The depictions on one of the stone steles found in the Stolovatets Shrine near Bulgaria’s Razlog feature geometric motifs such as triple and double spirals representing the sun light

Bulgaria’s Reliefs From Ancient Thracian Sun Shrine – Restored

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AncientPages.com – Ornate ancient Thracian marble steles from a Thracian shrine dedicated to the sun have been restored with a permanent open-air exhibition of replicas of the steles. The ancient Thracian shrine is located in the area known as Stolovatets, about 5 km west of the town of Razlog, in Southwest Bulgaria. Its ruins are

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THE RARE stone seal unearthed by the Temple Mount Sifting Project dating to the 10th century BCE. . (photo credit:ZE’EV RADOVAN AND ZACHI DVIRA)

Rare 3,000-Year-Old Seal From The Time Of King David Discovered

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AncientPages.com – A rare 3,000-year-old seal, from the time of King David in the 10th century BCE, was recently discovered by a 10-year-old Russian volunteer at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount Sifting Project. Dr. Gabriel Barkay, co-founder and director of the project – which sifts through thousands of tons of illegally removed earth from the contested holy

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Lateral view of the Paranthropus robustus skull SK 46 from the site of Swartkrans, South Africa showing the 3D virtual reconstruction of the ear and the hearing results for the early hominins. Credit: Rolf Quam

New Study: Fossils Reveal Human Ancestors’ Hearing Abilities

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AncientPages.com – Research into human fossils dating back to approximately two million years ago reveals that the hearing pattern resembles chimpanzees, but with some slight differences in the direction of humans. An international team of scientists led by Rolf Quam of Binghamton University analyzed CT scans and virtual computer reconstructions of the internal anatomy of

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The death of Canute IV of Denmark at St Alban's Priory in 1086 (photo: Christian Albrecht von Benzon)

Thousand-Year-Old Sarcophagus Discovered In Odense

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AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from Odense City Museums have opened a stone coffin beneath the city’s smal timber church of St. Alban’s Priory in Odense, Denmark The coffin with the remains had remained untouched for about 1,000 years, reports DR.dk. The identity of the skeleton found inside is yet to be established. The so-called sarcophagus was

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The city, like other Hellenistic colonies, was founded on a hill for ease of defence. The steep valley of the River Anthius in the east provides a perfect defence.

Ancient Pisidia Antiocheia – Excavations In An Important Center Of Early Christianity

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AncientPages.com – Long-term excavations at the Hellenistic city of Pisidia Antiocheia, an important center of early Christianity revealed that the settlement was occupied since the Neolithic age. The ancient city’ site is located approximately in Isparta Province, Turkey. The city’s original inhabitants used a large degree of city planning and that the location might have

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The amphoras had been used to keep grain and that they had taken samples to find out what exactly had been kept in the amphoras.

Huge Jars Unearthed In Kultepe, Turkey

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AncientPages.com – Three massive, mysterious amphoras have been unearthed during excavations in the Kaniş-Kültepe-Karum archaeological field in Kayseri. While still unsure as to their use, experts said it would be difficult to produce such amphoras, even with today’s technology. The three structures, which have a capacity of about 2.5 to 3 tons each, were discovered

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