AncientPages.com – The Citadel of Machaerus – a fortified hilltop palace – was built upon a conical peak of basalt, located in Jordan fifteen miles (24 km) southeast of the mouth of the Jordan river on the eastern side of the Dead Sea. The site, sitting atop a hill some 800 metres above sea level and […]
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AncientPages.com – A large, well-preserved 1,500-year-old winery has been exposed during a violent storm in the Sharon Plain region, located between the Mediterranean Sea and Samarian Hills, the Antiquities Authority announced Monday. According to IAA archeologist Alla Nagorski, the discovery was made off the Eyal Interchange several weeks ago when flooding and hail disrupted an excavation
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AncientPages.com – The well-preserved shipwrecks discovered at Yenikapı in Istanbul, Turkey are an important new source of information on the maritime commerce of Constantinople and the gradual shift from shell-based to skeleton-based shipbuilding in the Mediterranean during the second half of the first millennium AD. Thirty-seven shipwrecks discovered underwater during the Marmaray subway construction in Istanbul’s
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A nearly millennium-old gilded Bible has been seized, during a police operation in the northern province of Tokat, Turkey. Also, ten people were taken into custody as part of the operation. A total of four operations were carried out in the city center and two in Tokat’s Turhal district. The police were
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AncientPages.com – Many people consider Mt. Shasta to be one of the most sacred places on Earth. This majestic mountain – a part of the Cascade Mountain Range, located in Siskiyou County, Northern California approximately 45 miles from the Oregon border – is famous for its UFO sightings and other strange and unexplained events. It is
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AncientPages.com – Leiden Egyptologist Ben Haring has deciphered a list of words engraved on a shard of pottery from the 15th century B.C. and determined that it is an alphabetically ordered word list. The discovery has been published in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies. This is the earliest known word list organised according to the initial
AncientPages.com – A 1,200-year-old Viking sword was accidentally found by a hiker traveling the ancient route between western and eastern Norway. The sword was found at Haukeli located about250 km (150 miles) from Oslo, Norway and it will be sent for conservation at the The University Museum of Bergen. Jostein Aksdal, an archeologist with Hordaland
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AncientPages.com – In the ancient cemetery at Ibbankatuwa in Dambulla, located in the Matale District, Central Province of Sri Lanka, archaeologists unearthed graves that date back to the Pre-Vijaya era. The indigenous people of Sri Lanka were known as Nagas and Yakkas. They ruled over the island of Sri Lanka during the pre-Vijaya era. The
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AncientPages.com – Archaeologists uncovered remains of stairs near the foundations of a grand building where emperors 1,300 years ago performed special rituals in Japan’s old capital Fujiwara-kyo. Researchers said the stairs confirm the long-presumed design of the Daigokuden hall, a key structure in the sprawling Fujiwarakyu palace complex in the nation’s first full-fledged capital from
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Be careful and watch your steps when you enter the realms of Jötunheimr, the home of the fearful giants in Norse mythology. You might think twice before undertaking a journey to this dark, inhospitable place surrounded by dark forests and mountain peaks. Even the most courageous Norse Gods feared this place
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