AncientPages.com – Located in Wiltshire, UK, Avebury is the largest stone circle in the world. This impressive stone circle was originally erected about 4,500 years ago, and it seems that there is still a lot we don’t know about these ancient stones. The purpose of Avebury stone circle is still unknown. It could have been a sacred meeting place […]
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Jericho is one of the oldest and most important ancient cities. Modern excavations confirm the city’s great antiquity. It’s a sacred city where many bloody battles were fought. In ancient times, Jericho was known as the City of Giants because it was inhabited by giants called the Gibborim. Gibborim Giants Inhabited
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Jericho is one of the oldest and most important ancient cities. Modern excavations confirm the city’s great antiquity. It’s a sacred city where many bloody battles were fought. In ancient times, Jericho was known as the City of Giants because it was inhabited by giants called the Gibborim. Mount of Temptation
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AncientPages.com – A series of Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age cairns have been unearthed by a team of archaeologists from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). The discovery took place when researchers conducted a geophysical survey over a field located immediately behind Bryn Celli Ddu, on the island of Anglesey,
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AncientPages.com – While excavating in the ancient Egyptian city of Elkab, archaeologists have uncovered several previously unknown rock inscriptions, which include the earliest monumental hieroglyphs dating back around 5,200 years. These new inscriptions are of great significance because they shed new light on the history of the ancient Egyptian writing systems. “This newly discovered rock art
AncientPages.com – In 2003, a shipwreck was discovered north of Dalarö in Stockholm’s southern archipelago. The ship’s identity has been a mystery until today. Now, the shipwreck has been identified as the small Swedish naval vessel “Bodekull” that sank in 1678 during the Scanian Wars ((1675- 1679), a turbulent period of time, marked the beginning of
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Much has been written and said about the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. When and how was it created and for what purpose? The answer to these questions will vary considerably, depending on who you ask. It’s almost like every historian and archaeologist have his or her own version of
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AncientPages.com – On June 21, 1798, there was a military encounter between the Irish Rebellion and more than 13,000 British soldiers. They launched an attack on Vinegar Hill outside Enniscorthy, County Wexford, the largest camp and headquarters of the Wexford United Irish rebels. The event is known as the Battle of Vinegar Hill (Irish: Cath Chnoc
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Ancient Pages.com – An ancient writing left on a 3000-year-old pottery shard has been revealed by a team of researchers at Tel-Aviv University. Using a new advanced imaging technology, researchers have been able to decipher 50 characters, comprising 17 words, on the back of the ostracon. This writing had been invisible to the naked eye. The
AncientPages.com – Many well-preserved artifacts from bog bodies, animal fossils to treasures have been discovered in ancient peat bogs. Recently, a medieval well-preserved sword was found in a peat bog in southeast Poland. “This is a unique find in the region” – said Bartłomiej Bartecki, director of the museum. “It’s worth pointing out that while there are similar
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