November 2017 – Ancient Pages – All About The Ancient World

Astonishing Discovery Of 37,000-Year-Old Camel Cave Painting In The Ural Mountains

Astonishing Upper Paleolithic Camel Cave Painting Discovered In The Ural Mountains

AncientPages.com – There were no camels in the Ural Mountains during the Upper Paleolithic era and yet, scientists have discovered a cave painting of the animal in the Kapova cave that is located in Southern Urals. Painted in red ochre and partially outlined with charcoal, the image is preliminary estimated to be between 14,500 and 37,700 […]

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Stunning Ancient Roman Artifacts And Three Shipwrecks Discovered Underwater Off The Coast Off Alexandria, Egypt

Archaeology, News, Underwater Discoveries

AncientPages.com – Three shipwrecks packed with stunning artifacts dating back to the Roman era have been found underwater on the seabed of northern coastal province of Alexandria. The findings include a votive bark, or boat, depicting Egyptian god Osiris and a crystal Roman head probably depicting the Roman army commander Marc Antony and three gold coins from

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30 Ancient Skeletons May Finally Unravel The Secrets Of The Dead Sea Scrolls

Archaeology, Artifacts, News

AncientPages.com – Discovered back in 1947 near the ruins of Qumran – also known as Khirbet Qumran, the Dead Sea Scrolls still remain a great ancient puzzle. The scrolls contain a large variety of writings: fragments of every book of the Old Testament (except the Book of Esther), rules for religious rituals, texts on preparation of

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Mysterious 3,000-Year-Old Urartu Castle Discovered Underwater

Mysterious 3,000-Year-Old Underwater Urartu Castle Discovered

Archaeology, News, Places

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While searching for the frightening Lake Van monster, scientists made a great archaeological underwater discovery instead. Ruins of a mysterious 3,000-year-old castle have been found in Lake Van, Turkey. The underwater ruins are supposedly from the Iron Age Urartu civilization, also known as the Kingdom of Van, thought to date

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Wanyudo The Soultaker - Fearsome Yokai In Japanese Mythology

Wanyūdō The Soultaker – Fearsome Yōkai In Japanese Mythology

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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Japanese mythology is full of mysterious and fascinating creatures. One of them is called Wanyūdō, and its existence is based on a thousand-year-old legend. In Japan, Wanyūdō is one of the most frightening types of Yōkai. According to ancient Japanese beliefs, Yōkai (in Chinese: ‘kanji’, which means “strangeness, mystery, or

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Remains Of Viking Camp Unearthed At Historical Village Of Repton, England

Archaeology

AncientPages.com – A Viking camp dated to the winter of 873-4, have been unearthed by a team of archaeologists from the University of Bristol. It is located in the small village of Repton, Derbyshire and has been known since the 1970s. Repton has long been a subject of excavations. An amateur excavator discovered the burial mound

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New Giant Geoglyph Of Orca With Mysterious Symbols And A ‘Trophy Head’ Found In Nazca Lines

Archaeology, News, Places

AncientPages.com – There are many enigmatic ancient geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert, in southern Peru. Stretching across nearly 200 square miles of high arid plateau the Nazca lines are legendary and of great interest to archaeologists and historians. Some of these giant figures we find here can only be clearly seen from a few hundred feet in

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Wooden Coffin With Greco-Roman Mummy Wearing Mask Depicting Sky God Discovered In Egypt

Archaeology, News

AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from Egypt and Russia have discovered a wooden coffin with a mummy dating back to the Greco-Roman era. Image credit: Russian Institute for Oriental Studies The mummy was found wrapped in linen, wearing a blue and gold cartonnage mask. It is in good condition, but the coffin is in bad shape and there

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Does This Ancient Box Contain Buddha’s Cremated Remains?

Archaeology, News

AncientPages.com – Born in modern Nepal, Prince Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha or the “awakened one”, was the founder of Buddhism. It is believed he lived around 566-486 B.C. According to myth, when Buddha died his remains were divided up among his disciples. Now, archaeologists say they have unearthed a 1,000-year box that many contain

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Locations Of 11 Lost Ancient Cities Revealed On 4,000-Year-Old Artifacts

Archaeology, News, Places

AncientPages.com – It’s a great discovery that is of major interest for those who are passionate about ancient history and archaeology. Scientists report 4,000-year-old Assyrian clay tablets reveal locations of 11 lost ancient cities! More than 23,000 cuneiform texts, inscribed in clay by ancient Assyrian merchants, have been unearthed in modern Turkey’s ancient city of Kanesh.

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