Explore mysterious ancient civilizations and their legacy. We examine their buildings, artifacts, religion, rituals, scientific achievements, customs and traditions, inventions, government, geography, wars, cities, empires and much more.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the spring of 1900, a group of Greek sponge divers, blown off course by a storm in the Aegean, stumbled upon the wreck of an ancient Roman ship loaded with treasure that had sunk
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – What makes the Tarascans an intriguing pre-Columbian civilization? The Tarascans, well-known for their outstanding musical and artistic abilities, are, first of all, famous for their highly advanced metallurgical technology that existed before the coming of the
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – What evidence could support the theory that there was an unknown master race present in different corners of the world? In part 1 we discussed how strange ancient wooden tablets covered with hieroglyphics were discovered
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Why would someone deliberately remove all evidence of a long-gone civilization? Throughout history, traces of mysterious dead civilizations have been erased regularly. Historical records and unusual archaeological discoveries have been destroyed or kept at secret
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 light on Norse religion. It’s a remarkable and important study because this
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The mysterious Cucuteni-Trypillia culture lived in Eastern Europe thousands of years ago. They left behind a number of intriguing ancient artifacts, destroyed settlements, and sacred sanctuaries. It remains unclear why and how they vanished. It is
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Was there once an advanced Polar civilization that suddenly vanished without a trace millions of years ago? Can some perplexing anomalies clearly contradicting traditional theories of humanity’s beginnings offer evidence an unknown culture lived in
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In part 1 we discussed two exciting artifacts that have been a subject of long-standing controversy and debate among scholars. Are these artifacts genuine? Can they offer evidence Hebrews of the Second Temple Period visited
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – By now most know Christopher Columbus was not the first to reach America. Many ancient civilizations crossed the oceans and reached America long before him. Who actually came first is naturally still a hot, unsettled
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Whether societies are ruled by ruthless dictators or more well-meaning representatives, they fall apart in time, with different degrees of severity. In the recent research, researchers focused on a broad, global sample of 30 pre-modern
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Of the six species of early humans, only Homo sapiens have managed to survive climate change on Earth. Now, a new study published in the journal One Earth suggests that the inability to adapt to
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In a careful interdisciplinary study of rare shields finds, researchers are finally able to reveal the last piece of the puzzle of how Vikings and their ancestors in the Iron Age made their shields. Viking
