L’Anse Aux Meadows – Viking Site Confirms Norse Vinland Sagas Were Based On Real Events
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The strength of archaeology is filling in history gaps and confirming mythical events as authentic. One should be careful and not dismiss myths and legends as pure ancient fantasies. Many myths and legends tell stories rooted in genuine, old incidents. Many examples of mythical stories have been confirmed by modern science. Norse Sagas […]
Thousands Of Sacred ‘Images’ With Unknown Signs Hidden In A Monastery Could Be World’s Oldest Alphabet
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Sometimes, when you look for something, fate tends to point you in another direction, and you end up finding something else that is even more interesting. This is what happened with the story you are reading today. While searching for precious ancient treasures, we found remarkable old accounts of sacred […]
Ramanathaswamy Temple Has Spectacular Corridors With Over 4000 Pillars
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Ramanathaswamy Temple (or Rameshwaram Temple) is a famous Hindu shrine dedicated to the god Shiva and situated on the island of Rameshwaram, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Image credit: Vinayaraj – CC BY-SA 3.0 One of the most important temples in India, the Rameshwaram Temple, is also one of […]
Uncovering The Lost Indigenous Settlement Of Sarabay, Florida
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The University of North Florida archaeology team is fairly confident they have located the lost Indigenous Northeast Florida community of Sarabay, a settlement mentioned in both French and Spanish documents dating back to the 1560s but has not yet been discovered until now. Image credit: University of North Florida The […]
Māori Connections To Antarctica May Go As Far Back As 7th Century
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Over the last 200 years, Antarctic narratives have been of those carried out by predominantly European male explorers. However, a research project led by Manaaki Whenua—Landcare Research and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu researchers looked into the connection of Māori with Antarctica to better document and understand the contributions and […]
Jiroft’s Konar Sandal – Home To A Huge Ziggurat And Many Ancient Treasures
Angela Sutherland – AncientPages.com – More than a hundred historical sites are recognized in the basin of a 400 kilometer stretch of Halil-Rud River in the south of Kerman province, a historically and archaeologically significant region of Iran. Among these places of a high cultural value, Konar Sandal is a Bronze Age archaeological site situated just south […]
Where Is The Tomb Of ImH๏τep, Pharaoh Djoser’s Magician Hidden?
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Egyptologists have unearthed many magnificent tombs. However, there are still burial places belonging to some of the most influential people in Egypt’s ancient history that scientists have been unable to locate. The Land of the Pharaohs refuses to give up some of its secrets. Still, it is a matter of […]
Oldest Indo-European Calendar Based On The Orion Constellation Is Engraved On A Vucedol Vessel
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The beauty of stargazing is that so many celestial objects are visible to the naked eye. Ancient people who did not have access to modern, sophisticated telescopes could study stars, planets, the Sun, the Moon, and comets. This allowed ancient civilizations to produce startling accurate calendars and astronomically align temples […]
Yomi – Kingdom Of The ᴅᴇᴀᴅ In Japan’s Native Shinto Religion
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Japanese mythological Kingdom of the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ is often referred to as Yomi. In Japan’s native Shinto religion, Yomi-no-Kuni is the Shinto underworld, as described in the Kojiki, Japan’s oldest chronicle and source for many Shinto beliefs across the centuries. The Yomi’s other names include the “Land of The ᴅᴇᴀᴅ (“Land […]
Uruk – Home To The Legendary Hero Gilgamesh
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Old Testament mentions the city Uruk as Erech, and its original Sumerian name is Unug. What we know today about Uruk comes from archaeological excavations at the site, whose modern name is Warka. Clay impression of a cylinder seal with monstrous lions and lion-headed eagles, Mesopotamia, Uruk Period (4100 […]