Magnificent Virtual 3D Tour Of Famous Temples Of Baalbek – Now Available To Anyone
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Have you ever wanted to see what the famous, ancient Baalbek temples in Lebanon once looked like? Now you have the chance to do just that. A magnificent virtual 3D tour of Heliopolis, as the site was called in antiquity is now available for free to anyone who wishes to […]
Cosimo di Giovanni de’ Medici – Exile Of The Generous, Intelligent Banker Caused Fury In Renaissance Florence
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Shortly before Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici died, he told his son Cosimo di Giovanni de’ Medici never to go against the will of the people. It is an advice Cosimo followed all his life, and maybe it was one of many reasons why this quiet, calm, and balanced man […]
Stone Age Statues Were Taken To Britain For Restoration In 1990 – Never Returned Home To Jordan
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Britain has still not returned thirty Stone Age statues that were taken for restoration in 1990. According to Daifallah Hdeithat, the head of the Mesha Centre for Studies and Human Rights in Jordan, the statues were supposed to be returned to Jordan within two years. “The terms of the restoration […]
Long-Lost Ancient Burial Mounds Of The Havana Hopewell Culture Re-Discovered In Iowa
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Using magnetic imaging, scientists have re-discovered ancient burial mounds in Iowa that were presumably lost to history. These Native American mounds were spotted on land that had been plowed and leveled. Another piece of good news is some of the burial mounds appear to be almost intact, meaning there is […]
What Happened To The Pythagorean Brotherhood?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Established around 500 B.C. in Crotone, Italy, the Pythagorean Brotherhood was one of the earliest secret societies. Crotone was a flourishing Greek colony and a center for intellectuals who exchanged ideas and theories. After escaping Samos’s tyrannical rule, the great Greek philosopher Pythagoras migrated to Southern Italy and founded the […]
Aditi – Primeval Hindu Goddess Who Is Source Of All Living Beings
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Rigveda, a collection of hymns, the authors appeal to many gods, and one of them is the goddess Aditi, who is believed to be the most mysterious deity of the Indian pantheon. She is ᴀssociated with the beginnings of the Universe. In her cosmic matrix, all the heavenly bodies […]
Why Did King Solomon Hide Advanced Technology In A Secret Place? – The Great Deception – Part 2
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – As explained in part 1, depending on which ancient text one reads there are different versions of this story, but they all relate more or less to the same event. We know ancient texts reveal King Solomon was in possession of several highly unusual objects. One of them was a […]
Benin Bronze Sculpture Looted By British Soldiers In Nigeria – Returns Home
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The University of Aberdeen is to return a Benin bronze – a sculpture looted by British soldiers in Nigeria in one of the most notorious examples of the pillaging of cultural treasures ᴀssociated with 19th-century European colonial expansion. Thousands of metal and ivory sculptures and carvings were looted by British […]
Mysterious Great Dismal Swamp – Why Can No One Find The Cemetery Twice?
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There is something special about swamps that attract your curiosity and, at the same time, send chills down your spine. Perhaps the landscape is frightening but beautiful nevertheless, or maybe it’s the tales ᴀssociated with these mysterious places. Swamps have long been a subject of fascination and wonder. It is […]
Can This Ancient Coin Solve The Mysterious Disappearance Of Pirate Henry Every?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Pirate Henry Every was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s. Dubbed “The Arch Pirate” and “The King of Pirates” by contemporaries, Captain Henry Every used a number of different names, including Benjamin Bridgeman. His crewmen and ᴀssociates often called him Long Ben. […]