Map of the Neolithic to Bronze Age in North China and Eurasian steppe. Map built with the help of Li Liu and Xingcan Chen : The Archaeology of China : From the Late Paleolithic to the Early Bronze Age, Cambridge University Press

Qijia Culture – Its Disappearance Remains An Ancient Mystery

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The ancient Qijia culture remains a historical and archaeological puzzle. Its mysterious and sudden disappearance leaves us with many unanswered questions. What happened to these ancient people? Evidence of a mysterious prehistoric disaster has been uncovered at an amazing archaeological dig in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Discovery […]

Why was Dun Deardail destroyed?

Mystery Of Vitrified Scottish Fort Dun Deardail And Ancient Myth Deirdre Of The Sorrows: Is There A Prehistoric Connection?

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Standing on a spectacular hilltop in Glen Nevis, to the west of Ben Nevis, we find Dun Deardail, a mysterious, ancient vitrified Scottish fort. Why fort Dun Deardail was built, who built it, and when it was constructed remains an ancient mystery, but some have suggested the answers can be found in […]

Roman coins found in the ancient city of Aizanoi, Kütahya province, western Turkey, Jan. 27, 2020. (AA Photo)

Rare Collection Of Roman Coins Unearthed In Ancient City Of Aizanoi, Turkey

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A rare and valuable collection of 651 silver coins belonging to the Roman period was discovered in the ancient city of Aizanoi, located in the Çavdarhisar district of western Turkey’s Kütahya province. The coins were inside an ancient jug found in one of the waterways that run through the 5,000-year-old […]

Surprising Evidence Of 12,000-Year-Old Unknown Advanced Secret Knowledge Held By Elite Individuals - The Article - Part 1

Surprising Evidence Of 12,000-Year-Old Unknown Advanced Secret Knowledge Held By Elite Individuals – The Article – Part 1

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Whether we are dealing with political, financial, military or intellectual secrets there is no doubt secrecy has been part of our history for a very long time. Many modern so-called secret societies are not secret at all because have heard about them. In addition to this, it’s worth mentioning that […]

Bone fragment with what are thought to be 120,000-year-old markings etched onto it from Ramle, Israel. Image credit: Dr Yossi Zaidner/HUJIA

120,000-Year-Old Bone Etchings – Evidence Of The Earliest-Known Use Of Symbols

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archeologists from two Israeli universities, accompanied by colleagues from Le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France have found evidence of what may be the earliest-known use of symbols. The symbols were detected symbols on a bone fragment in the Ramle region of central Israel and are presumed to […]

Huge Golden Eagle Relief Made By The Aztecs Discovered At Tenochtitlan

Huge Golden Eagle Relief Made By The Aztecs Discovered At Tenochтιтlan

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A magnificent, huge golden eagle bas relief has been discovered at Tenochтιтlan, the ancient capital of the Aztec Empire. On November 8, 1519, Hernán Cortés, a Spanish Conquistador entered Tenochтιтlán, the capital of the Aztec Empire. Cortés led an expedition that contributed much to the fall of the Aztec Empire. During […]

Ancient Egyptian Mummies With Golden Tongues Discovered In Alexandria

Ancient Egyptian Mummies With Golden Tongues Discovered In Alexandria

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While excavating at Taposiris Magna temple in Alexandria, Egypt archaeologists unearthed several rock-cut tombs. Inside them were 2,000-year-old mummies who had been given golden tongues so they could speak in the afterlife. Credit: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities “Throughout their history, the ancient Egyptians believed in life after death, and that […]

Colossi of Mnenon

Colossi Of Memnon Guarded Temple Of Pharaoh AmenH๏τep III And Curious Sound Phenomenon

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – Egyptian architects did not sign their buildings, so their impressive achievements or the remains of them, as we see them today can only be identified from their biographies. These ancient sources recount their great works, and тιтles such as ‘Royal Master Builder,’ ‘Chief Royal Master of Building Works,’ ‘Overseer of […]

Delatores - Who Were The Professional Gossip Collectors In Ancient Rome?

Delatores – Who Were The Professional Gossip Collectors In Ancient Rome?

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the past, many unusual professions were well-paid, but some of these jobs were not respectable. A delatore in ancient Rome could earn a lot of money by collecting gossips about citizens. Credit: Mᴀssimo Todaro – Adobe Stock In ancient Rome, some people worked as delatores. They were professional informants paid […]

What Happened To The Ancient Tribe That Entered A Secret Underground World And Never Came Back?

What Happened To The Ancient Tribe That Entered A Secret Underground World And Never Came Back?

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Throughout many countries of the world there are numerous ancient myths and legends speaking of a hidden world beneath the surface of our planet. There are also more modern accounts of people who entered a mysterious cave and were never seen again. It has been suggested a gigantic network of […]