Qilin – One Of Four Noble Animals In Chinese Myths And Legends
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Chinese mythology, Qilin (Kirin) is one of the “Four Benevolent Animals, ” including the tortoise, dragon, and phoenix. All four noble ones ruled the Yellow Emperor’s gardens – the ancestor of all Chinese people and the father of Chinese civilization. Qilin is one of four benevolent and sacred animals in […]
Ancient Temple Complex Dated To Nanzhao Kingdom Unearthed In Southwest China
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have uncovered a temple complex dating back to the State of Nanzhao, a slave society established during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), according to the provincial research insтιтute of cultural relics and archaeology in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. A tile discovered in an ancient temple complex uncovered in Dali, […]
Thriving Faiyum Oasis Declined And Was Abandoned Due To Climate Change
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – At the end of the third century AD, many formerly thriving settlements declined in the region of the oasis-like Faiyum, located approximately 130 km south-west of Cairo, Egypt. Fayoum oasis. Image source Migrations and the demise of entire settlements in the late Roman province of Egypt took place due to […]
Pharaoh Psusennes I Was Buried In The Silver Coffin Decorated With Gold
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Tanis, an ancient area in Egypt’s Nile Delta, was an early subject of the archaeologists’ interest. The city’s name was already well known as Soan (biblical Zoan). Among many Tanis tombs, one belonged to Psusennes I, the third Pharaoh of the 21st Dynasty who ruled from Tanis between 1047 – […]
Mystery Of Biblical Noah’s Strange Connection With Red-Skinned Giants And The Watchers – Not-Of-This-World Emergence – Part 1
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Mention the name Noah and most people will say they remember he was the man in the Bible who built an ark and saved himself, his family, and a number of animals from the Great Flood that he had been warned about by God. The story of Noah who at […]
Is Legendary Celtic Warrior Queen Medb Buried In An Ancient Mound On The Top Of Knocknarea?
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Like many mythical Irish queens, Medb had a strong personality, and she was courageous and intelligent but also cunning and sometimes cruel. Queen Maev by J. C. Leyendecker. Credit: Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874 – 1951) – T. W. Rolleston, Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race, Public Domain – Right: […]
Huge Gallo-Roman Amphitheater Of Saintes Will Be Saved For Future Generations – New Project Started
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Constructed in the 1st century, around 40 A.D. during the reign of Roman Emperor Claudius, the huge amphitheater of Saintes in France, could accommodate around 15,000 spectators. This magnificent ancient structure is the largest of western Roman Gaul buildings and the pride of the city of Saintes that before the […]
Prehistoric Legacy Of The Mysterious Burnt City
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Millennia ago, the Burnt City (Shahr-e Soukhteh) located in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan and bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, was the largest city of Iran. The history of the Burnt City, spanning over a 300,000-hectare area and its inhabitants has long baffled researchers. Recently, archaeologists discovered an ancient grave of […]
Function Of Chopping Tools Found At Prehistoric Site Of Revadim Israel – Studied
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers from the Sonia and Marco Nadler Insтιтute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University, have now unraveled the function of flint tools known as “chopping tools,” found at the prehistoric site of Revadim, east of Ashdod, a city on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, halfway between Tel Aviv and Gaza. […]
Burial Practices In Unified Cultures Of Early Medieval Europe
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Early Medieval Europe is frequently viewed as a time of cultural stagnation, often given the misnomer of the ‘Dark Ages’. However, analysis has revealed new ideas could spread rapidly as communities were interconnected, creating a surprisingly unified culture in Europe. An interconnected Europe with long-distance trade and travel facilitating the […]