Ancient Underwater City Of Heracleion Reveals More Archaeological Treasures
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Once known as the Kingdom of Cleopatra the ancient underwater city of Heracleion has revealed more of its many archaeological treasures. The 2,700-year-old submerged city has long been of interest to underwater archaeologists who previously made incredible finds while examining this historical site. Credit: Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities […]
Ancient Native Americans’ Encounter With The Star People – An Otherworldly Rescue?
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Native Americans have kept their memories of star people alive. Many tribes say they believe visitors from the stars are as real as humans. Several wonderful and fascinating Native American myths and legends describe truly puzzling encounters with beings and forces that do not appear to be from this planet. […]
Tahpanhes – Biblical City Where Prophet Jeremiah And King Zedekiah’s Daughters Hid From The Babylonians
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Tahpanhes was once an important city to the people of the Kingdom of Judah and ancient Egyptians. From the thirty-ninth chapter of Jeremiah and Josephus we learn that after Nebuchadnezzar II, the greatest ruler of ancient Babylonia and conqueror of Judah had seized Jerusalem and captured the Judean King Zedekiah. […]
How The Great Sphinx Gave Thutmose IV Power To Become Pharaoh
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Pharaoh Thutmose IV reigned from 1400–1390 B.C., and had a special relationship with the Great Sphinx at Giza. According to Thutmose IV, the Sphinx gave him the power to become a pharaoh. Like many other ancient civilizations, ancient Egyptians believed in the power of dreams and considered divine predictions of […]
Ankou: Breton Angel Of Death That Delivers Souls To The Underworld
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Brittany’s fairy folklore, there is a frightening spirit, Ankou (“death”). Ankou is the personification of Death and a soul harvester. He is the Angel of Death and Death’s servant. Image credit: Ifernyen – CC BY-SA 3.0 Ankou is portrayed as an exhausted skeletal figure with flowing white hair. His head […]
300 BC Mummy Shroud Fragment In NZ Finds Match In US
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 2,300-year old fragment of linen from the wrap of an Egyptian mummy, which is held in the University of Canterbury’s Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities, has been matched with a fragment in the United States, at the Getty Insтιтute. Pieces of a puzzle coming together in the virtual space: […]
Rare Stone Showing Ancient Rome’s City Limits – Accidentally Found
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A rare stone showing the limits of the ancient city of Rome, was accidentally found in Rome. The stone is dated to the age of Emperor Claudius in 49 AD, and as Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi explained the pomerial stone, a huge slab of travertine that was used as a […]
Ancient Secrets Of The Ukrainian Stonehenge That Is Older Than The Giza Pyramids Of Egypt
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – This mᴀssive ancient structure, nicknamed the Ukrainian Stonehenge, has many secrets to tell. According to researchers, this kurgan (burial mound, sacred hill) located near the village of Novooleksandrivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in Ukraine, is more than 5,300-5,500 years old, dating back to the Bronze Age. It is amazing because it means […]
Is The Tomb Of Genghis Khan Hidden And Protected In The Khentii Mountains Because Some Fear It’s Cursed?
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – What ancient secrets are hidden in the Khentii Mountains? Is the tomb of the great warrior Genghis Khan hidden deep inside the mountains? Is this the reason why this region is a protected zone that we are not allowed to enter? Credit: Adobe Stock – Andrey Burmakin The location of the […]
Alexander The Great’s Mysterious And Unexplained Encounter In Babylon
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – It goes without saying that a man like Alexander the great who traveled to many foreign lands must have seen fascinating places and met extraordinary people. It is also evident Aristotle’s education of Alexander the Great influenced the ancient Macedonian ruler perhaps even more than he realized himself, even though […]