Uplistsikhe Devastated By Genghis-Khan Hordes But Once City-Fortress Of Queen Tamar
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Uplistsikhe (today in ruins) is a cave-town fortress, one of the oldest religious, political and cultural centers of present-day Georgia located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. In ancient times, Uplistsikhe was a pagan holy place. Caves at Uplistsikhe. Image credit: BBCLCD – CC BY-SA 4.0 The city was […]
Ancient Manuscript In Museum Reveals Discovery Of Objects Unknown To Modern Science – Coptic Secrets And Guardians Of Treasures – Part 2
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – What unleashed the man’s madness once he entered the secret chamber? As we said in part 1, his behavior was irrational and frightening to his friends, and he is not the only person who has been affected by some unknown forces present in mysterious underground realms. The information we gained […]
Magnificent Hattusa: Capital Of The Hitтιтe Empire
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Hattusa was the capital of the kingdom of the Hitтιтes in the late Bronze Age. In the 2nd millennium BC, the kingdom stretched from the Aegean across Anatolia, Turkey, northern Syria, and to the Euphrates River. In ancient times, it was a great city, and even today, its magnificent ruins attest […]
Ruins Of The Mysterious Kingdom Of Guge That Suddenly Vanished Overnight
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – More than 1,000 years ago, the mysterious great Buddhist Kingdom of Guge, with its capital, Tsaparang, was located on the high Tibetan plateau. Almost legendary Kingdom was situated in the western part of the Tibetan province of Ngari, about 1200 miles west of Lhasa, close to Mount Kailash, and near […]
Two-Faced Great Roman God Janus – Symbol Of All Beginnings And Endings
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Two-faced deities were worshipped in many different cultures. Today, we describe the Roman god Janus as the ‘god of gods,’ who appeared first on the most ancient lists of Roman gods. He protected doors, gates, pᴀssages, beginnings, and endings. A statue of the Roman god Janus (sense 1) in the collection of the Museum of Ferrara Cathedral in Ferrara, Italy. Janus […]
Rudolf II: Eccentric Holy Roman Emperor Whose Occult Interest And Mistakes Led To The Thirty Years’ War
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Some people are destined to rule, and some are obliged to follow in their family’s footsteps. Being an emperor was a nightmare to Rudolf II, and he hated every minute on the throne. He missed his privacy and could not stand people who always wanted something from him. He was […]
Lost Golden City Of Pharaoh AmenH๏τep III Discovered In Luxor
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Egypt continues to reveal some of its ancient secrets. Archaeologists have announced they have unearthed the Lost Golden City of Pharaoh AmenH๏τep III in Luxor’s southern province. The archaeological discovery is already hailed as one of the most significant finds in Egypt. The 3,000-year-old Golden City dates to the era […]
Large Bronze Age Stone May Be Europe’s Oldest 3D Map
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The 4,000-year-old piece of rock, called Saint-Bélec Slab has been re-examined and a new analysis shows it may be Europe’s oldest 3D map. Originally found in Brittany, France in 1900 the stone slab has been kept in the cellars of the Musée d’Archeologie Nationale in Saint Germain en Laye, west […]
Ancient Manuscript In Museum Reveals Discovery Of Objects Unknown To Modern Science – Inside The Chamber – Part 1
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There are many ways to gain knowledge about our mysterious ancient past. One can follow the latest archaeology news, read books about ancient civilizations, visit museums, and study artifacts or examine ancient manuscripts. Studying little-known ancient manuscripts can sometimes be a tiresome activity, but very rewarding if one comes across […]
Bacho Kiro Cave: Genomes Of The Earliest Europeans – Sequenced
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An international research team has sequenced the genomes of the oldest securely dated modern humans in Europe who lived around 45,000 years ago in Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria. In their study, they compared their genomes to the genomes of people who lived later in Europe and in Asia, and the results […]