Megalithic Cemetery With 49-50M Long Tombs Was Accidentally Found In Poland
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The tombs accidentally discovered by researchers in Debiany, a village within Sandomierz County, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland, are approximately 40-50 m long. Excavations at Debiany. Image credit: Jan Bulas “Their longer walls were reinforced with wooden palisades, while the short eastern walls contained an entrance to a kind of […]
Griffins Were Mythical Gold-Guarding Hybrid Creatures Known For At Least 5,000 Years
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – If you were to ask a random pᴀsserby on the street what the most fantastic creatures are, they would undoubtedly say – griffin, among others. At least five thousand years old, a mythical hybrid animal known as ‘griffin’ had the body of a lion and head, sharp claws, and snow-white […]
Arimaspians: Mysterious Mighty Warriors With One-Eye
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Arimaspians were a tribe of ordinary human-sized horsemen with only one eye in the middle of their forehead. Based on ancient records, they inhabited land at the foot of the Riphean (Rhipaion) Mountains, a mountain range located far north of Eurasia. Polyphemus, by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1802 Greek […]
Stunning Facial Reconstruction Of Saint Ludmila’s Sons Of The Czech Royal Premyslid Dynasty
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Using the latest state-of-the-art technology scientists have successfully produced a stunning facial reconstruction of the two sons of Saint Ludmila. According to experts, the reconstructed faces of the two dukes are about 90 percent accurate. Saint Ludmila (c. 860 – 15 September 921) was canonized shortly after her death and […]
5th-Century Tomb With Finds Of Historical And Artistic Value Discovered In Eastern Bohemia
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient tomb located in the vicinity of Hradec Králové, a city in East Bohemia in the Czech Republic, was first unearthed in 2019. It is an ancient burial from the end of the 5th century, historically connected to a turbulent time of the Migration Period or the Barbarian Invasions. […]
Mystery Of The Hidden Wooden Hieroglyphic Tablets And The Unknown White Bearded Men – The Civilization That Died Twice – Part 2
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – What evidence is there that could support the theory there was an unknown master race present in different corners of the world? In part 1 we discussed how strange ancient wooden tablets covered with hieroglyphics were discovered in the “wrong” place. The inscriptions on these out-of-place tablets could provide us […]
Egypt’s Dendera Temple: Second Restoration Phase Is Now Completed
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Upper Egyptian Dendera Temple complex dedicated to the goddess Hathor has been for some time under restoration, according to plans presented by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Now archaeologists completed the second phase of restoration that included cleaning of the great hall, the entrance facade the birth kiosk. […]
Pazyryk Carpet: Extraordinary Craftsmanship Of Siberian Iron Age Textile Dyers
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The world’s oldest example of a knotted-pile carpet and is the one kept at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. The so-called Pazyryk Carpet, which was made out of new wool at around 400 BC, is one of the most fascinating examples of central Asian craftsmanship from the […]
How Great Emperor Ashoka Realized And Showed All Living Beings Matter
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The history of Emperor Ashoka shows it’s never too late to change and become a good person. Emperor Ashoka was a remarkable person and ruler whose legacy is still alive and tangible in modern India. Paper money and coins can be traced to Emperor Ashoka’s reign and the same can […]
900-Year-Old Buddhist Monastery, Sculpture With A Coiled Crown And Chakra Discovered In Eastern India
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Buddhist monastery, believed to be at least 900 years old has been unearthed by archaeologists from ASI (Archaeological Survey of India). The monastery was buried under a mound in a village situated in a hilly area of Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand. Ghosнιтaram monastery in Kaushambi. Image credit: Wikipedia ASI’s […]