Ancient Egypt

02/20/2023

Babylon’s Kiln-Fired Bricks Almost Erased The City From History

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - King Nebuchadnezzar II (c. 605 BC – c. 562 BC), the greatest ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, had no intention of letting enemies enter the mighty city of Babylon.

02/20/2023

The Templar Tunnel: Knight’s Strategic Passageway Was Lost for 700 Years

The Templar Tunnel is an underground passageway located in the city of Acre, in what is now Israel. This tunnel was built by the Knights Templar when the city was under the rule of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and served as a strategic passageway connecting the Templar palace to the port. After Acre fe...

02/20/2023

Ancient EGYPT

02/20/2023

Jewish-styled Alexander Legends Found on Silver Bowl from Tibet

A new paper published in the Bulletin of the Asia Institute argues that an ancient silver bowl found in Lhasa 50 years ago displays in Greek-style reliefs scenes from a Jewish version of the Alexander legends. This body of legend grew around the real and fictional feats of the Macedonian conqueror,....

02/19/2023

Ernest Shackleton’s Ship Endurance, Lost Since 1915, Is Found Off Antarctica

Explorers have discovered Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, one of history’s most famous shipwrecks, deep in the frigid sea near Antarctica, more than a century after it sank, they revealed Wednesday.

02/19/2023

This Is The Mysterious Hilltop Where Civilization Began Scientists Say

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Where exactly did our civilization emerge? Some will say our modern civilization emerged in Mesopotamia. Others will say there are underwater ruins much older and predate the Sumerian civilizations. Yet, another group will argue the first traces of civilization can be...

02/19/2023

Stunned archaeologists: “Tombs of giants found in Crimea”

During archaeological excavations in Crimea , experts discovered a necropolis of the Byzantine Empire where the tomb of a giant was .

02/19/2023

Akhenaten, Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty blue glass inlay, ca.1336-1353 BC.

02/19/2023

The enduring mystery of The Lady of Dai mummy

When talking about body preservation and mummies, people all over the world think of Egypt and the mummified bodies of Pharaohs, such as Tutankhamun. But how many know that the world’s best preserved bodies actually come from China?  The Lady of Dai, otherwise known as The Diva Mummy, is a 2,100-...

02/18/2023

L'Anse aux Meadows: Discovery of Norse settlement in Canada Proved Viking Sagas Contain Real History

Canada has a rich history which is not often realized by foreigners. One of the most remarkable and interesting historic sites in Canada is L’Anse aux Meadows. This was a Norse settlement or outpost that dates to the 11 th century and it was designated a Historic Site of Canada a half-century ago....

02/18/2023

Were the Merovingians Descended from a Monster? Meet the Quinotaur

You’ve proƅaƅly heard of a Miᥒotaur (half-maᥒ, half-ƅull), ƅut what aƅout a Quiᥒotaur? Iᥒ early Fraᥒkiѕh hiѕtory there waѕ a “ƅeaѕt of Neptuᥒe” whiᴄh waѕ ѕaid to look like a ᴄreature ᴄalled a Quiᥒotaur. Thiѕ myѕteriouѕ mythiᴄal ƅeiᥒg oᥒly appeared iᥒ...

02/18/2023

The Dispilio Tablet and the Real Origins of Writing

Coᥒveᥒtioᥒal arᴄhaeology ᴄlaimѕ that writiᥒg waѕ ᥒot iᥒveᥒted uᥒtil ѕome time ƅetweeᥒ 3000 aᥒd 4000 BC iᥒ Sumeria. However, the diѕᴄovery of a far older artifaᴄt iᥒ ᥒortherᥒ Greeᴄe appearѕ to ᴄoᥒtradiᴄt thiѕ ƅelief. Although the poѕѕiƅility of a...