A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – There is a fascinating and entirely different megalithic site known as Namoratunga. The site is located on the west side of Lake Turkana,
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Located in the heart of Baku, Azerbaijan, the Maiden Tower is the city’s most mysterious and impressive ancient structure. Being 29.5 meters (97
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Barabar Caves are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India. Mostly dated to the Maurya Empire (322-185 BC), they were carved out
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – When Albert Camus (1913 -1960) wrote about Djémila, a ruined Roman city in the mountains of Northern Algeria, he said this beautiful long-abandoned
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – About 9,000 years ago, long before Stonehenge in the UK was constructed, a Neolithic society in Israel built a large stone circle using
Angela Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Old Testament mentions the city Uruk as Erech, and its original Sumerian name is Unug. What we know today about Uruk comes
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Mirpur Jain Temple is situated in the vicinity of a fortified village Mirpur, district Sirohi, Rajasthan, India. The temple is believed to be
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Khara-Khoto (“black city” or “black water city”) was inhabited by Tangut people and located about 200 miles north of the legendary Silk Highway
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Destroyed by King Murdoch O’Brien of Munster in 1101, the little-known stone ringfort Grianán Of Aileach was once home to the Kingdom of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Sardinia is one of the most ancient pieces of land in Europe with a rich legacy of prehistoric monuments. On the island, there
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – To some, the ancient burial mounds are standing on a piece of land that can be used for building new homes and factories.
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) investigated the longest aqueduct of the time, the 426-kilometer-long Aqueduct of Valens supplying Constantinople, and revealed
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Ekambareswarar Temple (Ekambaranathar Temple) is an outstanding Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, and located in Kanchipuram, an ancient city in southern India’s
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Meteora, (means in Greek:” raised from the ground, hanging”) and the ancient monasteries built atop the Meteora massif represent a magnificent place that
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – From once being one of the most wealthy and powerful Western Christian military orders, life changed dramatically for the Knights Templar in 1307.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Dravidian (or Southern-style) is the earlier of the two main styles in the evolution of sacred Hindu architecture. It is characterized by
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – One of the most representative historical and archaeological places of Colombia is Tierradentro, known as the National Archaeological Park located in the municipality
A.Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Many spectacular architectural masterworks of India, like temples, mosques, monoliths, statues, gigantic forts, palaces, universities, and tombs, are left in legacy by the country’s
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Cosquer Cave is the world’s only underwater Stone Age cave and a marvelous place where archaeologists have discovered mysterious paintings created by our
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Many secrets of the ancient Etruscans who represent one of the most enigmatic civilizations in Europe are still to be discovered. Etruscan cemeteries contain
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Inhabitants of the sacred city of Caral were skilled architects, builders, and astronomers who studied celestial objects with great interest. Scientists have discovered
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – One of the most prominent historical sites of Kura Araxes (Uraxes) culture dated from 3400 BC to 2000 BC is the Shengavit settlement,
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – It has been assumed for some time the Caynton Caves were used by the Knights Templar, who held secret meetings in underground chambers
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
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – To archaeologists, Luxor is a dream. To tourists, it’s a wonderful place offering the best of glimpses into the ancient Egyptian world one
