A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The ancient Maya believed that the underworld – Xibalba – was a ‘place of fear’. In some ancient accounts, it is a domain of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Caesarion was murdered on August 23, 30 BC only 17 years old. He was the last King of the Egyptian Ptolemies, most probably
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There is something special and fascinating about Kokopelli, the Native American trickster god. Known under various names among several Native American tribes and sometimes
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – When 17th century Europeans reached what is now New Hampshire they found that someone had been there before them. Evidence suggests that North America
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Norse mythology, Nidhogg (also (Nithog, Nidhögg) is the corpse-eating dragon that lives entwined around Yggdrasil’s foot. Nidhogg is stalking in the roots of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Ziz is a giant bird found in Hebrew cosmogony and the creature that belongs to the celestial sphere. Its head touches the sky
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – She is an important figure in Inca’s ancient beliefs. Ocllo (or Mama Uqllu) was worshipped by the Incas of Central and Southern Andes, South
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – It all started in 2008 when archaeologists excavated a fascinating ancient archaeological site Guachimontones (‘Los Guachimontones’) is located just outside the modest little
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – This castle is located about 30 miles (50 km) north-west of Aberdeen, Scotland, and is known as the Fyvie Castle. It’s an ancient
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – A tomb decorated with frescos dating back about 1,000 years ago, was accidentally discovered by a group of farmers in north China’s Inner
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – A large number of artifacts discovered in rescue excavations of a Thracian burial mound include an ostrich egg turned into a vessel and
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – A secret tunnel was accidentally discovered during construction works at the Østerport light rail station in Copenhagen. According to archaeologists from the Museum of
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Because of its ability to capture extraordinarily accurate, high-resolution, 3D data LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) has become an appreciated tool among archaeologists.
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – People living in the southern areas of today’s Poland over 4,000 years ago were genetically similar to earlier communities from this area. Researchers
MessageToEagle.com – Columbus famously reached the Americas in 1492. Other Europeans had made the journey before, but the century from then until 1609 marks the creation of the modern globalized
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Ancient people continued their centuries-long tradition of socializing and feasts, even after an unknown crisis around A.D. 650. More than a thousand years
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Many have claimed the Justinianic Plague (c. 541-750 CE) killed half of the population of the Roman Empire. Now, historical research and mathematical
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Five centuries after Charles I of Spain authorized the transport of the first African slaves to the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the ancestry
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Istrian archaeologists have excavated an ancient wooden boat dating back two thousand years from under the Poreč waterfront, located on the western coast
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – The ancient cemetery of Mözs-Icsei dűlő in present-day Hungary holds clues to a unique community formation during the beginnings of Europe’s Migration Period,
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Kayseri province is a very special region of Turkey. It has several ancient spots where archaeologists discovered underground cities. The city of Kayseri
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Finding an unknown cave is an exciting discovery, but the finding is even more thrilling if you see there are several, beautiful, unique
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists have discovered hidden geometric patterns in the layout of Göbeklitepe, an archaeological site in Turkey’s southeastern Şanlıurfa province that is home to
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Residents of an 8,000-year-old prehistoric proto-city could be buried in the houses where they lived, according to new research. The gruesome discovery was
