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Strange Discovery: Fragment Of Homer’s Iliad Hidden Inside Ancient Mummy

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The discovery marks a significant milestone in archaeology: for the first time, a Greek literary text has been found intentionally

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Legend Of The Evil Maker Who Punished Humans For His Failures

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com –  The timeless struggle between good and evil in myths and legends around the world is truly remarkable, echoing through the

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Ancient Structure Used By The Caral Civilization To Track Astronomical Phenomena Discovered In Áspero, Peru

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com –  Archaeologists working in Áspero, Peru, have uncovered an ancient structure interpreted as an “observatory” used by the Caral civilization to

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Ancient DNA Reveals Natural Selection Has Shaped Modern Human Genomes More Than Previously Thought

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A large-scale study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 individuals spanning more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia shows that

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Huge Scottish Neolithic Tombs Were Built To Trace Kinship And Lineages Over Centuries

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of genetic connections among people buried in Neolithic chambered tombs in northern Scotland, suggesting these monumental

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Deciphered Ancient Clay Tablets Reveal Semi-Mythical King Gilgamesh May Have Existed

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For more than a century, the National Museum in Denmark has had the privilege of safeguarding a remarkable collection of inscribed tablets

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Why Did The Seven Sages Leave This Mysterious Symbol At The Temple Of Apollo – Was It A Message For Future Generations?

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – For more than 2,000 years, ancient and modern scientists have tried to decipher a mysterious symbol discovered at the beautiful

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Arizona’s And Washington’s Baffling Beehive-Shaped Coke Ovens

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com –  Along the prominent Gila River at Butte, Arizona, lies Cochran Ghost Town, and there are five very well-preserved beehive-shaped ovens

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The Sjörå – ‘Mistress Of The Lake’: A Mythical Tempting Female Water Spirit In Swedish Folklore

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Swedish folklore, the sjörå (or the ‘Mistress of the Lake’) is a “supernatural being” that inhabits mainly lakes, but

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Sacred Ancient Ritual Water Complex Dedicated To The God Pelusium Discovered At Tell El-Farama In North Sinai

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – After six years of excavation at Tell El-Farama in North Sinai, archaeologists have uncovered a rare water-focused ritual complex dedicated