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Viking Burial With An Unusual Box And Spectacular Grave Goods Found In Aarhus, Denmark

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A fascinating new discovery from the Viking Age has been made in Denmark. Located seven kilometers north of Aarhus, near

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Summer Solstice Festivals Around The World – Midsummer Celebration Is An Ancient Tradition Still Alive

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Every year on June 21, a global community comes together to celebrate the summer solstice. These vibrant and enchanting festivals,

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Earliest Evidence Of Humans In The Americas – Confirmed

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Vance Holliday jumped at the invitation to go do geology at New Mexico’s White Sands. The landscape, just west of Alamogordo,

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DNA Reveals Poland’s First Kings May Have Scottish Origin – New Study Challenges Existing Myths

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. For nearly ten years, scholars have actively debated

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Playful Master Of Harmless Mischief Puck (Robin Goodfellow) And Shakespeare’s Visit To The Magic Valley In The Midsummer Dream

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Puck, also called Robin Goodfellow or “Hobgoblin,” is undoubtedly one of the most popular characters in English folklore. Famous for

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Tradition Of Rare Medieval Bed Burials Was Much More Complex Than Previously Thought

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A recent study has provided new insights into the tradition and purpose of medieval bed burials, primarily found in Germany,

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Disappearance Of Mastodons Still Threatens South America’s Native Forests

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A new study provides for the first time direct fossil evidence of frugivory in South American mastodons and shows

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Legend Of Sleeping Hero Holger Danske: Viking Warrior Who Never Died

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Holger Danske, also called Holger or Ogier the Dane, was a fearsome Viking warrior. He was a legendary knight and

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Mysterious World Of Ancient Dwarves

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The idea that dwarves walked the Earth in ancient times should not be surprising. Considerable evidence suggests that beings of

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Archaeologists Found A 16th-Century Shipwreck Of Merchant Ship Close To Saint-Tropez, France

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 16th-century merchant ship more than 2.5 kilometers underwater off the coast of southern France.