HISTORY
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Scottish Settler’s Ominous Encounter With A Mysterious Being In West Virginia
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In the 1800s, West Virginia was a hotbed for eerie and unsettling encounters with an…
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Why Are Manuports Like The Makapansgat Cobble Interesting Archaeological Artifacts?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists are interested in so-called manuports for several reasons. Derived from the Latin words “manus,”…
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Chonchon ‘Tue Tue’ Bird With Human Head Brought Bad Omens To Places It Haunted In Beliefs Of Mapuche Indians
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Chonchon (Spanish: ‘chonchón’) is a mythical, terrifying bird from the beliefs of the Araucanian (Mapuchen)…
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New Tool-Making Timeline For East Asian Hominins – Study
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A global team of researchers, spearheaded by Chinese scientists, has discovered that East Asian hominins were…
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Fisherman Pulls A Viking Sword From The River Cherwell, Oxford, UK
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Trevor Penny, an amateur fisherman from Oxfordshire, UK, had quite the surprise when he pulled…
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Yu Shi ‘The Master Of Rain’ Revered Deity In Chinese People’s Beliefs
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Deities associated with rain have been revered across various cultures and religions worldwide for centuries. Their…
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Ruins Of Post-Medieval Brunell Township Discovered In Glen Brittle Forest On The Isle of Skye
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In a recent environmental survey conducted before harvesting in Glen Brittle Forest on the Isle…
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Andalusia Was First Inhabited By Neolithic People From The Southern Part Of The Iberian Peninsula 6,200 Years Ago
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The island of San Fernando, Cadiz in Andalusia, was home to the first Neolithic farmers…
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Dinas Powys: Late ‘Antique Hillfort Phenomenon’ In Post-Roman Western Britain
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Dinas Powys, Glamorgan, located about 9km southwest of Cardiff, is a small inland fort of…
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Ancient Thriving Market Of Khan al-Tujjar (The Merchants’ Caravanserai) Discovered In Lower Galilee
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists unearthed traces of a thriving ancient marketplace during an excavation led by the Israel…
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