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Pieces Of A 1,000-Year-Old Manuscript Belonging To A Refugee English Princess Found
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A special find has been made in the Alkmaar Regional Archive: A number of 17th-century book bindings contained pieces of parchment from a manuscript from the 11th century. The original manuscript may have belonged to a princess who fled England after the Norman Conquest. Credit: Regionaal Archief Alkmaar Many books were printed and bound in…
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Large Mammoth Tusk And Bones Buried For Thousands Of Years Found In North Dakota
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Coal miners in North Dakota have discovered a 7-foot-long (2.1 meters) mammoth tusk that had been buried for thousands of years. A shovel operator at the Freedom Mine near Beulah was working the overnight shift when he suddenly spotted a flash of something white as he scooped up a giant mound of dirt and dropped…
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New England’s Abandoned Stone Walls Deserve A Science Of Their Own
AncientPages.com – The abandoned fieldstone walls of New England are every bit as iconic to the region as lobster pots, town greens, sap buckets and fall foliage. They seem to be everywhere—a latticework of dry, lichen-crusted stone ridges separating a patchwork of otherwise moist soils. Stone walls can be found here and there in other states, but only in New England are…
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Has The Mystery Of Cerne Abbas Giant Been Solved?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A centuries-old mystery may finally have been solved. Cerne Abbas Giant, the 180ft (55-meter) tall club-wielding man in Dorset, UK, has long been considered a fertility sign due to his large, erect phallus. The Cerne Abbas Giant was carved out of a chalk hillside above Cerne Abbas village, Dorset, England. Credit: Adobe Stock – David…
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First Carbon-Based Paleolithic Paintings Found In Font-De-Gaume Cave, France Could Be 19,000 Years Old
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – On 12 September 1901, Denis Peyrony, a local schoolmaster, stepped inside the Font-De-Gaume Cave. He discovered marvelous prehistoric cave paintings that our ancient ancestors created during the Magdalenian period. Cro-Magnon artists painting in Font-de-Gaume, by Charles R. Knight from the book the Artist Who Saw Through Time, 1920. Credit: Public Domain Located in Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, in…
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2,000 Years Ago Mysterious Foreigner With Unique Ancestry Traveled To Cambridgeshire – Who Was He?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating near the village of Offord Cluny in Cambridgeshire have discovered the remains of a man who lived between AD 126–228 during the Roman period and did not originally come from a rural farmstead near where he was buried but likely thousands of miles away, possibly outside of the Roman Empire. Archaeologists excavate the…
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How Did St. Nicholas Become Santa Claus? – History, Legend And Tradition
AncientPages.com – We’re all familiar with the jolly, white-haired and bearded overweight man who sneaks down chimneys on Christmas Eve delivering presents to children. But where did this come from? With roots in Christianity, the origins of the world’s most beloved gift-giver transcend time, culture and religion. Santa Claus with gifts and a lantern on a city street. Credit: Adobe…
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How Norwegians Expressed Resistance Against Nazi Occupation Using Christmas Cards
AncientPages.com – On December 18, 1941, it was forbidden to use the Norwegian flag and its colours in a way that offended national sentiment. The ban was issued by Vidkun Quisling’s fascist party, National Gathering. Using the flag in that manner was considered a demonstration against the German occupation. This was followed by a series of Christmas cards that could hardly…
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Mysterious Anomaly In Earth’s Magnetic Field Documented On 3,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian Bricks
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – During previous excavations, archaeologists have found plenty of evidence that Babylonians and Sumerians were skilled astronomers. Sumerian cuneiform tablets confirm that knowledge of the Sumerians was not limited only to the knowledge of our solar system. People in Mesopotamia observed the night sky with great interest. They wanted and documented the positions and movements of…
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Archaeologists Discover Previously Unknown Huge Galleries And Petroglyphs In Colorado
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Polish archaeologists investigated the Castle Rock Pueblo settlement complex in Colorado and made a discovery that exceeded their “wildest expectations.” Archaeologists exploring in Colorado discovered ancient rock carvings belonging to the Pueblo people. Credit: Jagiellonian University “Our findings from the current year completely change our perception of this settlement area in many different aspects,” says…
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