A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Choquequirao (“Cradle of Gold” – Cuna de Oro” was the Inca’s last stronghold of resistance to the Spanish domain and a political, religious, and social center of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Rök Stone (Rök Runestone), in Swedish, Rökstenen‘, is a remarkable 9th-century granite monument bearing the distinction of containing the longest runic inscription ever uncovered. The
Conny Waters – MessageToeagle.com – Peru is famous for being one of South America’s most significant rock art sites. The fascinating Toro Muerto, a desert gorge, is situated
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com –The ‘Valley of Thracian Kings’ is an extraordinary place with numerous burial mounds (tumuli) containing the Thracian rulers’ and high aristocrats’ tombs and graves.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Already three centuries ago (in 1726), John Toland wrote that brochs or the so-called ‘Pictish Towers’ “are apt all over Scotland to make everything
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Jiaohe (in Chinese: ‘where two rivers meet’) is considered one of China’s oldest, largest, and best-preserved earthen cities. It was built 2,300 years ago,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The fascinating ancient Hittite sanctuary of Yazilikaya (‘rock with writing’) lies between rock outcroppings at the foot of the high ridge east of Hattusha,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Forgotten for millennia, the Kingdom of Mitanni was discovered in the nineteenth century, and excavations revealed fascinating facts about this unusual kingdom, which
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Petroglyphs and drawings in Gobustan are among the most ancient rock galleries in the world. They show many aspects of everyday life, customs, and
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Many archeologists agree that cylindrical towers known as ‘chullpas’ (chulpas), which can be viewed at Sillustani, Cutimbo, and other places, are the work
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Many histories of Nottingham have been produced. People made their own observations and studied the city’s past. Yet others published information from other sources,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – A remarkable landmark, a surviving 14-meter ancient Roman Obelisk is located near the Veliko Tarnovo district village of Lessicheri in the North-Central region
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Early Maltese temples were egg-shaped and resembled the womb of the goddess of fertility. Later, from 4,000 to 3,000 BC, the Maltese built such
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Enigmatic Ales Stenar (in English, Ale’s Stones) are located high on the ridge above the old-fashioned fishing village of Kåseberga near Ystad, Sweden. Ales stones,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Ledberg Stone (Ledbergsstenen) is considered one of Sweden’s most beautiful Runestones. This landmark is also one of the country’s more familiar runestones due
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The 2,500-year-old Empuries (also Emporiae) site on the Costa Brava was built in 575 BC. It was a Greek and, later, a Roman colony
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The prehistoric ruins of the Din Lligwy settlement have a long history spanning three eras. It is a fascinating place located on the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – One of the most extraordinary archaeological discoveries of recent times was the uncovering of the so-called Seahenge off the north coast of Norfolk,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – There is a vast network of neolithic tunnels crisscrossing several European countries, built millennia ago. The underground tunneling system. The underground city of Orvieto,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Tikal was the Maya’s religious, ceremonial, and military city-state, with a long and fascinating history recorded in the city’s ruins, artifacts, and plenty
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Before the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D, people in Pompeii lived a comfortable life. At the time of the destruction,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Deir el-Bahri, a sacred resting place for the pharaohs, is a mountain valley on the western bank of the Nile River, near Thebes, an
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The enduring mysteries of ancient Egypt keep fascinating archaeologists, historians, and the public alike. The Land of the Pharaohs refuses to give up
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Dedicated to the goddess Hathor the Dendera Temple is one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt. Famous for its magnificent astronomical ceiling and huge
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – When the first humans reached The Great Plain, USA, remains unknown. There are several theories attempting to answer this historical question, but many
