Ancient Civilisations Archive

  • In the borderland between Tibet  and China there is the cave region of the Baian-Kara-Ula mountains. In 1968, remarkable finds of tablets with writing and hieroglyphics were made there. Several...

    The stonedisks of Baian-Kara-Ula

    Posted on July 9, 2011 | No Comments
    In the borderland between Tibet  and China there is the cave region of the Baian-Kara-Ula mountains. In 1968, remarkable finds of tablets with writing and hieroglyphics were made there. Several...

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  • According to legends, Thoth preserved his canon of writings inside two great pillars just before the Great Flood inundated the world. Thousands of years later, the pillars were rediscovered. According...

    The Pillars of Hermes and the emerald tablet

    Posted on June 11, 2010 | 1 Comment
    According to legends, Thoth preserved his canon of writings inside two great pillars just before the Great Flood inundated the world. Thousands of years later, the pillars were rediscovered. According...

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  • Fellows was born at Nottingham, where his family had an estate. When fourteen he drew sketches to illustrate a trip to the ruins of Newstead Abbey, which afterwards appeared on...

    Sir Charles Fellows

    Posted on April 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Fellows was born at Nottingham, where his family had an estate. When fourteen he drew sketches to illustrate a trip to the ruins of Newstead Abbey, which afterwards appeared on...

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  • The Watchers (from Greek egrḗgoroi (ἐγρήγοροι)) or Grigori are a group of fallen angels told of in Biblical apocrypha who mated with mortal women, giving rise to a race of...

    Watchers

    Posted on September 23, 2009 | No Comments
    The Watchers (from Greek egrḗgoroi (ἐγρήγοροι)) or Grigori are a group of fallen angels told of in Biblical apocrypha who mated with mortal women, giving rise to a race of...

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  • 1. In 1967, at a depth of 400 feet underground in the Rocky Point Mine in Gulman, Colorado, human bones and a four-inch-long copper arrowhead were found embedded in a...

    Out of place artifacts

    Posted on September 18, 2009 | No Comments
    1. In 1967, at a depth of 400 feet underground in the Rocky Point Mine in Gulman, Colorado, human bones and a four-inch-long copper arrowhead were found embedded in a...

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  • In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek: Τιτάν - Ti-tan; plural: Τιτᾶνες - Ti-tânes), were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. Their role as Elder Gods was overthrown by a race of younger gods,...

    Titans

    Posted on August 2, 2009 | No Comments
    In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek: Τιτάν - Ti-tan; plural: Τιτᾶνες - Ti-tânes), were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. Their role as Elder Gods was overthrown by a race of younger gods,...

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  • The Chachapoyas, also called the Warriors of the Clouds, were an Andean people living in the cloud forests of the Amazonas region of present-day Peru. The Incas conquered their civilization...

    Chachapoya

    Posted on March 28, 2009 | No Comments
    The Chachapoyas, also called the Warriors of the Clouds, were an Andean people living in the cloud forests of the Amazonas region of present-day Peru. The Incas conquered their civilization...

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  • Pre-Columbian Americas See also: Child sacrifice in pre-Columbian cultures Altar for human sacrifice at Monte Alban Some of the most famous forms of ancient human sacrifice were performed by various...

    Human Sacrifice

    Posted on March 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Pre-Columbian Americas See also: Child sacrifice in pre-Columbian cultures Altar for human sacrifice at Monte Alban Some of the most famous forms of ancient human sacrifice were performed by various...

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  • There is a great deal of controversy in certain circles regarding the Cuicuilco Pyramid. Cuicuilco was an ancient city in the central Mexican highlands, on the southern shore of the...

    The Cuicuilco Pyramid

    Posted on October 7, 2008 | No Comments
    There is a great deal of controversy in certain circles regarding the Cuicuilco Pyramid. Cuicuilco was an ancient city in the central Mexican highlands, on the southern shore of the...

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