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This Pyramid City In Peru Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid And The Incas By 4,000 Years
About 20 years ago, Peruvian archaeologist Ruth Shady Solis of the University of San Marcos revealed that the pyramid city…
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Ten Things You Should Know About Saladin’s Ancient Citadel And Its Massive Underground World
Built as a defensive fortification in Medieval times, the Citadel of Saladin remains one of Egypt’s most monumental architectural achievements…
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7 Things You Should Know About The 7 Wonders Of The Ancient World
Every person has thought about how our ancestors lived, what they thought about, what did they strive for? Well, probably,…
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10 Reasons Why Pedra do Inga Is The Most Amazing Ancient Monument You Probably Didn’t Know About
Deep in the Brazilian state of Paraiba, there is a strange massive monument called the Inga or Pedra do Inga…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Massive Hand Protruding From The Chilean Desert
What do people usually associate the desert with? Most often with an endless surface devoid of hills, bushes, and trees.…
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Archaeologists Find Traces of an Advanced Ancient, Hitherto Unknown Civilization in the Amazon
Using remote surveys and technologies such as LiDAR, a group of researchers has identified traces of an advanced ancient civilization…
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Here’s How Archeologists Discovered a Rare Viking Ship Burial Without a Single Excavation
Viking history truly fascinates me, and it’s not just because of the Vikings TV series–which, by the way, is totally…
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Not Far From the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Is a Valley of Whales Millions of Years Old
Although Egypt is famous for its pyramids, many other sites exist across Egypt that are equally stunning and important. One…
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10 Mind-Boggling Ancient Sites You Should Visit in the Yucatan Peninsula
The Yucatan Peninsula was once inhabited by some of the most advanced Pre-Colombian Mesoamerican civilizations. Therefore, it should come as…
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Chavin de Huantar, The Ancient Peruvian Citadel You Likely Never Heard Of
Chavin was an ancient Indian culture from the northern mountainous part of present-day Peru, which existed in the period 1200-300…
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Here are 5 Archaeological Sites in Peru You Probably Never Heard of
I do not understand at all why the historical significance of Peru is often overlooked when compared to other cradles…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Ancient Olmec Civilization
Several Southeastern tribes have long said that their ancestors received immigrants from Mesoamerica and that these immigrants introduced many cultural changes. Far…
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10 Fascinating Ancient Places in Peru You Probably Didn’t Know About
“It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and ancient Machu Picchu, for instance, seem…
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10 Facts About The Step Pyramid of Djoser That History Books Won’t Tell You
Thousands of years ago, a man called Djoser ruled over the land of Egypt. Mainstream Egyptologists place his reign around…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Ancient Sumerians
“Sumer, the land which came to be known in classical times as Babylonia, consists of the lower half of Mesopotamia,…
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5 Untold Secrets You Probably Didn’t Know About the Vatican’s Necropolis
You can’t visit the Vatican and not ask about the Pope, St.Peter’s Basilica, Vatican Library, or Vatican Necropolis. Today’s article…
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8 Secrets You Probably Didn’t Know About the Ancient City of Petra
The ancient city of Petra, also known as AL-Batra in Arabic, is well known for being carved into the bedrock.…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Hunza Valley
How many of you have heard about the Hunza Valley? I was lucky enough to visit it a couple of…
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Caral; the Ancient Pyramid City of Peru Explained in 7 Facts You Probably didn’t Know
“Sometimes I’ll pick up the “heart of the jungle” fossil on my bookshelf, or pull out my old field notebooks…
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Here are 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Stonehenge
It is indeed immensely picturesque. I can fancy sitting all a summer’s day watching its shadows shorten and lengthen again,…
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