The Ancient Origins News Desk

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At Ancient Origins we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ou... more

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April 25, 2025 The Discovery of Eridu, Sumer’s Jewel and the World’s Oldest City | Ancient Origins
Nineteenth-century excavations led to the discovery of Eridu, likely the world’s oldest city and the spiritual center of the legendary Sumerian civilization.
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8min
April 24, 2025 Pope Francis Passes Away: Are the End Times Imminent? | Ancient Origins
The Prophecy of the Popes is an astounding document from medieval times that predicts and apocalypse after the final pope – who some believe was Pope Francis.
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8min
April 24, 2025 New DNA Study Reveals How Phoenician Culture Spread in the Ancient World | Ancient Origins
A new genetic study reveals fascinating details about the relationship of the Phoenicians to the Punic culture of Carthage, and the rest of the Mediterranean
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7min
April 23, 2025 Bite Marks on Ancient Skeleton Prove Roman Gladiators Really Did Fight Lions | Ancient Origins
A 1,800-year-old skeleton from Roman-era York was shown to have bite marks from a lion, offering physical proof of gladiator vs. lion battles outside Rome.
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5min
April 23, 2025 Remembering Pink Floyd’s 1972 Concert for the Ghosts of Pompeii | Ancient Origins
It was an extraordinary moment in 1972, when Pink Floyd performed at the restored amphitheater of Pompeii, the first show put on at that venue in almost 1900
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7min
April 22, 2025 Neolithic Revolution Triggered by Massive Fires and Environmental Collapse | Ancient Origins
Huge wildfires and significant soil erosion forced prehistoric communities in the Levant to embrace agriculture over 8,000 years ago, a new study suggests.
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8min
April 22, 2025 Secret Messages Linked to Ramesses II Found on Egyptian Obelisk in Paris | Ancient Origins
A new analysis has discovered seven hieroglyphic messages hidden in the iconography on the Luxor Obelisk, a monument carved to honor Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses
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7min
April 21, 2025 American Myth and the American Dream (Part II) | Ancient Origins
Through good times and bad, the American Dream has remained alive and well, bursting forth from the wellspring of American mythology to give it tangible
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25min
April 21, 2025 Volunteers Unearth 12th Century Irish Monastery Destroyed by Norman Invaders | Ancient Origins
School children and local volunteers unearthed the ruins of a 12th century monastery destroyed in Northern Ireland during the Norman invasion of Ulster in 1177.
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6min
April 20, 2025 Archaeologists Unearth 4,500-Year-Old Tomb of Fifth Dynasty Egyptian Prince | Ancient Origins
In Saqqara, archaeologists found the 4,500-year-old tomb of the son of the first pharaoh of the Old Kingdom’s Fifth Dynasty, King Userkaf.
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7min

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