Lost Cities & Vanished Civilizations

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Everyone knows of some great civilizations, such as Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt. But there are so many interesting, less well-known civilizations still to learn about. Do you have an Ancient place you find facinating?
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  • North Carolina’s Lost Colony May Have Been Found

    Posted: January 21, 2015The location of North Carolina’s lost colony has remained a mystery for more than four centuries. However, as reported by Charlotte Observer, researchers may have discovered what happened; the clue was found on a map of North Carolina and Virginia, which was created by…

    By LadyHawkღ

    Jan 21, 2015

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  • Titanic

    The sinking of this grand ship occured 100 years ago! Although it is not a city or civilization, some people may have some stories to share.

    By Ms. Down-to-Earth

    Apr 13, 2012

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  • Chaco Canyon: Anasazi Culture

    Chaco Canyon was both the political and economic center of the eastern Anasazi world by AD 1000. Within the canyon an architectural style consisting of very large, multi-storied pueblos and associated earth-works had been started and continued to grow in both size and number. These Chacoan…

    By LadyHawkღ

    Feb 28, 2011

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  • The Anasazi or "Ancient Pueblo Amazing stuff"

    I like this subject and would like to add this info enjoy our HistoryThe Anasazi or "Ancient Pueblo"Map of the Southwest Tradition. Source: DesertUSA…

    By ERIC SHARP

    Feb 28, 2011

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  • Atlantis

    The Story of AtlantisThe story of Atlantis is found in Plato’s dialogues Timaeus and Critias. In these Plato describes Atlantis as a large Island, about the size of Northern Africa. According…

    By LadyHawkღ

    Jan 16, 2011

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  • Gobekla Tepe

    I was just watching a video of Gobekla Tepe. (Since I'm not good at posting links for videos, if someone else wants to, that'd be appreciated - it was on History Channel.) This site, located in southern Turkey, has been carbon-dated back 12,000 years! It has remained undiscovered because it was…

    By Ms. Down-to-Earth

    Nov 17, 2011

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  • new contenant

    A contenant stretching from Norway to the Hibraides Islands in Scotland has been discovered. Unfortunately, Is underwater. I havn't read the article myself, just have heard it from others. So, I can't provide you with too much information. I do know it has river beds, mountains, etc.

    By Ms. Down-to-Earth

    Jul 18, 2011

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  • Baltic Sea letter in a bottle found 24 years later

      Nearly a quarter-century after a German boy tossed a message in a bottle off a ship in the Baltic Sea, he's received an answer.A 13-year-old Russian, Daniil Korotkikh, was walking with his…

    By ERIC SHARP

    Mar 31, 2011

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  • 9,500-Year-Old City Found Underwater Off India

    9,500-Year-Old City FoundUnderwater Off IndiaDiscovery in Bay of Cambay Will ForceWestern Archaeologists to Rewrite HistoryThe civilization of Ancient Egypt occurred in a past so remote that today it seems mystical. The pyramids and other temples, with their hieroglyphics depicting a flourishing…

    By LadyHawkღ

    Mar 10, 2011

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  • Rediscovering Pittsylvania's “Missing” Native Americans

    By Henry H. Mitchell. First published in The Pittsylvania Packet, Pittsylvania Historical Society, Chatham, Virginia, Winter 1997, pp. 4-8.Stone celts are among the many visual reminders of Pittsylvania County's indigenous peoples of long ago. (From the collection of W. W. Simpson, Jr., of Hurt,…

    By ERIC SHARP

    Mar 2, 2011

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