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Ancient Tides

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Current news related to ancient civilizations, focusing on their origins and reasons for their demise. Much of the content includes speculative history as well as conventional accounts.

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  • Some Scientists Rejecting Comet-Collision Theory

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 20:15 in climate

    A prolonged frigid period led to extinction of mastodons and many other creatures, as well as the human Clovis culture.While scientists are not disputing the existence of a frigid period known as the Younger Dryas about 12,900 years ago, an increasin...

  • Ruined Ecosystem May Destroyed the Nazca

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 19:29 in nazca

    A mountainside drawing by the Nazca people on now-barren land.Archaeologists are concluding that the Nazca ~ who once flourished in southern Peru, beginning around 200 BC ~ severely damaged their surrounding ecosystem and provoked the collapse of the...

  • Alexandria Likely Predates Alexander the Great

    Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 04:11 in egypt, alexandria

    Maarten van Heemskerck's fanciful 16th century engraving of ancient Alexandria.History records that the important Egyptian port city of Alexandria was first settled by Alexander the Great in 331 BC. But now, examination of sediment layers indicate th...

  • Lost City of Ubar Lies Beneath Arabian Sands

    Posted on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at 19:07

    Artist's conception of the ancient fortress city of Ubar.The ancient city of Ubar was important to the lucrative trade of frankincense from about 2800 BC till 300 AD when, according to legend, Allah rebuked its people for squandering their lives and ...

  • Bulgarian Tsar\'s Quarries Are Discovered

    Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 05:15

    Ruins indicating the Tsar's limestone quarries.Archaeologists have unearthed the limestone quarries Bulgaria's Tsar Simeon I The Great (893-927 AD) employed in building his imperial palaces. The quarries ~ located close to the village of Srednya in N...

  • Lost Cities of the World ~ Carthage

    Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 00:52 in carthage, lost cities

    While the region still exists, not much is left of the ancient seaport which was destroyed not once but twice, first by the Romans during the Punic war in 146BC. But the city rose again to be a Mediterranean trading port before being sacked by the Ar...

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husdal

5 stars Jan Husdal

I've always been fascinated with history which was my favorite subject at school. Even today my bookshelf features several encyclopedias of history, and reading this blog brought back so many memories.

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This blog is truly interesting.

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Great blog. If this is your type of thing it will keep you hooked for hours.

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I love archaeology - great posts!

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