Top 5 Famous Ancient Civilizations
When we think the ancient eras, we get an impression that how beautiful and how cruel they were! At the time I am writing this post, we are in year 2012, now imagine, we will discuss civilizations which are dated thousands of years ago, we can say, let’s travel in the past…
Our brothers and sisters in the ancient civilizations had not known advanced technologies or a revolution in industries like us, but they were enough intelligent in several different fields which I will discuss later. They were the witnesses of the most famous and most debatable mysteries in our world today, which scientists, ufologists and archeologists are spending huge time to unveil the truth like the ways the pyramids had been constructed or if aliens had visited us before, and many others…
This article is based on the top 5 famous ancient civilizations which we usually hear most of the time. We cannot change histories, we cannot forget the past, we need the past to think of today and to build the tomorrow, to be precise, we cannot erase the time.
They had many Gods, a God for the rain, a God for the sun, a God for this and that, they were usually on their long boats and they are the Vikings! The Vikings civilization is classified as the Vikings Age, normally, the Vikings were brave, spent their time in commerce and their dark side was they were also pirates.
The Vikings (From Google Images)
The people of Vikings were Norsemen, descended from the Danish and the Norwegian, who traveled in North European regions on their long ships with their swords. The origin of the Vikings is said to be in the beginning of 800s, and one interesting fact of the Vikings, they believed in various types of superstitions. They took the sun and moon eclipses as a sign of the end of the world. In fact, they even named the sun as the wolf God because when a sun eclipse occurred, they think that God was swallowing the moon entirely! To fight this, they used to shout at the sun or the wolf God as they used to call it to make it afraid. once the eclipse ended, they were happy as they thought that with their shouts and anger, the wolf God (Sun) was scared.
An Illustration Of The Viking Ship (From: Google Images)
The Vikings civilization ended in 13th century, event that, they are still popular in novels, politics, movies, etc… A great civilization who were passionate of mysteries and strong believers in the supernatural. We still have some communities to revive the moments of the Vikings today, some of them adopt the entire styles of the Vikings, but the real Vikings do not exist anymore.
Ancient Egypt
When we hear Ramses, the first thing which comes into our mind is pyramids. The Ancient Egypt is one of the oldest civilizations on our earth. We are all fascinated with pyramids, the Pharaohs’ curses, the Nile river or the Egyptian cultures.
A Pyramid In Egypt (From: Google Images)
The Ancient Egypt civilization began about 3000 BC, and was composed of different communities, religious leaders, slaves and so on. This civilization was tremendously curious of life and they were very superstitious. The Pharaohs used to adopt many Gods, followed various traditions and cultures. One of the remarkable aspects of the Ancient Egyptian community was the construction of pyramids. These huge giant pyramids in accurate size remain among the biggest mysteries in the world. Scientists have argued a ton of theories to debate on the construction of pyramids but not all make sense.
A Sphinx With A Pyramid (From: Google Images)
The Ancient Egypt had a strict economic system. Everything was controlled by the Pharaohs themselves. It was absolutely a dictatorship system. Concerning the famous curses of the ancient Egyptians which we usually hear, it is said that they were true. Taking an example, when some archeologists discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, each of them died in mysterious ways after that.
An Illustration Of The King Tutankhamun (From: Google Images)
Another mysterious fact of the Ancient Egyptians is the communication between them and Alien. Many ufologists think the Ancient Egyptians established a proper relationship with the extraterrestrials. In fact that is how the pyramids were built with the help of Aliens.To say whether this fact is true or not, personally I do not know but if we see the drawings in pyramids or in their tombs, the coded messages they had transmitted, it can make sense that Aliens were their friends!
A Drawing Illustration With Alien (From: Google Images)
We continue to ask ourselves, which technology they had use in their era to build the pyramids, why they were so fascinated about Gods and life, why they were so mysterious, all I can say, the Ancient Egyptian civilization remains my best classified civilization all the time. When I think of Egypt, it reminds me of my ex girlfriend, Allison as she is a passionate of Egyptian stuffs and so on…
Roman Empire
They had ruled several territories for about 500 years, they were the Roman civilization, in proper terms, the Roman Empire. If you have watched the movie Gladiator or know Julius Cesar, you know what I am talking about…
An Illustration Of The Roman Civilization (From: Google Images)
The Roman Empire had conquered many countries we know today like Greece, Spain, UK, France and a dozen others… What was surprising with the Roman Empire is that they had not only warriors but also very good artists. Some of these artists are still acclaimed today. They engaged themselves in a kind of sport where there was a horse and a chariot racing, a Hippodrome! It was a dangerous race, because the horses must go around a circle many times very fast, and as the chariot is heavy, sometimes they lost control and lead to accidents. This sport is still practicing today in the memorial of the Roman Empire.
An Illustration Of The Roman Horse Chariot (From: Google Images)
The Roman Empire was normally very severe when governing, everything had to be made under their orders. They had a huge army, ready to face any kind of war. Their weapons were advanced and their costumes were made of metals to protect them from head, body to toe.
The Roman Empire Army Costume (From: Google Images)
We cannot forget their gorgeous architectures they built their buildings. Some architectures are Gothic designs in a unique way. According to some historians, the Roman Empire were very advanced in constructions, and they built many types of buildings to enrich the beauty of their areas. An example is their amphitheaters they used to build! On most of their architectures, you will find beautiful arts, paintings, statues etc… They were very addicted to art.
An Amphitheater (From: Google Images)
In 480 AD, the Roman Empire was disappeared. Their only souvenirs remain are their buildings and arts.
Ancient Greece
Greece, a country of dreams, where you will want to stay forever if you are a passionate of histories. So sad, just recently this country has started having severe economic problems! Well, we are not here to talk about the current Greece but the ancient one.
An Illustration Of The Ancient Athens (From: Google Images)
Just like the ancient Egyptians, the ancient Greeks had many Gods. Zeus, as a great example! The ancient Greeks created the Olympic games, they discovered scientific facts, how can we forget them? Perhaps you are living in a country where there is democracy, but do you know that it was the ancient Greeks who invented democracy? Yes, they invented democracy, unfortunately, not every citizen benefited from it. Not all kinds of people had the right to vote as well.
An Ancient Olympic Stadium (From: Google Images)
The most famous persons in the ancient Greece is no doubt Aristotle, a philosopher who was well-known for writing hundreds of articles on different topics like science, metaphysics and much more. Aristotle was born on 384BC. He lived about 60 years. He recommended the five elements (Earth, water, fire, air and aether), he released his own opinions on motion, politics, biology and metaphysics etc… Not all of his facts were widely acclaimed, he got many criticisms in his resolution of thought.
Aristotle's Portrait (From: Google Images)
The ancient Greeks were good artists, particularly in architectures. For examples of some popular constructions they made are: The Parthenon, The Theater and Temple of Apollo, Temple of Zeus, and others…
The Parthenon (From: Google Images)
Today, we often take many facts from the ancient Greeks, we used them in poems, in science or philosophy. The ancient Greece was formed in the 8th century BC and existed for about 1300 years…
Maya
Here is the last top five ancient civilization, the Maya! Oh my God, I love this civilization, I love Maya, seriously guys, give a big respect to them!
An Illustration Of The Mayan People (From: Google Images)
The Mayans existed since 2000BC to 240AD in the pre-Columbian regions. What is surprising with the Mayans was the curiosity they had in life, their accurate scientific discoveries, believe me, they were good in Mathematics, Astronomy and also Astrology. We forgot them some years ago before we started talking about 2012, in other words, the end of the world!
A Space Image To Illustrate Astronomy (From: Google Images)
The Mayans had predicted many events in this world which most turned true. Their scientific knowledge was accurate, does this mean on 2012 is the last day on earth? Who knows! They argued their calendar will end on 21st December 2012, let’s wait if really something terrible will happen! I am impatient and what about you? 
The Mayan Calendar (From: Google Images)
If we take a look of the Mayan arts, I mean painting, they have some similarities of the ancient Egyptians. You will notice some real strange figures are included, I am not saying about Aliens here, but if you know about ancient astronauts, then you will understand. These drawings really show us some advanced in technologies in some ways. Glance on the picture below:
A Mayan Painting (From: Google Images)
Another similarity the had with the ancient Egyptians is the pyramids. The Mayans constructed pyramids in accurate position and size! Sometimes I am asking myself why this mystery of pyramids is so vast, I mean why pyramids? Their architectures were mostly the same.
A Mayan Pyramid (From: Google Images)
To conclude on the Maya, frankly saying, this civilization really amazed me, how could they be so intelligent? They did not have advanced telescopes but they predicted Astronomy without mistakes, I am serious here, wish I was a Mayan, I would love to be born in their era!
NOTE: The purpose of this post is to not describe everything in details but to give you some important facts of ancient civilizations in brief!
