You are looking at the HTML representation of the XML format.
HTML is good for debugging, but is unsuitable for application use.
Specify the format parameter to change the output format.
To see the non HTML representation of the XML format, set format=xml.
See the complete documentation, or API help for more information. 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <querypage qpoffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
        <page value="20140127032543" timestamp="2014-01-27T03:25:43Z" ns="0" title="Band Purpose" />
        <page value="20140216234052" timestamp="2014-02-16T23:40:52Z" ns="0" title="Reckoning" />
        <page value="20140713174158" timestamp="2014-07-13T17:41:58Z" ns="0" title="Animate Stone Charm" />
        <page value="20140713175318" timestamp="2014-07-13T17:53:18Z" ns="0" title="Ground Chasm Scroll" />
        <page value="20140713175326" timestamp="2014-07-13T17:53:26Z" ns="0" title="Ground Tremor Scroll" />
        <page value="20140713175334" timestamp="2014-07-13T17:53:34Z" ns="0" title="Ground Tunnel Scroll" />
        <page value="20140713175656" timestamp="2014-07-13T17:56:56Z" ns="0" title="Meteor Shield Charm" />
        <page value="20140713175705" timestamp="2014-07-13T17:57:05Z" ns="0" title="Meteor Strike Scroll" />
        <page value="20140713175715" timestamp="2014-07-13T17:57:15Z" ns="0" title="Petrify Flesh Scroll" />
        <page value="20140713180126" timestamp="2014-07-13T18:01:26Z" ns="0" title="Rock Bridge Scroll" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>