Archaeology Archive

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The evolution of tree roots may have triggered a series of mass extinctions that rocked the Earth’s oceans during the Devonian Period over

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - More than two dozen amazingly well-preserved bronze statues have been discovered in thermal baths of San Casciano dei Bagni, in Tuscany, Italy. The

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A previously unknown Etruscan temple  has been discovered in the ancient city of Vulci, which lies in the Italian region of Latium. The

AncientPages.com - When the ancestors of Māori made landfall in Aotearoa some 750 years ago, it marked the final stop of the greatest expansion of human migration in

Conny Waters -  AncientPages.com - The belief in vampires is widespread and goes far back in time. Stories of vampires are today mostly encountered in books and movies,

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Humans have the highest prenatal growth rate of all extant primates, but how this exceptional rate came about has been a mystery up

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed 24 ancient bronze statues at the San Casciano dei Bagni thermal bath site in a discovery described as

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com –  An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solve a centuries-old riddle in the

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - On December 21, 2021, Pawel Bednarski made the discovery of a lifetime using a metal detector. It was actually a bit of a

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A Stone Age burial site was carried out in Majoonsuo, located in the municipality of Outokumpu in Eastern Finland. This exceptional excavation produced

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Americas were the last continent to be inhabited by humans. An increasing body of archaeological and genomic evidence has hinted to a

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com -  A beautiful and exceptionally rare golden artifact has been found near Blairdrummond in Scotland. Experts estimate the pommel is about 1,300-year-old, and most

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Late Roman-era rooms and earthen offering vessels have been discovered by archeologists in southern Türkiye (Turkey) amid ongoing excavations of the ancient city

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The use of LIDAR,  (light detection and ranging) has helped to uncover more secrets of Calakmul, an enormous ancient Maya city. As a

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Excavations in the İnkaya Cave revealed a workshop that provides a valuable information on human migrations in the northwestern province of Çanakkale during

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – International researchers, including Senckenberg's Dr. Adrienne Jochum, have discovered a new species of land snail in an approximately 99-million-year-old piece of amber.

Conny Waters -  AncientPages.com - Researchers studying the teeth of an elderly woman who lived 2,000 years ago have charted her diet from infancy to just before her

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists based in Germany have examined a 17th-century child mummy, using cutting-edge science alongside historical records to shed new light on Renaissance childhood.

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Marine archaeologists from Vrak - Museum of Wreck have found the wreck of the naval vessel Äpplet, Vasa's sister ship. The ship was

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A joint study by TAU and the Hebrew University, involving 20 researchers from different countries and disciplines, has accurately dated 21 destruction layers

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - To most children finding something unusual and unexpected is a joy, but discovering a precious, rare ancient artifact must be a memory for