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Egypt Recovers Ancient Wooden Coffin From Houston Museum In The US
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Egypt has successfully recovered an ancient wooden coffin cover from a Houston museum in the US. The coffin cover was smuggled from Egypt several years ago. Egypt succeeded in recovering the coffin cover which was smuggled from Egypt several years ago. Image credit: Supreme...
Spartacus: The Rise And Fall Of An Unlikely Hero
AncientPages.com - Spartacus, a lowly barbarian slave whose rebellion ultimately proved a failure and whose followers died in the most ignominious of fashions, has become a modern symbol of the power of freedom and the dignity of humanity. The contemporary popularity of Spartacus must be especially galling to the...
Link Between Changes In Evolution And Climate Discovered
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Despite more than half a century of hominin fossil discoveries in eastern Africa, the regional environmental context of the evolution and dispersal of modern humans and their ancestors is not well established. Particularly for the Pleistocene (or Ice Age) between 2,580,000 to 11,700 years...
Traditional Viking-Age Crafts: Glass Beadmakers And Their Secrets
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ribe was an important trading town in the Viking Age. Glass bead-making is one of the traditional Viking-Age crafts with a long history. Colorful beads have been found throughout the Viking World and were considered an important luxury item. At the beginning of the 8th...
Exploring Future Evolution: How Will Humans Change In The Next 10,000 Years?
AncientPages.com - "If humans don’t die out in a climate apocalypse or asteroid impact in the next 10,000 years, are we likely to evolve further into a more advanced species than what we are at the moment?", Harry Bonas, 57, from Nigeria asked. This is what Nicholas R. Longrich,...
Ancient ‘Refrigerator’ And Unique Coins Discovered In Roman Military Camp In Bulgaria
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While excavating at the Roman legionary camp in Novae, northern Bulgaria, archaeologists unearthed an ancient "refrigerator" and some unique coins that shed more light on the life in the region and the ancient settlement. The "refrigerator" is a container of ceramic plates recessed under...
One Of A Kind 2,500-Year-Old Ritual Wash Basin Painted With Mythological Figures Discovered In The Ancient City Of Klazomenai
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating at the ancient Greek city of Klazomenai, modern-day Urla near Izmir, western Turkey, have unearthed a unique 2,500-year-old ritual wash basin. In ancient times, Klazomenai was the center of ceramic production in the Urla district of Izmir. The ancient perirrhanterion is painted...
‘Supernatural’ Sized Daughter Of Thera: Rare Masterpiece Of Greek Antiquity Revealed To The Public
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Countless unearthed ancient statues provide evidence that the Greek civilization valued beauty and perfection. The astonishing achievements of ancient Greek artists are reflected in sculptures our modern world admires with awe. The Daughter of Thera is currently on display for the first time. Credit:...
Intriguing Million-Year-Old Human Skull Offers Key Clues To Our Evolution
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists and paleontologists have recently unearthed an intriguing 1-million-year-old human skull fossil that gives scientists a remarkable opportunity to get more insight into the complex history of human evolution. At a news conference of the National Cultural Heritage Administration in Beijing, scientists said the...
Mysterious Stone Spheres Could Be From Ancient Greek Board Game – Scientists Say
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists from the University of Bristol have suggested that mysterious stone spheres found at various ancient settlements across the Aegean and Mediterranean could be playing pieces from one of the earliest ever board games. Groups of spheres from Akrotiri. Credit: Konstantinos Trimmis There has...
Impact Of European Contact With Pacific Islands Was Devastating – New Study Reveals
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Pacific island nations suffered severe depopulation from introduced diseases as a consequence of contact with European vessels, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. An engraving by Louie-Auguste de Sainson depicting a residential dwelling (left) constructed on top of a mound...
Mysterious Ancestor Of All Mammals Identified Through Genome Reconstruction
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Every modern mammal, from a platypus to a blue whale, is descended from a common ancestor that lived about 180 million years ago. We don't know much about this animal, but an international team of researchers has computationally reconstructed its genome organization. "Our...
Egypt Recovers Ancient Wooden Coffin From Houston Museum In The US
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Egypt has successfully recovered an ancient...
Spartacus: The Rise And Fall Of An Unlikely Hero
AncientPages.com - Spartacus, a lowly barbarian slave whose rebellion ultimately proved...
