Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have used radiocarbon dating to analyze the oldest true wooden frame saddle in East Asia, revealing how advances likely aided the rise of Mongolian steppe cultures in equestrian technology. A saddle built from a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Thousands of previously ignored small coins discovered in Marea, a city near Alexandria, have been examined by numismatists from the Faculty of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw. Studies of coins from Marea. The contents of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Not in all places where agriculture appeared did local populations quickly notice its benefits. In the areas from present-day Lithuania to Finland, for about half a millennium, hunter-fishermen-gatherers lived alongside the first farmers, and these worlds
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Understanding the way in which sounds move through archaeological sites could offer insights into how ancient societies may have organized themselves. Excavated building with semi-circular interior stone wall, speaker placed at focal point of curve.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – About 6 million years ago, in the deep forests of eastern Africa, something spectacular happened. Chimpanzees, our closest relative in the animal kingdom, evolved in one direction, while our earliest ancestors continued in another. Image source
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An amateur treasure hunter has found five well-preserved Bronze Age axe heads in the Starogard forest near Szczecin, Poland. It is a unique discovery because these objects are rarely found on these lands. The last
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Despite the Roman Empire’s extensive military and cultural influence on the nearby Balkan peninsula, a DNA analysis of individuals who lived in the region between 1 and 1000 CE found no genetic evidence of Iron Age
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists assisting with the restoration works of the Split City Museum in Croatia have made a surprising discovery. Beneath the building, they found large Roman baths and mosaics. Researchers did expect to make some minor
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, an international team of archaeologists from Freie Universität Berlin has uncovered fortified prehistoric settlements in a remote region of Siberia. The results of their research reveal that hunter–gatherers in Siberia
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – At the height of their glory, the Vikings formed many new Scandinavian dynasties. At first, they were considered foreigners, but they eventually integrated with local communities, even religiously. Rollo of Normandy statue in Ålesund, Norway. Image
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A series of ‘bone biographies’ created by a major research project tell the stories of medieval Cambridge residents as recorded on their skeletons, illuminating everyday lives during the era of Black Death and its aftermath.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have long been intrigued by the mysterious Menga Dolmen in Spain. The Menga Dolmen is one of the largest known ancient megalithic structures on the European continent. Located in the Piedras Blancas site, Antequera,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While scanning the Yucatan jungle in Mexico with lasers, scientists from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) discovered an 18-kilometer (11-mile) long Maya road. The sacbé (white road, in the Mayan language) linked
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – McGill researchers challenge current understanding of dinosaur extinction by unearthing link between volcanic eruptions and climate change. Image credit: Public Domain What wiped out the dinosaurs? A meteorite plummeting to Earth is only part of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Hunting the now-extinct straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) was widespread among Neanderthals, concludes a research team. In the study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences scientists write that they have closely examined the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – There is a large prehistoric hunter-gatherer cemetery south of the Arctic Circle. Scientists call the place a cemetery even though the graves are empty. The Tainaro site was first excavated about four decades ago, but
