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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our attempts to unravel mysteries of the past often lead to strange places we never thought could have existed. When we examine ancient

Conny Waters- AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Saqqara, Egypt have found the tomb of an ancient Egyptian royal clerk who was responsible for the Pharaoh's secret archive. The

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - New ancient DNA analysis has shed light on how the black rat, blamed for spreading Black Death, dispersed across Europe – revealing that

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered pieces of the 12th century Apsara, or fairy carvings, in the Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province,

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Since 1979, when the first cave art was documented in North America, dozens of other examples have come to light. Among these, the

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Paleontologists at the San Diego Natural History Museum have discovered a rare and nearly complete fossilized skeleton of an ancient dog species that

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new Rice University-led analysis of the remains of ancient predators reveals new information about how prehistoric humans did—or didn't—find their food. "Sabertooth

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While upgrading water supplies in Andalucia, southern Spain, workers made an unexpected discovery when they came across a  well-preserved necropolis of subterranean limestone

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Sirrush (Mushrush, Mushrushu) is a hybrid creature depicted on the Ishtar gate in Babylon. It resembles a dragon or a griffin, and it is the

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A historical treasure consisting of 19 cannons suspected to have been shot from  British ships during the American Revolution is now being investigated

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent study of an ancient silver bowl with Greek-style reliefs found in Tibet decades ago has revealed something surprising. It was long

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - All ancient Egyptian tombs are unique, but some pose a greater mystery than others. In 1905, archaeologists excavating in the Egyptian necropolis of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - New analysis into the residue inside ancient ceramic vessels from 11th–12th century Jerusalem has found that they were potentially used as hand grenades.

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - While working his land in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian farmer found a rare 4,500-year-old stone sculpture. According to the Ministry of