Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have long tried to solve a complicated Ice Age mystery, and they now suggest pollen analysis may be the answer to this enigma. When and how did the flow of Homo sapiens in Eurasia
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Found at McGraths Flat, NSW, a fossil site known for its iron-rich rock called “goethite,” the new genus of spider is the first ever spider fossil of the Barychelidae family to be found. The discovery was made by a
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists made a remarkable new find during an archaeological dig at Govan Old Churchyard in Glasgow, Scotland. Led by y the University of Glasgow’s Professor Stephen Driscoll and Clyde Archaeology, the research team uncovered an
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Boğazköy-Hattusha in north-central Turkey have discovered a new Indo-European language. This was once the capital of the Hittite Empire, one of the great powers of Western Asia,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Many years ago, in 1986, the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia in Spain received a box. The gift was a donation from amateur paleontologist Miguel Aznar, who, back in the late 1970s, had collected bones and
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Caves served as sites for burial and later modification of human remains for thousands of years in the Iberian Peninsula, according to a new study. The use of caves as burial sites is a cultural phenomenon with a broad
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The rich soil holds thousands of tons of carbon, sequestered over centuries by indigenous practices, a new study suggests. The Amazon river basin is known for its immense and lush tropical forests, so one might
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structures made of wood, according to new research by a team from the University of Liverpool and Aberystwyth University. The research,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A marvelous submerged ancient world can be found in the ancient port city of Thonis-Heracleion in the Bay of Aboukir off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. Beneath the waters lies the legendary lost kingdom of Cleopatra. 5th
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Already three centuries ago (in 1726), John Toland wrote that brochs, or the so-called ‘Pictish Towers’, “are apt all over Scotland to make everything Pictish, whose origin they do not know.’ It is estimated that at
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While both men and women have historically been accused of the malicious use of magic, only around 10–30% of suspected witches were men by the 16th and 17th centuries. This bias towards women is often
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An intriguing 1,300-year-old grave belonging to a Merovingian warrior has been discovered during an archaeological survey of an early Medieval cemetery in Ingelheim, Germany. It is an exceptional and surprising find because the grave remains
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – A new analysis of mass extinction at the genus level, from researchers at Stanford and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, finds a “mutilation of the tree of life” with massive potential harms to human
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Analysis of hair combs made from deer antler has shed new light on the trade routes of Vikings—revealing connections between northern Scandinavia and the edges of continental Europe. Credit: Adobe Stock – designprojects Led by
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A rare and important find has been unearthed in the Cotswold District. Glenn Manning discovered two Roman cavalry swords, along with remnants of their wooden scabbards and fitments, during a metal detectorist rally in the
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Anyone, regardless of age, place, and nation, can always find something of archaeological value. You have to keep your eyes open; before you know it, you are looking at something hundreds or thousands of years
