Conny Waters – AncientPages.com -Excavations in Hualongdong (HLD), East China, have revealed abundant hominin fossils dating back 300,000 years. The fossils from a late Middle Pleistocene were excavated by an international team of researchers in Hualongdong (HLD), East China. Anterior
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Forget your sense of exploration; do not let your curiosity get the best of you. The scenery is tempting, and your urge to discover the site’s secrets is understandable, but perhaps you should reconsider before
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Evidence of the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD is currently being exposed in the City of David, Jerusalem Walls National Park. Some 2,000 years after the destruction of the Second Temple and
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – When excavating in the La Noguera region of the Pyrenean foothills, Spain scientists discovered bony remains of a 14,000-year-old skeleton of a small adult woman. She was nicknamed dubbed Linya, the Lady of La Noguera.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A rare 2,500-year-old marble disc, designed to protect ancient ships and ward off the evil eye, was discovered by a lifeguard diving at sea and handed over to the Israel Antiquities Authority. Image credit: Israel
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – One of the first finds in new excavation reveals a glimpse of Roman life at Milecastle 46 on Hadrian’s Wall. Steelyard beam. Image credit: The Vindolanda Trust The top layers of the Hadrian’s Wall Milecastle
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While 21st-century water companies struggle to maintain clean, fresh supplies, a new study reveals that, some 2,000 years ago, Roman water engineers were keeping up a regular program of managing and maintaining the ancient water
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Hailed as a sensation find, researchers report they have discovered the official entrance to an Ice Age cave near Engen, Germany, that nobody has entered for 16,000 years! Archaeologists are naturally very excited about the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Medieval sword was found in the sea off the Carmel coast, and it probably fell into the water during a naval battle approximately 800 years ago. Swimmer Shlomi Katzin with the sword from the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Excavations by a University of Kansas paleontologist working in a treasure trove of fossils called the “Spence Shale Lagerstätte” have revealed an ancient sea worm unknown to science until now. When she found the fossil,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Early colonial settlers likely survived the harsh frontier conditions of 17th-century Delaware because they banded as family units to work alongside enslaved African descendants and European indentured servants, a new study says. Achaeologists have uncovered
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have discovered a Neolithic ornate necklace in a child’s grave in Jordan. According to a new study, this single accessory provides new insights into the social complexity of Neolithic culture. Body adornments are powerful
AncientPages.com – Science fiction is rife with fanciful tales of deadly organisms emerging from the ice and wreaking havoc on unsuspecting human victims. From shape-shifting aliens in Antarctica, to super-parasites emerging from a thawing woolly mammoth in Siberia, to exposed permafrost in Greenland causing a viral
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Coal has long played a crucial role in the life of human civilizations. Records of systematic coal fuel exploitation date back to the late third millennium B. P., and there is no evidence the systematic
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In 1970, Lardil man Goobalathaldin (or Dick Roughsey) completed his autobiography “Moon and Rainbow” in which he recounted his ancestors’ stories. Among them was a story telling of a time when the North Wellesley Islands
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During a search for artifacts made of meteoritic iron, archaeologists accidentally found a Bronze Age arrowhead stored in the Bern History Museum’s collection. Fig. 1. a–b. a) Overview of the Mörigen arrowhead. Note adhering bright
