Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Paleontologists have discovered sets of fossils representing three new ichthyosaurs that may have been among the largest animals to have ever lived. Unearthed in the Swiss Alps between 1976 and 1990, the discovery includes the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – As reported last week, a Norwegian couple was extending their home when they suddenly noticed something unusual sticking up from the earth. It looked like a sword, and that is exactly what it was. Oddbjørn
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Usually, the Sirens were considered daughters of the river god Achelous, either by the Muse Terpsichore, Melpomene, Calliope, or by Sterope, daughter of King Porthaon of Calydon. Their number is variously reported from two to
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – When Mount Vesuvius erupted on the morning of August 24, 79 A.D., life ended in the ancient city of Pompeii. A great cloud of hot ash, stones, and poisonous gases completely buried the whole Roman
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Extinct dwarf hippos that once roamed Madagascar lived in forests rather than open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa, researchers at the University of Cincinnati discovered. Researchers found evidence that forests might
AncientPages.com – The people known as the Picts have puzzled archaeologists and historians for centuries. They lived in Scotland during the early medieval period, from around AD 300 to AD 900, but many aspects of their society remain mysterious. The Picts’
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Worn as a note in an amulet around the neck, deposited in a grave, or found as a manual in a scholar’s library: magical texts were once widespread. They were used, among other things, in
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Our oceans hold many clues that could shed light on our ancient past. Beneath the waters are incredible prehistoric objects and ruins of long-gone civilizations. Underwater archaeologists have found submerged shipwrecks that show how ancient
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An archaeological expedition from the University of Gothenburg recently discovered tombs outside the Bronze Age trading metropolis Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus. Detail of the ”Bull Diadem” (c. 1350 BCE). Image credit: P.M. Fischer They
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The highest status individual in ancient Copper Age society in Iberia, was a woman and not a man as previously thought, according to peptide analysis reported in Scientific Reports. The individual, now re-dubbed the “Ivory Lady,”
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools in Britain have been discovered by researchers at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. ASE Senior Archaeologist Letty Ingrey measures the largest giant handaxe. Credit: Archaeology South-East/ UCL
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study has brought us one step closer to solving a mystery that has puzzled naturalists since Charles Darwin: when did animals first appear in the history of Earth? Reconstruction of the Ediacaran seafloor
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Have you ever wanted to travel back in time and see what life was like in ancient Greece? We can do this by reading ancient history books and admiring archaeological discoveries, but virtual reality offers
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists report a rare discovery of late Roman pewter plates, platters, bowls, and a cup that has been made in Euston, in the west of Suffolk, UK. The remains of the vessels were buried in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In this comprehensive study, Professor Garfinkel from the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem examines the earliest fortified sites in the kingdom of Judah during the 10th century BCE. Aerial view of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A 2,500-year-old Phoenician shipwreck has been discovered underwater in the southeastern Spanish region of Murcia. Spanish archaeologists are now working hard to recover the ancient shipwreck from the sea before a storm destroys it forever.
