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.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A groundbreaking study conducted by a multidisciplinary team that include a computational archaeologist, artist, and computer programmer has revealed new insights into ancient rock engravings and the techniques used by ancient engravers. The Timna Park
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Basel researcher stumbles across first real proof of monitor lizards in Switzerland, and this unexpected discovery was made in the Museum’s collection storeroom. Two teeth of a large lizard caught the eye of paleontologist Bastien
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Showing your face at dinners and parties at court: it was the way to get noticed by the king in William I’s time. Joost Welten’s latest book reveals how, during the reign of William I,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Language can be a time machine—we can learn from ancient texts how our ancestors interacted with the world around them. But can language also teach us something about people whose language has been lost? Image
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Linmere, Bedfordshire, UK, have discovered 25 monumental pits in what has become a nationally important prehistoric site. The site date from the Mesolithic Period (12,000-6,000 years ago), a time with few clues
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A number of sophisticated non-invasive nuclear and accelerator techniques were used to provide information about the origin and age of an Australian Aboriginal knife held in the collection of the Powerhouse Museum. The knife with
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A total of 80 bronze artifacts dated to the Late Bronze Age, with a total weight of around 20 kilograms were unearthed by a team of archaeologists excavating the area in the vicinity of the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Sometimes, you don’t have to go far to make an incredible archeological discovery, but few of us expect to find something of historical value in our homes. Yet, this rather unusual scenario does happen occasionally.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Armenia have discovered ruins of a 3,000-year-old bakery. A Polish-American archaeology team made the find in Metsamor, where the researchers came across a large building supported on columns, which collapsed during a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Fossil skeletons have long fascinated researchers as a window to prehistory. But so far, little is known about details of sexual development in extinct creatures. Keichousaurus – Live reconstruction of two Keichousaurus. Image credit: @Takumi
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A Cretaceous origin for placental mammals, the group that includes humans, dogs and bats, has been revealed by in-depth analysis of the fossil record, showing they co-existed with dinosaurs for a short time before
