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
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Stone tools bear microscopic evidence of ancient plant technology, according to a study published June 30, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Hermine Xhauflair of the University of the Philippines Diliman and colleagues.
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – A man digging in his garden was more than surprised when he discovered a skeleton. A human jawbone with several teeth left turned up, and when digging deeper, the man found more skeletal parts that
AncientPages.com – Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names – but it’s the Olmecs who are the ‘mother culture’ of ancient Mesoamerica. Jade Olmec warriors mask from Tabasco (Mexico). Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels (Belgium). Credit: Michel Wal –
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The El Gigante rockshelter in western Honduras is among only a handful of archaeological sites in the Americas that contain well-preserved botanical remains spanning the last 11,000 years. Considered one of the most important archaeological
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Long before the invention of agriculture, humans already knew how to process cereals and other wild plants into a flour suitable for food—and now there’s new evidence they did so long before scientists previously thought.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Analysis of data from dozens of foraging societies around the world shows that women hunt in at least 79% of these societies, opposing the widespread belief that men exclusively hunt and women exclusively gather. A
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A 2,000-year-old fresco discovered on the wall of a house in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii depicts what could be described as a distant ancestor of modern Italian pizza! Italy’s Culture Ministry said in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For decades archaeology has been trying to explain how and why humans went from being exclusively hunter-gatherers to producing food, adopting agriculture and livestock. How did the “Neolithic Revolution” happen? Where did it all begin,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers examined the Longquan celadon (high-quality glazed ceramic pottery) industry, located in Zhejiang province in China, which flourished mainly between the Southern Song and early Ming dynasties. Image credit: Durham University The products of this
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A large Roman marble head has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Nemi in the Lazio region of Italy 30 km (19 mi) south of Rome, Italy. The discovery is fascinating because there is
