Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A 3D model of a 407-million-year-old plant fossil has overturned thinking on the evolution of leaves. The research has also led to fresh insights about spectacular patterns found in plants. The research published in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Markings on a cave wall in France are the oldest known engravings made by Neanderthals, according to a study published June 21, 2023, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jean-Claude Marquet of the University
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Dutch archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable ancient structure that has been nicknamed the Stonehenge of the Netherlands”. Scientists say the intriguing 4,000-year-old structure includes a burial mound that served as a solar calendar. Inside the
Jan Bartek – AncienyPages.com – Measuring just 6 centimeters wide and 8 centimeters long, the magnitude and exceptionality of the discovery has left the European archaeological community flabbergasted. It is a fragment of an oil amphora from the Roman region
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Three 1850-year-old stone ossuaries have been retrieved in an operation carried out to prevent antiquity looting near Kafr Kanna in Galilee. Photography by Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority The stone ossuaries (small burial chests) were
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The distant ancestors of modern horses had hooved toes instead of a single hoof, which vanished over time, according to researchers. The animals, such as the Eocene Hyracotherium, had feet like those of a modern
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The missing link has just been found between the earliest dinosaurs, whose size ranged from a few centimeters to at most three meters in length, and more recent giants that could be more than twice
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ancient Tribal earth ovens built long before the Egyptian pyramids are being excavated as part of the first archeological project made public by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. Conducted in collaboration with Washington State University
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Forgotten for millennia, the Kingdom of Mitanni was discovered in the nineteenth century, and excavations revealed fascinating facts about this unusual kingdom, which once existed in northern Mesopotamia. Also known as Hanigalbat, Mitanni flourished during the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists report the discovery of an ancient pendant that may have the oldest carving of a penis ever unearthed. The stone was found at a dig site in northern Mongolia’s Khangai Mountains. The piece of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Digital modelling of legendary fossil’s soft tissue suggests Australopithecus afarensis had powerful leg and pelvic muscles suited to tree dwelling, but knee muscles that allowed fully erect walking. Left: Reconstruction of Lucy at the National
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The face of a 16-year-old woman buried near Cambridge (UK) in the 7th century with an incredibly rare gold and garnet cross (the “Trumpington Cross”) has been reconstructed following analysis of her skull. Trumpington Cross
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While repairing an old sewer pipe under the road in Erling Skakkes gate 9 in Trondheim, Norway, archaeologists carried out an urgent survey of Medieval layers that would be disturbed by the construction work. This
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study shows that social disintegration and violent conflict played a crucial role in shaping the population dynamics of early farming societies in Neolithic Europe. Cave painting of a battle between archers, Cueva del Roure,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Were anatomically modern humans the only ones who knew how to turn bone into tools? A discovery by an international team at the Chez-Pinaud-Jonzac Neanderthal site settles the question. Published in PLOS ONE, it sheds light
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The earliest-known evidence of freshwater fishing by ancient Alaskan people was discovered by a team of researchers led by University of Alaska Fairbanks. The study shed s light on how early humans used a changing
