Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Most ancient civilizations studied celestial objects and were skilled astronomers. Countless archaeological examples have provided evidence ancient people were often more advanced than previously thought. Ancient people in Mesoamerica relied on astronomical calendars to plan
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Kadikalesi Castle is situated on a low mound, in the town of Sogucak, in the province of Aydin in Turkey. The mound, on which the castle was built, was in the area, constantly inhabited since
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The beautiful Greek port city Thessaloniki was an important metropolis during the Roman period and the second largest and wealthiest city of the Byzantine Empire. “No man will be without a homeland, as long as
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – The last time comet named C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was spotted was during the Upper Paleolithic period. Our distant relatives, the Neanderthals, watched the comet pass the Earth, but they wouldn’t have known what C/2022
AncientPages.com – Remarkably similar carvings and simple cross sculptures mark special sites or places once sacred, spanning a zone stretching from the Irish and Scottish coasts to Iceland. We can look to Skellig Michael, which rises from the sea 12km
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Analysis of stone tools attributed to the Ahmarian, the first Upper Paleolithic culture of the Near East (dated approximately 40,000 to 45,000 years ago) shows that small, elongated, symmetrical objects (bladelets) were mass-produced on-site. Such
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – One of the mysteries scientists have long tried to solve is why Roman concrete often lasted thousands of years, but ours decays in mere decades. Scientists have now discovered that an unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy
AncientPages.com – Many believe our particularly large brain is what makes us human – but is there more to it? The brain’s shape, as well as the shapes of its component parts (lobes) may also be important. Neanderthal vs human
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – If you had the grooming habits of a Neanderthal, perhaps it’s a good thing your nose wasn’t as sensitive to urine and sweat as a modern human’s. And if you lived the hunting and gathering
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – More than 500 years ago in the midwestern Guatemalan highlands, Maya people bought and sold goods with far less oversight from their rulers than many archeologists previously thought. That’s according to a new study in Latin
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new major study captures a genetic history across Scandinavia over 2,000 years, from the Iron Age to the present day. This look back at Scandinavian history is based on an analysis of 48 new
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A research team has solved the mystery of a gold-plated pendant found in a Medieval refuse pit in the Old City section of Mainz, Germany. Using non-destructive neutron tomography, the scientists determined extremely small bone
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Mysterious ancient dots and stripes on European cave paintings have puzzled scientists for decades. It has been suggested these markings made by Ice Age hunter-gatherers contained a hidden meaning, but it was impossible to decipher
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Ledberg Stone (Ledbergsstenen) is considered one of Sweden’s most beautiful Runestones. This landmark is also one of the country’s more familiar runestones due to its beautiful and imaginative adornment. Some parts of its motif are
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Orangutans, mice, and horses are covered with it, but humans aren’t. Why we have significantly less body hair than most other mammals has long remained a mystery. But a first-of-its-kind comparison of genetic codes from
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered a curious 2,000-year-old tumulus in Siberia. The find was made when the land was prepared for a new cemetery called Shinnoye on the outskirts of Krasnoyarsk, the second biggest city in Siberia.
