Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study led by Georgios Ferentinos, and a team of researchers from the Greek University of Patras, shows evidence supporting the view, held by many scholars, that archaic hominins (early human ancestors) were sea-crossing
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Denmark report they have made an incredible Viking Age find, the biggest in the recent ten years. A huge Viking hall dating back to the time of Harald Bluetooth has been discovered in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Whatever disease killed Edward the Black Prince—heir apparent to the English throne in the mid-1300s, and heralded as the greatest English soldier ever to have lived—is unlikely to have been chronic dysentery, as is commonly
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Fundamental technological changes often cause profound social shifts. This is not only evident in the current case of digitalization but also in the case of industrialization in the 19th century or the introduction of bronze
AncientPages.com – If you’ve already spend hours shoveling snow this year, you may be dismayed to realize that technically, it’s not yet winter. According to the astronomical definition, the season will officially begin in the Northern Hemisphere on Dec. 21,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Arminghall Henge in Norwich, UK was first seen from the air in 1929, and was excavated in 1935. The 5,000-year-old timber circle is one of the most important prehistoric discoveries in Norfolk. ” The central
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Spread across vast distances, the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean have been believed to have been populated by humans in two distinct migrations beginning approximately 3,330 years ago. The first followed a northern route
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient cotton fibers dating back 7,000 years, have been discovered by Israeli researchers, at the northern University of Haifa (UH during archaeological excavations at Tel Tsaf southeast of Beit She’an Valley close to the Jordanian
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Found in 1921 near the village of Egtved, the remains of a girl who lived around 1370 B.C. are one of the best-known and intriguing Danish Bronze Age finds. The Egtved girl is still an
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Using drones, archaeologists from Japan’s Yamagata University have discovered 168 previously undocumented geoglyphs on the Pampas de Juman in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. The research group was led by Professor Masato Sakai, (Yamagata
Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating at Tell El-Amarna necropolis in Minya governorate in Upper Egypt have unearthed a burial containing magnificent ancient jewelry. The English Egyptian archaeological mission of Cambridge University has been working in the Northern General Front
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Norse mythology, Hvergelmir (located in Niflheim) is a “bubbling boiling spring.” According to the Prose Edda, the spring is one of the three significant springs at the primary roots of the cosmic tree Yggdrasil. Ancient fairy
AncientPages.com – A village with the Old English name “Filthy Pool” wasn’t an auspicious location to discover one of the most spectacular burials of the Anglo Saxon period. Nevertheless, excavations by the Museum of London Archaeology at Harpole, Northamptonshire, in England’s Midlands,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The ancient city of Athribis in the Nile Delta in Egypt was once an. important political center. Archaeological excavations at the site have resulted in the discovery of many interesting artifacts and remains of baths,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Human bipedalism—walking upright on two legs—may have evolved in trees, and not on the ground as previously thought, according to a new study involving UCL researchers. In the study, published today in the journal Science Advances, researchers
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While excavating a Bronze age burial mound in 1802 near Upton Lovell in Wiltshire, UK, scientists discovered many curious ancient objects, but they attracted little attention at the time. With the help of sophisticated technology,
