Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new paper proposes that Homo sapiens may have been responsible for the extinction of Neanderthals not by violence, but through sex instead. Making love, not war, might have been responsible for putting the Neanderthals
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Late Roman-era rooms and earthen offering vessels have been discovered by archeologists in southern Türkiye (Turkey) amid ongoing excavations of the ancient city of Antiocheia. Diggings at the site of ruins of Antiocheia. Image credit:
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) led by the archeologist José Huchim Herrera, unearthed an elaborate stele with reliefs on both sides, in the Archaeological Zone of Uxmal, in the Yucatan
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The use of LIDAR, (light detection and ranging) has helped to uncover more secrets of Calakmul, an enormous ancient Maya city. As a result, researchers can now better understand the density and landscape modifications of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An Israel Antiquities Authority’s archaeological team was sent to ‘Ein Qiniyye, a Druze village in the southern foothills of Mount Hermon, on the territory of the Golan Heights, to examine a plot designated for a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Excavations in the İnkaya Cave revealed a workshop that provides a valuable information on human migrations in the northwestern province of Çanakkale during the Paleolithic period. Image source İnkaya Cave, located within the borders of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The changing shape of the frontal sinuses is helping to reveal more about how modern humans, and our ancient relatives, evolved. An international team of researchers led by Antoine Balzeau of the Muséum National d’Histoire
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – International researchers, including Senckenberg’s Dr. Adrienne Jochum, have discovered a new species of land snail in an approximately 99-million-year-old piece of amber. The snail’s shell features short, bristly hairs arranged along its margin. In
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A farmer found a beautiful ancient golden belt near Opava in the Czech Republic. The belt was unearthed when the farmer was harvesting beetroot. Dating back to the Bronze Age, experts say the unique belt
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – When the bell begins to toll, Lord, have mercy on the soul.’ – wrote The Venerable Bede (672-735). In days past, when good and evil were known to be two sides of the same coin,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Cave paintings from the Lascaux complex in France to Ubirr in Australia have one characteristic in common—they depict hunters and their prey. Very few of our Paleolithic ancestors seemed interested in doing still-life paintings of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It does not happen very often that archeologists find Viking swords. Swords were extremely important to ancient Vikings, but these weapons were expensive to produce, and only the richest warriors and chiefs could afford a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers studying the teeth of an elderly woman who lived 2,000 years ago have charted her diet from infancy to just before her death. The work, conducted at the British Geological Survey’s isotope facility by
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Historians have believed extensive herring trade started around the year 1200 AD, later controlled by the Hanseatic League. Now, a new study shows that it was already established in the Viking Age. “We found that
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists based in Germany have examined a 17th-century child mummy, using cutting-edge science alongside historical records to shed new light on Renaissance childhood. The child was found in an aristocratic Austrian family crypt, where the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – We can thank the pyramids of Giza for roads. A vital part of our built environment, they’ve been a staple of human existence for millennia. How they are built and used reveal a lot about
