AncientPages.com – Sexuality was central to life in ancient Mesopotamia, an area of the Ancient Near East often described as the cradle of western civilisation roughly corresponding to modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, and parts of Syria, Iran and Turkey. It was not only
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – This ancient, huge ceramic jar is one of those artifacts produced for reasons modern scientists cannot understand, at least not yet. The Iron Age jar was unearthed at Sharjah’s Muwaileh archaeological site in the United
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Sikait Project research team, directed by Professor Joan Oller Guzmán from the Department of Antiquity and Middle Age Studies at the UAB, recently published in the American Journal of Archaeology the results obtained from
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A corroded Roman bowl dated to the Late Iron Age (between 43 and 410 AD) contains traces of chlorobenzenes, a chemical once used in pesticides that is known to accumulate in soil and water sources.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During the excavations at Carrignacurra Castle in Cork, in the south-west of Ireland, archaeologists unearthed several ancient finds. Archaeological excavations at Carrignacurra Castle in Cork revealed an ancient coin, among other atifacts. (a close-up image).
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Esta descoberta arqueológica veio à tona quando um grupo de caçadores de tesouros escavou ilegalmente no distrito de tusba, em Van, na Turquia. Essas atividades levaram à descoberta de uma estrutura Urartiana de 2.700 anos.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – This archaeological discovery came to light when a group of treasure hunters excavated illegally in the Tusba district of Van, Turkey. These activities led to the discovery of a 2,700-year-old Urartian structure. Once authorities were
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A researcher at the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Dr. Matteo Cosci, has retrieved archival information which confirms that the treatise “Considerazioni Astronomiche di Alimberto Mauri “(1606) was in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A huge royal hall used by the first kings of East Anglia has been discovered in Rendlesham, Suffolk, U.K. The 1,400-year-old hall is of great historical importance and was “recorded in the writings of The
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Located between the modern villages of Palatitsia and Vergina, in Northern Greece, the city of Aigai was the ancient first capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia. Discovered in the 19th century Aigai is of great
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Acontece por vezes que obras de arte notáveis são objecto de controvérsias científicas duradouras. Uma dessas grandes obras-primas é a chamada Taça Farnese (Tazza Farnese), armazenada no Museo Nazionale de Nápoles. Desenho de Tazza Farnese.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Arqueólogos da Universidade de Bristol sugeriram que misteriosas esferas de pedra encontradas em vários assentamentos antigos no Mar Egeu e no Mediterrâneo poderiam estar jogando peças de um dos primeiros jogos de tabuleiro de todos
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – O Período Ptolemaico começou quando Alexandre o Grande derrotou os persas no Egito em 332 a.C. As escavações arqueológicas no Egito são um sucesso contínuo. A missão arqueológica egípcia que trabalha na região Jabal Al-Haridi
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Egypt has successfully recovered an ancient wooden coffin cover from a Houston museum in the US. The coffin cover was smuggled from Egypt several years ago. Egypt succeeded in recovering the coffin cover which was
AncientPages.com – Spartacus, a lowly barbarian slave whose rebellion ultimately proved a failure and whose followers died in the most ignominious of fashions, has become a modern symbol of the power of freedom and the dignity of humanity. The contemporary
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Despite more than half a century of hominin fossil discoveries in eastern Africa, the regional environmental context of the evolution and dispersal of modern humans and their ancestors is not well established. Particularly for the
