Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The first European crusaders of the Holy Land were inspired by the fame and fortune awarded to the Norman conquerors in Europe, a new book shows. Many of those who went to the Middle East
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An extraordinary discovery was made in the city of Jerusalem. A team of archaeologists unearthed an assemblage of ivory plaques from the First Temple period, among the few found anywhere in the world, and the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have uncovered a skeleton of a person who lived 31,000 years ago. According to a new study, the individual is missing its left foot, and part of its left leg reveals the oldest known
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A unique document was returned to Israel. The document opens with the words: “To Ishmael send….” Whilst the text does not refer to Hagar’s son, it is a fragment of a letter containing instructions to
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of scientists led by the University of Bristol, has uncovered intriguing new insights into the diet of people living in Neolithic Britain and found evidence that cereals, including wheat, were cooked in pots.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Cincinnati Art Museum turned to a scientist at the University of Cincinnati for help solving a mystery 1,300 years in the making. The museum’s Chinese dancing horse sculpture is so realistic that the fiery steed
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Many people living today have a small component of Neanderthal DNA in their genes, suggesting an important role for admixture with archaic human lineages in the evolution of our species. Paleogenetic evidence indicates that hybridization
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Recent discoveries in Bergama (Pergamon), the ancient city in West Anatolia are fascinating. Excavations in the ancient city of Pergamon (Pergamum of Mysia in West Anatolia about 100 km north of Turkey’s Izmir have already
AncientPages.com – Neanderthals have served as a reflection of our own humanity since they were first discovered in 1856. What we think we know about them has been shaped and moulded to fit our cultural trends, social norms and scientific standards.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Using fossilized eggs in up to 2,500-year-old feces from Viking settlements in Denmark and other countries, researchers at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences and the Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK) have
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Neanderthals are the closest relatives to modern humans. Comparisons with them can therefore provide fascinating insights into what makes present-day humans unique, for example regarding the development of the brain. The neocortex, the largest part
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The recent rescue excavation of a 2nd century BCE burial site in the southern Tuscany region of Italy is providing a previously unseen glimpse of the Etruscan identity that survived the Roman conquest of Etruria,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It really doesn’t matter whether the person is young or older, it’s a find of a lifetime. Still, to a youngster who is only eight years, a discovery of this kind can even inspire him
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in central Turkey report they have come across traces of permanent settlement dating back at least 9,300 years. “We can say that this is the oldest settlement in the borders of Nigde province,” said
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – One never knows what can be hidden in the ground of one’s backyard. That’s what a man in Norway realized after noticing two rusty pieces of something sticking in the soil. This prompted a curious
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of Israeli archaeologists unearthed the gigantic tusk of a prehistoric elephant near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel. These enormous animals once roamed the prehistoric landscape of the coastal region of Israel half a
