Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – If three ancient bodies buried in Indonesia could talk, researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) say they would tell stories of the earliest humans in island Southeast Asia. The discovery of the three bodies
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The oldest human settlement in Iran discovered so far is announced by the team co-led by Iranian archaeologist Hamed Vahdati and French paleoanthropologist Gilles Berillon. The site Qal-e Kord Caves is located in Avaj county of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While excavating the synagogue in the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq, on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists discovered a beautiful mosaic floor, which dates from the late fourth—early fifth century C.E.,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Leiden archaeologist Wei Chu and colleagues report on recent excavations in Western Romania at the site of Românesti, one of the most important sites in southeastern Europe associated with the earliest Homo sapiens. The site
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A modern scientific analysis of ancient stone tools is challenging long-held beliefs about what caused radical change on the island of Crete, where the first European state flourished during the Bronze Age: the Minoan civilization.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Research has established that there are traces of Neandertal DNA in the genome of modern humans. Now an exploratory study that assessed the facial structure of prehistoric skulls is offering new insights and supports the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – By analyzing DNA with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has developed a method that can accurately date up to ten-thousand year-old human remains. Accurately
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – New research reveals more information about the LSU Campus Mounds, including the discovery of thousands of years old charred mammal bone fragments and a coordinated alignment of both mounds toward one of the brightest stars
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The remains of a famous Sami woman have been identified amongst Karolinska Institutet’s anatomical collections. Representatives from the medical history and heritage department visited Malå on Friday, August 19, to present the findings and initiate
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – This summer’s hot weather has been extremely troublesome in many European countries. Spain suffered the worst drought in decades. An unexpected side-effect of the warm weather has been discovering unknown archaeological sites. One of them
Conny Waters – AncientPages..com – A thorough scientific examination of a Medieval map may confirm a Welsh myth and offer evidence of the long-lost sunken kingdom Cantre’r Gwaelod. Nicknamed the Welsh Atlantis, the mysterious land was first mentioned in written
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – According to a long-lasting theory, South America was populated by ancient humans who arrived in North America from Siberia approximately 14,000 to 17,000 years ago, using what was then a land bridge to Alaska. However,
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Sweden have every reason to be excited after learning a mountain climber came across an extraordinary 1,200-year-old brooch. Based on recent reports, everything indicates the first female Viking grave was located in the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Prolonged drought likely helped to fuel civil conflict and the eventual political collapse of Mayapan, the ancient capital city of the Maya on the Yucatán Peninsula, suggests a new study in Nature Communications that was published with
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Situated in Luxor, about 6 km from the Valley of the Kings, the Habu Temple is one of the most important Egyptian temples. Pharaoh Ramses III built the magnificent mortuary temple with intricate relief carvings
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new analysis of remains from medieval Cambridge shows that local Augustinian friars were almost twice as likely as the city’s general population to be infected by intestinal parasites. This is despite most Augustinian monasteries
