Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Countless ships have gone under since man took to the water. Many shipwrecks have never been found and their precise location has since been lost to history. Some of the most famous shipwrecks have yet to be discovered.
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – An Egyptian-American team of researchers has announced the discovery of a new kind of large-bodied meat-eating dinosaur, or theropod, from a celebrated fossil site in Egypt’s Sahara Desert. Reconstruction of the ecosystem of the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Wallacean islands have always been separated from Asia and Oceania by deep-sea waters. Yet, these tropical islands were a corridor for modern humans migrating into the Pleistocene Australia-New Guinea landmass (Sahul) and have been
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ancient toilets and trash pits are like heaven to archaeologists. They might not have the glamor of a gleaming medieval jewel or intricate Roman mosaic, but they brim with clues about the everyday life of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have found that a tool, dubbed the “stone Swiss Army knife” of prehistory, was made to look the same in enormous numbers across great distances and multiple biomes in southern Africa. This indicates early
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Pi-Ramesse (Piramesse) is an example of an ancient city of great importance, which archaeologists surprisingly identified in two locations. It took a long time for them to piece together artifacts from these two sites and
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The ancient Roman Empire relied on a network of cities that played a pivotal role in the administration, social organization, and economy of its domain. By the first century A.D., there were approximately 2000 cities
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Between 18 million and 12 million years ago, the Great Plains supported an unprecedented variety of hooved mammal species that browsed on leafy vegetation—up to three times more than in any modern ecosystem, including the
AncientPages.com – Every person alive on the planet today is descended from people who lived as hunter-gatherers in Africa. The continent is the cradle of human origins and ingenuity, and with each new fossil and archaeological discovery, we learn more about our
AncientPages.com – At the 44th UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting held online on July 26, 2021, it was decided to record Arslantepe Mound, where the oldest city-state of Anatolia was founded, on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Arslantepe Mound. Image
AncientPages.com – Why did people think cannibalism was good for their health? The answer offers a glimpse into the zaniest crannies of European history, at a time when Europeans were obsessed with Egyptian mummies. Credit: Wikimedia Driven first by the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A burial monument from the late Hellenistic period, which is a first for Istanbul, has been unearthed during the excavations in the Haydarpasa Train Station in Istanbul’s Kadıköy neighborhood. The discovery of this tile tomb,
Conny Waters – AncientPAges.com – Archaeologists excavating in Egypt are used to finding ancient mummies, but this discovery is different. An odd, half-mummy unearthed in the necropolis in the Al-Asasif area in Luxor has confused scientists. The half-mummy was found
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists admit it’s a race against time if we want to save the precious and submerged Stone Age cave art few have ever seen. Climate change and water and plastic pollution are threatening to wash
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Those who knew her said she was an ordinary who never sought any attention. Her unusual condition and perplexing abilities caused a sensation worldwide. Despite being examined by experts on countless occasions, no one could
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists are hopeful conducted high-tech scans will reveal some secrets of an ancient canoe discovered in Wisconsin, North America. The canoe was brought to the surface of Lake Mendota last November. Based on the results
