Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Underwater archaeologists diving off the coast of Caesarea, Israel have recovered a magnificent treasure from two ancient shipwrecks. The treasure consists of hundreds of coins, silver and gold rings, rare gems, figurines, bells, and remains
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – New evidence from the bottom of a lake in the remote North Atlantic Faroe Islands indicates that an unknown band of humans settled there around 500 AD—some 350 years before the Vikings, who up until
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Analysis of ancient DNA from one of the best-preserved Neolithic tombs in Britain has revealed that most of the people buried there were from five continuous generations of a single extended family. By analyzing DNA extracted
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – New research revealing a major migration to the island of Great Britain offers fresh insights into the languages spoken at the time, the ancestry of present-day England and Wales, and even ancient habits of dairy
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – What routes did Homo sapiens take on his way from Africa to Europe and Asia in the previous millennia? The climatic conditions changed, and with them the living conditions. The advance was hampered in some
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The central Mediterranean throughout time has been a region defined by the continuous flow of people, goods, and ideas. Excavation and analysis of ancient shipwrecks along these coastlines reveal the overlapping social, political, and economic
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Mobility shaped the human world profoundly long before the modern age. But archaeologists often struggle to create a timeline for the speed and impact of this mobility. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Danish
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Sea level changes caused the decline of one of the longest pre-Columbian coastal societies of the Americas 2,000 years ago, known as Sambaqui. This is demonstrated in a study carried out in Brazil by researchers
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – New archeological study shows ancient connection between populations 3,000 km apart, and provides first direct link between climate change and ancient human social behavior. Humans are social creatures, but little is known about when, how,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A German-Egyptian mission at Al-Sheikh Hamad archaeological site in Tel Atribis in Sohag has unearthed a collection of 13,000 ostraca (clay vessel fragments) which bear engraved text in demotic, hieratic, Coptic, Greek and Arabic, the Egyptian
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For decades, historians have debated whether an infamously violent Viking torture ritual ever really happened, or if it was a misunderstood or embellished story passed down through poetry over the centuries. The blood eagle ritual
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Stories of mysteries ancient fish people can be found among civilizations worldwide. Known under different names, these enigmatic beings do not appear to have been ordinary humans. Yet, they provided our ancestors with valuable knowledge
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The first genome-wide ancient human DNA data from Sudan reveals new insights into the ancestry and social organization of people who lived more than 1,000 years ago in the Nile Valley, an important genetic and cultural
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers have explored charred lumps from the site of Kadebakele, in southern India, where they have excavated for several years with the support of the Archaeological Survey of India and colleagues. The site dates from
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Despite its prior status as a luxury commodity, silver became widely used for coinage in the Roman world from the 7th century BCE onward and provided a standardized monetary system for ancient Mediterranean civilizations. However,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A small carved figure was recently unearthed during the excavation of the medieval town of Oslo, Norway. The figure depicts a person in robes and crown with a falcon perched on his arm. But is
