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
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Hunter-gathers caused ecosystems to change 125,000 years ago. These are the findings of an interdisciplinary study by archeologists from Leiden University in collaboration with other researchers. Neanderthals used fire to keep the landscape open and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have tried to solve the mystery of the demon wall in Suaherad Church for 80 years, and now they finally learned the truth about the strange carvings made on the enigmatic wall. Built in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ten thousand years ago, just after the last Ice Age, a group of hunter-gatherers buried an infant girl in an Italian cave. They entombed her with a rich selection of their treasured beads and pendants,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Elemental and lead isotope analyses of ancient copper ingots are unlocking secrets of Early Iron Age trade routes and how indigenous Mediterranean communities functioned from about 2,600 years ago. For the first time, a scientific
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Rising as high as 20 feet, ancient stone monoliths in southern Ethiopia are 1,000 years older than scientists previously thought, according to a new study in the Journal of African Archaeology. A Washington State University research
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Tibetan Plateau has long been considered one of the last places to be populated by people in their migration around the globe. A new paper by archeologists at the University of California, Davis, highlights
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists from the University of Zurich examined a unique leather scale armor from the grave of a horseman in northwest China. The style and construction suggest that the tank was made between the 6th and 8th
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In Bronze Age Europe, many bronze objects such as axes, swords and jewels were deliberately left at specific spots in the landscape. Ph.D. research by Leiden archaeologist Marieke Visser shows that these practices were expressions
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In part 1, we discussed our ancestors’ knowledge of mysterious gateways leading to other worlds. Though this may seem like an implausible scenario, we discovered there was reason to treat the beliefs of ancient people
AncientPages.com – On May 7, 1697, the fatal fire broke out in Tre Kronor “Three Crowns”) castle located in Stockholm, Sweden, on the site where Stockholm Palace is today. The fire started at two o’clock in the afternoon of May 7,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Most people around the world agree that the made-up word ‘bouba’ sounds round in shape, and the made-up word ‘kiki’ sounds pointy — a discovery that may help to explain how spoken languages develop, according
