Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Roman Empire was ruled by 175 men, from Augustus (63 BCE-19 CE) to Constantine XI (1405-53), including the Eastern or Byzantine Empire after the split in 395 CE, but excluding those who did not
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While excavating on the cemetery site, near the ruins of Lindisfarne on the Holy Island, off the northeast coast of England archaeologists uncovered an ancient coin featuring a warrior king of Northumbria and a four-legged
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In ancient times, the Assyrians were one of the Near East’s superpowers, controlling a landmass that stretched from Iran to Egypt. They accomplished this feat with military technologies that helped them win any open-air battle
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The origin and early dispersal of Transeurasian languages, including, among others, Japanese, Korean, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic, is among the most disputed issues of Asian prehistory. Although many of the commonalities between these languages are
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Stone Age cities sound like something of an oxymoron. But as many as 10 000 people lived in Çatalhöyük in Turkey some 8000-9000 years ago. This makes it the largest known settlement from what archaeologists
Ellen Lloyd- AncientPages.com – King Ashurbanipal’s magnificent library, consisting of over 30,000 clay tablets, is undoubtedly one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of all time. This remarkable library offers a unique glimpse into the world of the Sumerians, Babylonians,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In the Finnish version of Hades, Tuonela was the land of death. It was an underground home or city for all the dead, not just the good or the bad. In the lifeless, dark Tuonela,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Anyone traveling from the German city of Brandenburg via Berlin to Frankfurt an der Oder at the Polish-German border does so along an ancient route that reaches far into Poland. German and Polish researchers have
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of international researchers led by the University of Arizona reported last year that they had uncovered the largest and oldest Maya monument—Aguada Fénix. That same team has now uncovered nearly 500 smaller ceremonial
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An international team of researchers, led by Professor Lee Berger from Wits University, has revealed the first partial skull of a Homo naledi child that was found in the remote depths of the Rising Star
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The theory that there was once a second sphinx is not new, but despite many claims, no one has been able to provide solid evidence of a twin Sphinx. Has this finally changed with the surprising
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The period of time when anatomically modern humans first appeared in a particular region is always hotly debated amongst scientists. In western Europe, the contested region is the Iberian Peninsula, considered the last region to be
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While excavating at the Saqqara necropolis a team of archaeologists uncovered the tomb of Ptah-M-Wia, head of the treasury during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II. According to the Ptah-M-Wia the discovery is important because
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – New research has analyzed a rare collection of non-returning boomerangs from Kinipapa (Cooper Creek), near Innamincka in South Australia’s far northeast. The four boomerangs and one wooden fragment were discovered in the creek bed during drought
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Stunning new reconstructions have revealed how Scotland’s largest known Pictish fort may have looked over one thousand years ago. Three-dimensional images of Burghead in Moray have been created based on archaeological excavations by the University
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Four rare Late Neolithic chalk plaques from the Stonehenge region have been subjected to non-invasive Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) technology in a new study by experts from Wessex Archaeology, which has shed light on previously
