A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Birds have always been important in the mythologies of many cultures worldwide. Almost all beliefs of ancient people have myths and legends associated with these mysterious creatures that could be very close to both humans and
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Humans have been always on the move, creating a complex history of languages and cultural traditions dispersed over the globe. An international team under UZH’s lead has now traced families of related languages over more
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Today, only a few ancient ruins remain, but during the time of the Inca, Coricancha must have been a marvelous place to see. Coricancha was a garden of gold and silver where the Inca placed small,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Berkshire, UK have discovered a long-lost Anglo-Saxon monastery that belonged to one of the most powerful women of the Early Middle Ages. It was most likely also her likely final resting place.
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – New research shows changes in tides and hurricane activity played a part in upending the Maya civilization centuries ago. Changes to the water table throughout the Yucatan Peninsula impacted the Maya and now offer lessons on
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – There are many ways to investigate the ancient history of a particular region and the migration of people. The field of archaeogenetics has substantially contributed to a better understanding of how the movement and admixture
Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered an unusual and well-preserved skeleton of a man in the ancient city of Pompeii. The find was made during excavations of a tomb that also shed light on the city’s cultural life before
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – International research by Tel Aviv University, the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, and the University of California San Diego uncovered findings regarding the magnetic field that prevailed in the Middle East between
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In part 1 we discussed several ancient legends describing how a massive continent was destroyed by an ancient cataclysm several hundred thousand years ago. We also talked about how a dedicated explorer concluded that this
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Ireland have retrieved a curious 1,600-year-old wooden Pagan idol from a bog in Gortnacrannagh, a few kilometers northeast of the prehistoric royal site of Rathcroghan. The Iron Age idol was made from a
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Egyptian goddess Nephthys – primarily associated with the myths of Heliopolis – was a funerary goddess and played a lesser role than her sister Isis. Otherwise, nothing is known about her before her appearance in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – King’s research has helped uncover new evidence showing the portrayal of the execution of captives in the arena by throwing them to lions. The evidence follows the discovery of an elaborately decorated Roman bronze key
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The legendary Berber Queen Kahina was a strong woman with the courage and will to resist the Muslims when her kingdom was invaded. The odds of success were low, but as a great warrior and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While excavating at Konthagai in the Keeladi cluster in Tamil Nadu, India scientists made an interesting archaeological discovery. Among eleven burial urns that are believed to belong to the Keeladi civilization, they found a 2,500-year-old
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There are stories about people who will do anything to gain special powers in folklore, myths, and legends. Those who sell their soul to the Devil in reward for something special often meet a tragic
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It is a unique archaeological discovery because finding prehistoric remains of modern humans in the Iberian Peninsula does not happen often. The remains of a female attributed to H. sapiens, who lived in the northeast
