Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have gathered measurements of over 300 ancient fossils all over the world to analyze how climate change has altered our brain and body size. By combining this data with a reconstruction of the world’s
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The ancient city of Kussara has never been found, but there is no reason to doubt its existence. Located somewhere in Anatolia, the Bronze Age city of Kussara was once an important place where the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The great Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452 -1519) is long gone, but a new DNA study reveals he has 14 living male descendants! The surprising results of a decade-long investigation by Alessandro Vezzosi and
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A 51,000-year-old bone carving engraved with symbols offers evidence the Neanderthals were not as primitive as previously thought and it is time to change our understanding of our closest relatives. The artifact discovered in a
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have found evidence a comet strike 13,000 years ago may have changed human civilization. A cluster of comet fragments believed to have hit Earth nearly 13,000 years ago may have shaped the origins of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have reconstructed the Eastern Mediterranean silver trade, over a period including the traditional dates of the Trojan War, the founding of Rome, and the destruction of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. The team of French,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A cache of fossilized shark teeth unearthed in a 2900-year-old site in the City of David in Jerusalem is an ancient puzzle to researchers. This find should not be found in this area. This is
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The beautiful Golosov Lavine has always been a strange and mysterious place. It is said that a puzzling time-warping mist occasionally appears over the ravine, and when it happens, people disappear. Are the legends of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Mississippi report unearthing a rare trove of ancient metal objects that may have been left by the Spaniards when the Chickasaws attacked them in 1541. As many as 80 artifacts have been
Conny Waters – AncientPagaes.com – The Hittites studied the night sky with the same interest as any other ancient civilization. As previously reported on Ancient Pages, scientists suggested a secret, ancient lunar calendar is hidden at a Hittite sanctuary in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Several years ago, two amateur archaeologists from Brabant discovered over a hundred Roman coins near Berlicum in the north of the province. Berlicum was most probably founded between 600 and 700 AD. After years of
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – When studying sacred, ancient texts, one should always pay attention because highly significant information can be “hidden between the lines.” On other occasions, Biblical texts can be straightforward, but we miss the essential part because
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists search for clues to identify a mystery horseman after carved relief was uncovered at Roman Vindolanda, Hadrian’s Wall. A beautifully carved sandstone relief that depicts a naked male figure holding a spear and standing
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers studied the movement of people at a Bronze Age city Alalakh (Tell Atchana) in present-day southeastern Turkey, during the period from 1600-1200 BC, when powerful empires from Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt set up large networks
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The horrible global epidemic of the bubonic plague known as the Black Death struck Europe and Asia from 1347 to 1352 C.E and caused the death of 75-200 million people. The disease was spread to the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists working at an excavation site near Järvensuo in southwest Finland have discovered a 4,000-year-old wooden stick shaped like a snake. The sculpture – the carefully carved, 50-centimeters-long artifact from the Neolithic Stone Age – was
