Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Vatican is the smallest state in Europe, but it has many interesting attractions to offer. If you visit the beautiful Sistine Chapel, you’ll find the greatest treasures Vatican City has to offer. St. Peter’s
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Old human footprints have been found in many places around the world. Some of them are very old and some only thousands of years old. The fascinating Zapata footprint is believed to be 290 million
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – We often think of ancient civilizations that existed before us as being less sophisticated. However, many discoveries offer evidence that our ancestors were scientifically and technologically very advanced. In some cases, their broad knowledge was
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The tombs accidentally discovered by researchers in Debiany, a village within Sandomierz County, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland, are approximately 40-50 m long. Excavations at Debiany. Image credit: Jan Bulas “Their longer walls were reinforced
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Arimaspians present a fascinating subject in ancient lore—a tribe of horsemen, each described as having a single eye centered on their forehead. According to historical accounts, they are said to have lived at the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Using the latest state-of-the-art technology scientists have successfully produced a stunning facial reconstruction of the two sons of Saint Ludmila. According to experts, the reconstructed faces of the two dukes are about 90 percent accurate.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient tomb located in the vicinity of Hradec Králové, a city in East Bohemia in the Czech Republic, was first unearthed in 2019. It is an ancient burial from the end of the 5th
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – What evidence could support the theory that there was an unknown master race present in different corners of the world? In part 1 we discussed how strange ancient wooden tablets covered with hieroglyphics were discovered
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Upper Egyptian Dendera Temple complex dedicated to the goddess Hathor has been for some time under restoration, according to plans presented by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Now archaeologists completed the second phase
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The world’s oldest example of a knotted-pile carpet and is the one kept at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. The so-called Pazyryk Carpet, which was made out of new wool at around
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Buddhist monastery, believed to be at least 900 years old has been unearthed by archaeologists from ASI (Archaeological Survey of India). The monastery was buried under a mound in a village situated in a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Despite evidence of cultural connections, there’s little evidence of massive migration across the Mediterranean region, a new study shows. A team of international researchers led by a Florida State University assistant professor has analyzed data
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Why would someone deliberately remove all evidence of a long-gone civilization? Throughout history, traces of mysterious dead civilizations have been erased regularly. Historical records and unusual archaeological discoveries have been destroyed or kept at secret
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Neanderthals possessed the ability to perceive and produce human speech, according to a new study. A human skull on the left, versus a Neanderthal skull on the right. Photo: Wiki Commons. “This is one of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A rare 1800-year-old coin depicting the head of the Roman emperor Antonius Pius (86 – 161) was Roman emperor during the time 138 – 161, and one of the Five Good Emperors in the Nerva
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A large ceremonial chariot with four wheels found in Pompeii has already been labeled an exceptional discovery that has no parallel in Italy. What makes the chariot exceptional is that it’s almost intact despite the disaster
