Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Homo sapiens emerged in Africa around 300 thousand years ago, where their fossils are found with the earliest cultural and technological expressions of our species. The last populations to preserve tool-making traditions first established by the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A six-foot-tall statue of a female figure who may represent an elite woman rather than a goddess, or some mixture of the two, has been accidentally unearthed in a citrus grove near Mexico’s Gulf coast.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Yoruba say that the planet Earth was nothing but an enormous expanse of water and marshes in the beginning. Yoruba people have several accounts of the creation story; in some, Obatala created land, humans,
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – All around the world, there are magnificent ancient structures that show our ancestors have always been interested in studying the skies. Our interest in the cosmos is as old as humanity. Archaeological discoveries keep reminding
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A stone bearing a Greek inscription dated to the end of the Byzantine period (the late sixth–early seventh centuries CE) was recently discovered last during maintenance works in the area of the Nitzana National Park
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Tartu in Estonia have discovered a Medieval city dating back to the Great Northern War. Tartu, the oldest city of Estonia was demolished in the Great Northern War, but the walls remained. Many
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating near the city of Capua, Italy have unearthed two ancient tombs. One of the discovered sarcophagi still remains sealed. The find was made at the cemetery near the central Piazza San Tommaso d’Aquino.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of Turkish scientists and archaeologists discovered the remains of A 2,500-year-old Aphrodite Temple in the Urla-Cesme peninsula in Turkey’s west. A compilation photo of the artifacts found at the temple. MSGSÜ via Anadolu
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – These people are a medical mystery. They have been encountered worldwide and examined by numerous specialists, but no-one has been able to explain the unusual condition they are suffering from. What they experience should simply
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – More than 12,000 years ago, people developed a sophisticated technique for making a play dough-like material from mammoth ivory. This prehistoric technique enabled us to make tools – or decorations – that still puzzle modern
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Four previously unknown and interconnected cisterns have been unearthed during archaeological excavations carried out at the ancient city of Metropolis, an important city of trade along with Ephesus and Smyrna. The ruins of Metropolis have
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Many treasure hunters spend years searching for something valuable, but sometimes the most precious ancient objects can be discovered by those who don’t look for them at all. This is exactly what happened to a
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Stealing ancient artifacts has become a common crime these days and authorities are doing all they can to retrieve antiques that are often smuggled in the most unusual way. This time Israel Antiquities Authority reports
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers examined the prehistoric, 350,000-year-old stone tool that was used to grind food and other materials, and to make the hard life of hominids easier. The artifact is the oldest tool identified to date, was
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Phoenicians remain one of the most enigmatic ancient civilizations. Our knowledge of these ancient people is based on scholars’ speculations and educated guesses. Although many Greek, Roman, and Egyptian writers mention the Phoenicians in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A large number of artifacts dated back to the Bronze Age were found hidden in a truck with Romanian license plates, driven by a Serbian citizen who said he was transporting them from Ukraine. Photo: Serbian
