Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A statue of a priest’s head, which is believed to be 2,000 years old, has been discovered during the ongoing excavation and restoration works in the ancient city of Laodicea, once a major hub of Christianity.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Thousands of never-before-seen rock art carvings have been discovered in the Amazon Forest. These pictures are very interesting because they are among the oldest depictions of people interacting with now-extinct giant Ice Age animals. A
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Every year, sometime between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, residents of Block Island, Rhode, report seeing an eerie light that is believed to be the apparition of a ghost ship named Palatine. The mysterious light has
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – We continue to explore the possibility that “someone” is regularly altering the course of history. In part 1 we discussed what methods can be used to manipulate history deliberately. We discussed one historical event that
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Not all treasures of Mexico can be found on the surface of this very old country, rich in culture, traditions, and history that spans more than three millennia. There is much in Mexico under its
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers present ‘the first evidence of the tsunami from the southern North Sea region, and suggest that traditional views of this ancient catastrophic and very destructive event need rethinking. About 8,150 years ago,” the Storegga
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Few have heard his name, but to the people living in a small village in Kyrgyzstan, he was an extraordinary man and hero. Kaba Uluu Kojomkul, whose name means Koschomkul, son of Kaba, was a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – One of the world’s earliest examples of art, the enigmatic ‘Venus’ figurines carved some 30,000 years ago, has intrigued and puzzled scientists for nearly two centuries. The figurines dated to the Upper Paleolithic era represent
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In the Mahabharata, one of the major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, Surya is the “eye of the universe, soul of all existence, origin of all life, and symbol for freedom and spiritual emancipation. In
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A submerged prehistoric settlement on the Black Sea coast, has been discovered by underwater archaeologists. The settlement was inhabited around 1,000 years earlier (going back to the Chalcolithic (Copper Age) than previously believed, and is
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A young boy has found a startling 3,000-year-old gold bead on Temple Mount. The preserved minute cylinder created by four layers of tiny gold balls was in so excellent condition that archaeologists didn’t recognize its
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The theory we will discuss today is unsettling but worthy of our attention. We do know that everything we do, everything we decide, will in some way change history. Just look at some significant historical
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For the first time, now, archaeologists have been able to resume restoration and excavation works at the site of the Monastery of St. Simon Stylites the Younger. The site is vast but unfortunately, the monastery
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Was there once a black pyramid in Egypt that has been erased from the pages of history? Could the pyramid be buried beneath the sand, or was the ancient structure misidentified? It has been suggested
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeological excavations carried out in the 3,000-year-old ancient city of Stratonikeia, have revealed 10 more masks decorating the stone blocks that are believed to date back 2,200 years. Works in the ancient city, located in
Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com – On the morning of August 24, 79 A.D. Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy erupted. It was one of the largest volcanic explosions in recorded history. In a surviving document left by only some surviving witnesses, the
