Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Whether societies are ruled by ruthless dictators or more well-meaning representatives, they fall apart in time, with different degrees of severity. In the recent research, researchers focused on a broad, global sample of 30 pre-modern
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During excavations at the Balatlar building complex in the northern province of Sinop, in northern Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed mosaics similar to those in the ancient city of Zeugma. Image credit: Demirören News Agency Excavations at the ancient
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – You don’t have to be an archaeologist to discovered something of great historical value. It seems indigenous residents may have found evidence of an unknown Ice Age culture in Michigan, USA. The disturbing part of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Early humans not only knew how to use fire, but they also developed sophisticated technologies for making tools. They may have had a good understanding of the effects of heating the stone before flaking it
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Of the six species of early humans, only Homo sapiens have managed to survive climate change on Earth. Now, a new study published in the journal One Earth suggests that the inability to adapt to
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – We continue where we ended the story in part 1. When researchers opened the ancient tomb, they quickly realized something was very wrong with this discovery. Not only was the burial in a place where
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Two weeks ago, a team of Egyptian archaeologists discovered a burial well in Minya’s Al-Gharafa archaeological area of Tuna El-Gebel. The limestone coffin, which was found in the well, features painted reliefs in good condition
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Hittites lived in Anatolia some 3,500 years ago. They used clay tablets to keep records of state treaties and decrees, prayers, myths, and summoning rituals, using a language that researchers were only able to
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Today many modern parents visit shops to buy toys for children. Ancient people also wanted their kids to have something fun to play with. Our ancestors produced various types of toys for their children and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The fragments of various storage jars of different types and sizes had been uncovered over the years, and they played an important role in the daily life of the ancient people. A ‘Gaza’ or ‘Ashkelon
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Canadian woman has sent back to Italy five artifacts she stole from Pompeii in 2005, during her visit to Pompeii, the ancient Roman city in southern Italy that was destroyed by a volcano. Ruins
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Iranian archaeologists have found an ancient settlement in the northwestern part of the country, near Beygush Tepe, an archaeological site in Chaldoran county, West Azarbaijan province. The archaeological evidence suggests that the site was once
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ball games are one of the most popular leisure activities in the world. Not only are ball games an important form of mass entertainment, but it has also become big business. But who invented balls,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – All Maya regulated their lives by the sacred calendar and their belief that supernatural beings had the power to intervene in human affairs on earth. Generally, they followed similar residential living patterns and highly respected
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – When it comes to ancient history, we have seen on several occasions that the line between what is impossible and what is not is thin. There are ancient places, artifacts, and some unusual historical events
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient gold earring was found during excavations at the site of the Ancient Roman colony Deultum near the town of Debelt, Burgas District, near Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. The artifact that seems to be
