Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Some 424 solid gold coins dating from 1,100 years ago were found during an archaeological dig in central Israel. The coins – an impressive and rare hoard buried in a clay jar and dated to the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Knowledge of acoustics was not uncommon among ancient people. Many ancient cultures used and modified architecture for acoustic purposes. The musical sound of stones was important when ceremonies and rituals were performed. Stonehenge, the famous
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Keezhadi (or Keeladi) is today an important archaeological site, located on the banks of the Vaigai River near the southern tip of India. Once in the past, Keezhadi, was an urban settlement of Sangam Age
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers at Lund University in Sweden can now reveal what the Danish King Hans had planned to offer when laying claim to the Swedish throne in 1495: a two-meter-long Atlantic sturgeon. Gribshunden – This is
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Basque people—often regarded as one of Europe’s oldest, most distinctive, and most resilient cultures—inhabit a rugged, mountainous region that straddles the border between northern Spain and southwestern France. This unique homeland, with its steep
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The tomb and golden jewels of the Bronze Age “Carian Princess,” were unearthed during 1989 excavations of an ancient necropolis, located in the vicinity of the city of Halicarnassus, an ancient Greek city at what
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Looking for traces of the Vikings in Istanbul, archaeologists unearthed a Viking settlement in the ancient city of Bathonea near Lake Küçükçekmece, officials told daily Milliyet. Bathonea was an ancient harbor town with many prehistoric
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During the Viking Age—probably sometime in the 800s-900s—a man died in the village we call Vinjeøra today, south of Trøndelag county. He was buried with a full set of weapons: ax, spear, shield and sword.
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – We continue our investigation of ancient monuments the world for some reason is not allowed to see. As explained in part 1, it is very difficult to understand why some governments do not permit archaeologists
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A string of beads and an ancient animal figurine found at the Paleolithic site of Ust-Kova in Krasnoyarsk Territory were recently studied by a team of archeologists from Siberian Federal University and Novosibirsk State University.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For a very long time, Native Americans have told stories about great floods that devastated Tennessee, USA. Memories of these catastrophic events have been preserved by Native Americans who passed on these accounts from one
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Megadrought that caused the end of the Green Sahara and its vegetation, also heavily damaged human settlements in Southeast Asia. Researchers have now physical evidence found in caves in Laos shows a connection between these two
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of volunteer Finnish divers accidentally discovered the Dutch 17th-century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea water at 85 meters depth. The wreck reveals many of the characteristics of the fluit. Badewanne.fi The wreck od
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Mosaics were a popular art form for thousands of years and in many cultures around the world. The art is old and the earliest examples of mosaics were discovered in a Mesopotamian temple dating back
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Illegal gold hunters have devastated a 2,000-year-old ancient site of Jabal Maragha located in Sudan, in the eastern region of the Sahara desert. The ancient site of Jabal Maragha, Sudan destroyed by gold hunters. Credits:
Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com – Archaeologists are trying to solve an ancient mystery and that is not easy because there are several contradicting theories. Around Jerusalem, there are several giant mounds that were constructed for unknown reasons by builders we cannot
