A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Tell Mozan, the site of the ancient city of Urkesh, holds a significant place in both historical records and myths. This ancient city, nestled in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Whenever ancient monuments, tombs, artifacts, prehistoric skeletons, or anything else of historical value are discovered, the site where the findings took place should be made available to scientific investigations. This is, however, not always the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In 2010 excavations of the ancient city of Dara in southeastern Mardin province, archaeologists unearthed a 1,500-year-old mass grave. Dara – located in the border area, just 7 km from the Turkish-Syrian border – is
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 3,400-year-old cuneiform tablet has been discovered during archaeological excavations carried out in Aççana Mound, the old city of Alalah in the Reyhanlı district of the southeastern province of Hatay. A 3,400-year-old tablet has been
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archeologists discovered the remains of a massive and complete structure similar to Rome’s Colosseum in the 2,700-year-old Mastaura ancient city in the Aegean province of Aydın’s Nazilli district, western Turkey. Image credit: Turkish News Agency
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Five years after its destruction, the ancient Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria has been digitally reconstructed by the UC San Diego Library’s Digital Media Lab. Using cutting-edge 3D methods and artificial intelligence applications, researchers
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The medieval city of Beçin, situated in the Milas district of southwestern Muğla province, southwest of Turkey was a historical fort. It has a long history and hosted the Romans, Byzantines, Menteşeoğulları Sultanate, and Ottomans.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The skeletal remains of more than 1,500 people originating from the Edo (1603-1868) to Meiji (1868-1912) periods have been found at a site north of JR Osaka Station earmarked for redevelopment, according to local authorities.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Excavating in southern Kazakhstan’s city of Old Turkestan, archaeologists have discovered caravanserai, eastern bathhouses with several rooms, and a ceramic workshop that testifies to the development of technology for the production of ceramic products in
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In part 1 we discussed why the discovery of an ancient, sacred statue in Asia could a much greater finding than previously thought. We are told by scientists this particular unusual physical characteristic is a
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Thousands of years before the Egyptian pyramids, Stonehenge, and the Maltese temples were built, people of Arabia constructed the mustatils. The mustatils are giant stone monuments that are about 7,000-year- old. The Arabic name ‘mustatils,’
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Explorations have been continued in the ancient Liar San Bon, an archaeological site in Amlash, located in Iran’s Gilan province at the southwestern coast of the Caspian Sea. 39 tombs and catacombs dating back to
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – These two unique clay pig figurines dating back 3,500 years were found in Poland. Someone during the Bronze Age took the time to create these rare artifacts that are only a few centimeters long, but
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ancient treasures can be found in the most unexpected places. Sometimes a page from a rare manuscript can be enough to shed new light on dramatical historical events. Archaeologists working on construction sites in the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The impressive castle in the town of Cēsis in central Latvia recently revealed one of its ancient secrets. The ruins of Cesis – the Livonian Order of Cēsis Castle – are of great importance for
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 1,200-year-old soap factory has been unearthed in the Negev Desert by a team of Israel Antiquities Authority researchers, and local high school students. Israel’s most ancient and first identifiable soap factory was discovered in
