Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A set of ancient copper ingots shaped as discs have been found in a shipwreck near a Black Sea cape in Southeast Bulgaria. The disc-shaped copper ingots found in a Late Bronze Age shipwreck are
Jan Bartek – Ancient Pages.com – Earlier this year, archaeologists excavated in Luxor, Egypt where they uncovered a small wooden coffin belonging to a woman who was about 15-year-old when she died. The young lady was put to rest about
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers analyzed the molecular remains of food left in pottery used by the first farmers who settled along the Atlantic Coast of Europe from 7,000 to 6,000 years ago. A study by an international team of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient underground world in Turkey is very impressive. The famous underground city of Derinkuyu in Cappadocia is one example and so is the Nevsehir – even larger than Derinkuyu; Nevsehir has a secret passageway
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The walls of a 1,000-year-old medieval Christian church have been unearthed on a hilltop in northeastern Ethiopia by archaeologists from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Warsaw. After being forced to
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Egypt is a land of great interest to anyone interested in archaeology and ancient history, but at present times the Coronavirus outbreak doesn’t allow us to admire the treasures of the land of the Pharaohs.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ever since the 17th century, human bones have been emerging from the spring-containing lake burial site at Levänluhta in Southern Ostrobothnia, western Finland. A research team coordinated by the University of Helsinki has dated the bones
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The location of Fort San Antón de Carlos, home of one of the first Jesuit missions in North America has been now verified by Florida and Georgia archaeologists. Calusa Indians used hundreds of millions of shells.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Little is known about the nature of will-o’-the-wisp. They appear as bright spots, small lights floating above the surface, dancing at night over swamps, peat bogs, and wetlands. Old advice says: Don’t follow the light
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – When the ancestors of modern humans left Africa 50,000 years ago they met the Neandertals. In this encounter, the Neandertal population contributed around two percent of the genome to present-day non-African populations. Researchers from Aarhus
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Now, we can learn more about the culinary traditions of prehistoric hunter-gatherers that lived in the Baltic region as far back as 7,000 years ago. An international team of researchers analyzed over 500 hunter-gatherer vessels
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Apsara Authority archaeologists have unearthed 141 statue fragments in Siem Reap province’s Angkor Wat, Cambodia. The artifacts were discovered accidentally by the experts implementing an irrigation system management project in the area. Twenty-one broken
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An old cannon was found buried at a construction site near the Pak Kong car park in the Inner Harbour area of the city of Macau, located on China’s southern coast, 60 km (37 mi)
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have made an impressive discovery of nine beacon towers of the Great Wall located in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The ruins of a Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) Chinese watchtower
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Egyptian beliefs, the soul had three parts: the Ka, the Ba, and the Akh. These three spiritual elements found refuge in the body. Therefore, it was vital to keep the body intact after death
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – It would be easier to have a better understanding of ancient history if we had access to certain valuable documents. Unfortunately, some precious manuscripts are hidden in places where historical researchers cannot be granted access.
