Conny Waters – AncientPages.com -An ancient wall foundation around Lolei Temple – built in 893 BC and one of three late 9th-century Hindu temples at Angkor, Cambodia – has been unearthed by the Apsara National Authority (ANA) archeologists. Lolei was
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An unknown palace of the Assyrian kings was discovered when the Daesh terrorist group blew up the tomb of the prophet Jonah for ideological reasons. Archaeologists spent two months exploring the tunnels dug by Daesh
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient Cambodian city of Angkor experienced a decline and the causes of its demise in the 15th century have been long debated. South gate of Angkor Thom. source Historical explanations have emphasized the role of
AncientPages.com – The discovery of the magnificent clay likeness of a young man in the Shestakovsky burial mound No 6 has long intrigued Russian archeologists. Among cremated people this elegant mask of, perhaps, a handsome warrior immediately stood out as
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Hundreds of rare and well-preserved artifacts have been revealed by the retreating mountain glaciers in the region of Lendbreen in Innlandet County, Norway. Archaeologists say that the artifacts tell a remarkable story of high-altitude travel
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Monkeys appear in Grecian frescoes dating back to the Bronze Age 3,600 years ago, but monkeys are not native to Greece or the Aegean Isles. Why are these animals present in artwork, and why are
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The first evidence for diet and subsistence practices of ancient East African pastoralists is now presented by scientists, led by the University of Bristol, with colleagues from the University of Florida. The development of pastoralism
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Thousands of ‘forest islands’ were created by the earliest human inhabitants of the Amazon as they tamed wild plants to grow food, according to new research. Amazonia’s forest islands as seen from above. From their
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Mysterious, magical individuals called ‘chaneques’ are famous in Mexican folklore; however, they also have a lot in common with the Pukwudgies, only knee-high or smaller, grey-faced forest people with large ears, as described in Algonquian folklore.
Ellen Lloyd- AncientPages.com – To fill the missing gaps in our history books, it’s vital to question anything that should be questioned Whenever we think we finally know who the first people in America were, we suddenly encounter evidence that
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A rare figurine of the Canaanite god Baal and a bronze calf statue are among the fascinating finds which Macquarie University archaeologists have uncovered in Israel. Ancient artifacts dating back 3,300 years have been unearthed by
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – New research by experts from the Universities of Exeter, Leicester, and Oxford shows that brown hares and chickens were associated with gods rather than food. It was when these animals – long linked to Easter
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – One autumn morning in 1578, the watchmen scanned the Pacific Ocean from the top of the fortifications of the central city and seaport of Valparaíso. They saw warships appear in the distance. It wasn’t difficult
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Excavations of a previously unknown church in the medieval city of Cherven have revealed the 14th-century murals containing a scene with “warrior saints”. Cherven, in today’s Ruse District in Northeast Bulgaria, was an important religious, urban,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Many rock carvings have been found in Østfold county, the landscape with the most petroglyphs in Norway, but do these ancient images contain hidden messages or were they merely prehistoric artistic expressions? A group of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – New archaeological discoveries show it’s time to re-write the history of London. Scientists report everything indicates London is twice as old as previously thought. Historical records inform the Romans established Londinium on the current site of the
