Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An international team of specialists, led by the University of Bristol, is trying to solve a 5,000-year-old mystery surrounding the ancient trade and production of decorated ostrich eggs. A decorated egg from the Isis Tomb,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ten skeletal remains—four women and six men likely of high social standing—were discovered in the Paliokastro site on Thasos island in Greece. Their bones illuminated their physical activities, traumas, and even a complex form of brain
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – These paintings were not meant to bee seen for a long time. The world has waited 3,000 years to see the hidden ancient Egyptian images that were discovered inside the coffin of an Egyptian mummy.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It may take a very long time before we can solve all Biblical mysteries, if ever. Some archaeological discoveries speak in favor of Biblical stories, and some findings contradict the events mentioned in the Holy
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A unique treasure of more than 500 coins was accidentally found by archaeologists in the Church of the Rosary of Our Lady in Obišovce in the district of Košice, Slovakia. The team from the Triglav
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For the first time, an unidentified ship appeared on a beach in York, Maine in 1958. The 50-foot skeleton of a shipwreck has fascinated both local witnesses and researchers. The shipwreck appeared again in 1978,
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Catacombs of St. Callixtus in Rome, Italy, hold the remains of sixteen popes, several martyrs, and around half a million Christians. Nine of those popes were buried in the famous Crypt of the Popes.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For the first time, researchers have retrieved genetic information from an 800,000-year-old human tooth, and data sheds light on one of the branching points in the human family tree, reaching much further back in time
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Karelian-Finnish mythology, Ukko (meaning “grandfather” or “old man”) stands as a powerful symbol of nature’s force and balance. As the deity of weather, lightning, and thunderstorms, he commands the clouds and shapes the storms,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Griffith University scientists have led an international team to date the skull of an early human found in Africa, potentially upending human evolution knowledge with their discovery. The Broken Hill (Kabwe 1) skull is one of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study points out the need for an important new refinement to the technique known as – radiocarbon dating. The method that determines the dates of artifacts in archaeology and other disciplines, was invented
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists can once again offer evidence Stone Age humans were not as primitive as previously thought. Early cave paintings of hunting scenes may give the impression our Stone Age ancestors lived mainly on chunks of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Large treasure of silver coins dated to the Roman period has been accidentally discovered in Hrubieszów near Lublin, in eastern Poland. The treasure of 1,753 silver coins weighing over five kilos was abandoned in the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The mighty Calusa ruled South Florida for centuries, wielding military power, trading and collecting tribute along routes that sprawled hundreds of miles, creating shell islands, erecting enormous buildings and dredging canals wider than some highways.
Ellen Lloyd- AncientPages.com – In part 1 we discussed some strange ancient flying animals. Were these ancient flying machines or fantasies of our ancestors? We are familiar with humans’ desire to fly. There are many legends about flying horses in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – What was the mysterious red sign witnessed over Japan nearly a millennium and a half ago? According to witness accounts written in the year 620 A.D, people compared it to the tail of a pheasant.
