Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Nazi photo album that was made out of the skin and hair of World War II Nazi death camp victims has been found at an antique market in Poland. The album was put up
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The iconic Plaza Tree of Pueblo Bonito is widely believed to have been a majestic pine standing in the west courtyard of the monumental great house during the peak of the Chaco Phenomenon (AD 850–1140).
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The rubber ball game is one of the most fundamental and iconic features of ancient Mesoamerica, a pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing Guatemala, Belize, most of Mexico, and western Honduras and El Salvador. Pre-Columbian ball courts
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A unique rock carving has been found in the Teymareh rock art site (Khomein county) in Central Iran. The site is known to have thousands of pre-historic petroglyphs and among them, researchers have now focused
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – When the first modern European arrived on the shores of North America they noticed to their surprise that another civilization from their continent had already been there. For a long time, we have been led
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 2,000-year-old stela known as Stela 87 was recently found by archaeologists working at the Tak’alik Ab’aj archaeological park in El Asintal, 85 miles (140 kilometers) southwest of the capital. Site of excavation at Tak’alik
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scandal is perhaps not the best word to describe this news, but it’s certainly embarrassing and disappointing. What some suspected for a while has now been confirmed. The Washington, D.C. Museum has confirmed that 16
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A costly 14-year-long restoration project has finally come to an end and the public can now visit the magnificent Djoser Pyramid in Saqqara, Egypt. Unfortunately, many of us will not be able to go and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the ancient city of Prusias ad Hypium in Düzce, which is believed to be the oldest settlement of the western Black Sea region, excavation work has been extended to 12 months and archaeologists are excited to unearth many artifacts every other
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A 4,000-year-old urban settlement has been discovered by a team of researchers from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). The Babhaniyav village where the remnants of the settlement were unearthed is one of the craft villages mentioned
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The long-lost capital of an ancient Maya kingdom in the backyard of a Mexican cattle rancher has been discovered by associate professor of anthropology Charles Golden and his colleagues. Excavations – in collaboration with Brown
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 1,000-year-old bronze coin was accidentally found by a little boy (now four-years-old) in Burglengenfeld in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, in the southeastern part of Germany. A 1000-year-old coin weighs eight grams and is 2.8
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The University of Michigan researcher discovered pieces of jewelry in what is now Lesotho, an enclaved country within the border of South Africa. Ostrich eggshell beads have been used to cement relationships in Africa for more
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The world’s oldest wooden structure was recently unearthed in Eastern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It shows that Neolithic peoples were capable of more sophisticated construction techniques than previously assumed. It is remarkable that the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The ancient stone chest was well camouflaged and not meant to be found by ordinary people. It has remained hidden from public view for 3,500 years, and now Polish archaeologists have announced the discovery of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – During excavations in the basement of the Courtauld Gallery in London, UK, archaeologists were amazed to unearth the remains of a medieval cesspit containing an array of fascinating finds. “The location of the chalk-lined cesspit,
