Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Early Celts from the Heuneburg settlement may have enjoyed Mediterranean wine well before they began importing Mediterranean drinking vessels–and this special drink may have been available to all in the community, according to a study.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient Byzantine-era church, complete with a floor mosaic and Green inscriptions, was recently unearthed in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel. About 1,500 years ago, this church was dedicated to an unnamed “Glorious Martyr”. The church
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Is it possible that certain cosmic events have shaped human evolution? One of the most puzzling mysteries concerns what caused humans to start to walk upright 4.2 million, and possibly even 6 million years ago.
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In part 1 of this series, we discussed the existence of a mysterious ancient European civilization that doesn’t seem to belong in this part of the world. We examined some similarities between the culture’s ancient
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Demons are mentioned in myths, legends, folklore, and various religions worldwide. Known by a variety of names, demons and other diabolical creatures represent dark, evil forces. They are often shapeshifters, and it’s widely believed they
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A spooky, ancient underwater graveyard located thousands of feet below the Black Sea may solve the mystery of the Biblical Great Flood and Noah’s ark. While conducting oceanographic research, using a pair of underwater remote
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India is of great value to anyone interested in Hinduism and ancient history. The age of the Mahabharata has been debated on several occasions
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Nurikabe is among the most popular Yokai monster creatures in Japanese mythology and folk traditions. It is a yokai, a mysterious force that symbolizes suspicion and strangeness. It defines various supernatural phenomena, objects, and bizarre creatures that dwell
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Havering Hoard consists of more than 450 bronze objects dating between 900 and 800 B.C. These objects are ancient weapons, including axe heads, spearheads, fragments of swords, daggers, knives, and some unusual objects. Credit:
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient walkway most likely used by pilgrims as they made their way to worship at the Temple Mount has been uncovered in the “City of David” in the Jerusalem Walls National Park. Researchers at
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Many ancient European civilizations have been traced and their history documented. Based on discovered artifacts, buildings, scripts, etc., it’s possible to understand how and why an ancient culture ended up in certain regions. Some ancient
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have found a marble slab, dating from the end of the second century CE, during excavations at the Roman Forum site in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv, reports The Sofia Globe. Representing part of an
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered a collection of 31 unusual objects that belonged to a Bronze Age warrior who died on the battlefield about 3,3000 years ago. The artifacts were found at the river Tollense in Northern
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In 1502 A.D., Sultan Bayezid II was seeking a design for a bridge to connect Istanbul with its neighbor city Galata. Leonardo da Vinci, already a well-known artist and inventor, came with an interesting idea, which
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Neanderthals and earlier humans inhabited Stelida, a prehistoric quarry on the northwest coast of Naxos, Greece at least 200,000 years ago – tens of thousands of years earlier than previously believed. Stelida, Naxos was first
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient Assyrians were brilliant astronomers who studied the sky with great interest. Scientists have discovered evidence of unusual solar activity 2,700 years ago that has been documented on cuneiform tablets, one of the earliest writing
