Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – By studying antique artifacts researchers were able to reveal previously unknown use of yellow colors in ancient Egypt. It has long been known that ancient artifacts displayed far more colors than one would think when
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – We continue to explore the strange case of the Italian doppelganger whose life ended in tragedy. In part 1 we talked about why there is a reason to consider some coincidences are not quite what
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – At least 20 ancient wooden coffins have been discovered in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt, according to Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry, reports Yahoo. The coffins which are considered one of the “biggest and most important” discoveries
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A precious sandstone head of a Bodhisattva has been unearthed near Ta Nei, a late 12th century stone temple in Angkor, Cambodia. The Apsara National Authority technical team was attempting to find the temple’s roof
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Excavations that were carried out at the site of Pyla-Vigla on the southeastern coast of Cyprus, revealed the presence of a previously unknown early-Hellenistic fortification, reports In-Cyprus. Vigla is located on a steep plateau overlooking
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – We all know that coincidences do happen, but some events can be so strange it’s almost impossible to call them coincidences. The definition of a coincidence is “a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Anyone can be offended by anything at any time today. We see this almost every day, especially on social media. Still, looking through the eyes of modern society, one can say that Medieval people were
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the 1950s, archaeologists found a mysterious ancient tablet in the ruins of the theatre in Caesarea Maritima, Israel, built by King Herod the Great around the year 22 B.C. The 1,500-year-old Greek tablet, known
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 30 workshops in the industrial area. At the site, there are houses for storage and the cleaning of the funerary furniture and many potteries dated to the 18th Dynasty. Artifacts are
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – There is a mysterious ancient carving on a jade cylinder kept in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in the city of Hangzhou. The strange figure is incised on a jade cong, one of the most perplexing
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Renaissance period that spanned between the 14th century and 17th centuries changed Europe in many ways. It was a remarkable time that inspired people to admire and appreciate the beauty of art, literature, architecture,
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – As discussed in part 1 of this series, a researcher who decided to investigate a strange carving made by Knights Templar in France found some peculiar details that are hard to explain. We have talked
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered an incredible 5,000-year-old metropolis near the new city of Harish in Israel. The 160-acre city dubbed “Early Bronze Age New York” was once home to 6,000 people. Archaeologists are now
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists at Britain’s national synchrotron facility have harnessed powerful light beams to virtually unwrap and decipher fragile scrolls dating back some 2,000 years in a process they hope will provide new insights into the ancient
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Three 400-year-old shipwrecks have been found during building work in central Gothenburg, Sweden. The wrecks were found during archaeological diggings in connection with building work for Gothenburg’s new railway line Västlänken, and the finds were
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Knights Templar had many secrets and we have successfully unraveled some of them, but certainly not all. Many historians will admit that mystery surrounds virtually every aspect of the Christian military order. Following their
