Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers have long tried to explain purpose of Mesoamerican potbelly statues. Are they depictions of the ruling elite? Perhaps they were made to honor dead ancestors, or maybe they are portrayals of women giving birth? Magnetic
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ahram Online reports that underwater archaeologists discovered more secrets of the sunken cities of Heracleion and Canopus in Abu Qir Bay, in Alexandria. Archaeologists from the Egyptian-European archaeological mission led by Frank Goddio, Head of the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient Romans had humor, no doubt about it. While vising London about 2,000 years ago they brought back a pen as a gift. The pen had a joke inscribed onto it, but was the gift
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Today we know that Christopher Columbus was not the first to discover America. Many great explorers and ancient civilizations visited the continent long before him. As an example, we can mention that Zheng He or
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Colombian folklore, the Patasola (‘La Patasola’) is a female monster living on the summits of the plain. She has only one leg but can move with astonishing speed. People say they have seen her
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ur is one of the world’s oldest cities. What was life like for its inhabitants some 4000 years ago? During this year’s season at Ur, archaeologists focused on a residential building that was located on
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An international team of scientists report a discovery of the remains of an intact and astonishingly preserved Early Modern Period (Late 15th – early 16th Century) shipwreck in the Baltic. The unknown shipwreck – probably
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – When darkness falls, they rise from burial places and the ocean. They start to march in large groups, and they move until just before sunrise. If you encounter them, never look into their eyes because
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Everything started in the middle of the night. There was no reason to suspect something unusual was about to happen, but it soon became clear residents in the state of Washington were witnessing something truly
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A fragment from 1,800 year-old glass fish at the National Trust’s Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire, has been discovered by archaeology student Peter Moore, while part of a team carrying out a dig at the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient urban complex of Kom el-Dikka has been excavated by Poland’s Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology (CAS since 1960. Polish archaeologists work in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. Kom el-Dikka is a neighborhood
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It’s the second time we encounter footprints in Europe of unknown beings who walked along the beach at Happisburgh, Norfolk, United. Kingdom. The tracks are said to belong to a mysterious 950,000-year-old ancestor and they
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In the final part of this series we continue where we left off. There is still so much we don’t know about our ancestors’ knowledge and we are doing our best to connect the dots
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Large coffin of King Tutankhamun is now under restoration for first time since 1922. Almost a century after its discovery, the largest gilded coffin of King Tutankhamun has been transported from the tomb in Luxor’s west
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An international team of researchers for the first time applied marine geology techniques at an ancient harbor archaeological site to uncover ancient harbor technologies dated to the first centuries AD. The subject of their research
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A huge prehistoric settlement was discovered on the banks of the Sorek stream, is located 5 km (three miles) west of Jerusalem, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority, which supervises the excavations. Aerial view of
