Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – One thousand years ago, Native Americans in South America used multiple psychotropic plants — possibly simultaneously — to induce hallucinations and altered consciousness, according to an international team of anthropologists. The researchers were searching for
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – During the Renaissance, many became interested in magic and mysticism. Science was in its early stages, and curious minds sought answers to big questions in spiritual science. People started to question how much religion could offer.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists report they have discovered an ancient cemetery near the Giza pyramids in Egypt. At the site, scientists found a fine limestone statue of one of the tomb’s owners, his wife and son from the Old
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Aqar Quf is currently an archaeological site. An ancient ziggurat called Aqar Quf, largely abandoned after the fall of the Kassite dynasty in 1170, was briefly inhabited during the Neo-Babylonian period (626-539 BC). Aqar Quf replaced
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – According to a thought-provoking theory, parts of what prophet Ezekiel said may have been misunderstood. What secret ancient knowledge did Ezekiel possess and how much did he know about worlds before our own? Born in Israel,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The biblical King Balak may have been a historical figure, according to a new reading of the Mesha Stele, an inscribed stone dating from the second half of the 9th century BCE. A name in Line
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Denisovans occupied the Tibetan Plateau in the Middle Pleistocene and successfully adapted to high-altitude low-oxygen environments long before the regional arrival of modern Homo sapiens, a new study shows. So far Denisovans were only known from
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Egyptologists have long wondered who ruled ancient Egypt before pharaoh Tutankhamun ascended the throne. Many theories have been put forward, but the ancient mystery has not been solved. Some scholars suggest Nefertiti, the sister and wife
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It took several years, but scientists have now confirmed this is the oldest human footprint in the Americas. The discovery is significant as it can re-write history and shed new light on human presence in America.
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – All over the world, people disappear without a trace each year. Many of these cases are later solved, but others remain unexplained. Today, we examine some very remarkable incidents involving people who vanished under mysterious circumstances.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The largest known figurine workshop in the Mayan world, has been discovered by archaeologists working in Guatemala. The workshop dated to between 750 and 900 AD, made intricate, mass-produced figurines that likely figured heavily in
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In part 1 of this series we talked about legends that explained why this sacred artifact was believed to have mystical powers. Some people claimed they located the object but it’s uncertain if they found the
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Everyone who had heard the legend knew the sacred object had mystical powers, but where was it hidden? Over the centuries, many tried to find this mysterious artifact. It is said that some got very close
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient painted vase, which bears one of the longest hieroglyphic texts unearthed in Belize of the Central America , is offering new clues into the mysterious breakdown of ancient Maya civilization, researchers say. The
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Greco-Roman era rock-cut tomb was unearthed in Aswan West Bank by an Egyptian-Italian archaeological mission working at the Aga Khan Mausoleum area, a senior official in the Antiquities Ministry told Ahram Online. The tomb, which was
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have presented a controversial idea suggesting humans evolved in Europe instead of Africa. They base their theory on an 8-million-year-old skull that could belong to a previously unknown species and one of humanity’s earliest evolutionary
