AncientPages.com – Today, Sahara is a desert, but about 10,000 years ago this region of the world was green and fertile grassland. While excavating at a site named Takarkori in south-western Libya, archaeologists found as many as 200,000 seeds in small
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Peru have found thousands of stone objects that could offer more information about the first people who inhabited Peru. Based on the preliminary examination of the artifacts, researchers estimate the first settlers arrived in Peru between
AncientPages.com – Researchers in Argentina report they have discovered remains of a giant bear of the late Pleistocene, near Buenos Aires. It’s an extraordinary find and the skull and jaw of this giant bear are still almost complete. The discovery was made
AncientPages.com – While most of the ancient Bavarians looked genetically like Central and Northern Europeans, one group of individuals had a very different and diverse genetic profile. Members of this group were particularly notable in that they were women whose skulls
AncientPages.com – A set of five Ancient Roman mirror frames have been unearthed in the ruins of an intriguing Roman villa that belonged to a Roman military veteran, and is located near the town Pavlikeni, in Central North Bulgaria. The villa was also
AncientPages.com – While excavating at Fort San Juan, near Morganton, North Carolina scientists have made archaeological discoveries that reveal how early contact between Native Americans and European explorers shaped the history of the American South. Fort San Juan was discovered in 2013.
AncientPages.com – The fact that we use a language today is so obvious that most don’t contemplate when, where and how humans started using a language to communicate. However, the development of a language has long been a scientific puzzle.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Vikings of ancient times were genuinely motivated to fight in battles. Odin’s Valhalla rewarded the hardest struggles, wounds, and death. Each of these brave warriors walked without hesitation into the bloodiest battle. Vikings’ worst nightmare
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The history of ancient Egypt may sometimes seem very distant, but people living thousands of years ago had many problems and feelings that trouble us today. During the Fifth Dynasty (2,500 B.C. – 2,350 B.C), Egyptian
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Like in any other ancient society, Norse people had to follow laws and rules, but there were often disputes, and sometimes people decided it was better to solve a matter through a challenge. It was
AncientPages.com – Ancient remains of Roman aqueduct dating back to the first century have been surprisingly revealed after storm at Cortadura beach, Cádiz, a city and port in southwestern Spain. The storm also revealed parts of a stone road dated back
AncientPages.com – Every now and then scientists discover something that forces them to re-write history. This has just happened in the case of Middle Ages altarpieces. It has long been assumed that altarpieces from the late Middle Ages were made in
AncientPages.com – It has long been debated how the great English writer William Shakespeare came up with ideas and unique phrases for his great plays. Did Shakespeare have a source of inspiration? A new study shows Shakespeare was not entirely honest in
AncientPages.com – About 60 years ago, archaeologists excavating in Czermno, Poland discovered a unique spindle whorl. At the time scientists did not notice the object was covered with seemingly chaotic lines forming an inscription. Now, the artifact has been examined and
Thalia Lightbringer – AncientPages.com – Many people recognize the Seal of Solomon or Star of David, and may have some vague idea of what it might mean. Some may think of it alternatively as like a pentagram and associate it with
AncientPages.com – A 132-year-old message in a bottle was discovered on a remote Australian beach, Wedge Island and turned out to be part of an important worldwide experiment, reports Deutsche Welle. An Australian family discovered a bottle half-buried in the sand
