AncientPages.com – An astronomical observatory, massive stone walls and a great variety of pottery have been revealed during excavations at Espiritu Pampa archaeological site in Southern Cusco region, Peru. Experts believe that the structure served as an astronomical observatory for Wari’s
AncientPages.com – The ancient settlement area with the rock tombs, a temple area and a 50-meter-deep water tunnel have been discovered in Erzurum’s Dumlu neighborhood, located in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Archaeologists say it may belong to the time of the Urartu
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered ruins of the lost town of Lechaion, the harbor from the ancient Greek city of Corinth. Many of the ancient underwater ruins are extremely well-preserved and among the monuments built of 5 ton blocks there are
AncientPages.com – We cannot rely on one theory, which suggests that modern humans evolved in Africa and then dispersed across Asia and reached Australia in a single wave about 60,000 years ago. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In 1587, Urbano Monte (1544-1613), a little-known cartographer, created an amazing, hand-drawn, 10 feet by 10 feet map. Not only does the map depict the Earth as seen from space when directly looking down at
AncientPages.com – During the inauguration ceremony, Egypt officially reopened the 6th century Library and Mosaic in St. Catherine Monastery in Sinai. The famed monastery, located in southern Sinai, has an ancient priceless library that contains thousands of unique historical and religious
AncientPages.com – Totally 28 rock art sites dating from at least 2,500 years ago have been discovered by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU). The discovery was made on a small Indonesian island of Kisar which measures just 81 square
AncientPages.com – Recent discoveries in form of ritual bath, ancient coins and pottery dated to a Hasmonean-era shed light on Jewish town at the Susya in Mount Hevron. Hasmonean-Era (or Hasmonean Dynasty) of ancient Judaea (Judea, or Judah) was one of
AncientPages.com – Conducting archaeological excavations in Afghanistan is not possible, but American and Afghan researchers can now study thousands of never-before-cataloged ancient sites that were discovered with help of U.S. spy satellite and analysis of military drone images. Among the archaeological
AncientPages.com – The first genetic map of the people of Ireland has been presented by a team of Irish, British and American researchers who analyzed data from 194 Irish folks with 4 generations of ancestry across the island. DNA samples from
AncientPages.com – A decorative fitting from a book, originally from Ireland, has been unearthed during the expansion of Byneset Cemetery, nearby to the medieval Steine Church, built in the 1140s in Trondheim in mid-Norway. The find is probably a gold-plated, silver
AncientPages.com – Stones exposed to strong heat, are often found on old farms and they originate from the Viking Age and even earlier. Long ago, Vikings and their descendants brewed beer by tossing hot rocks into wooden kettles. Brewing with heated
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Norse mythology, Skadi (Skade) was the daughter of Thiazzi of the Hrimthurssar, the frost giant who inhabited Jotunheim. Skadi (also Skade) was the wife of Njord, the Vanir god of the seas, sailors, and fishermen. They were
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient ruins and artifacts in Borgatta, located in the Argentinean Andes reveal pre-Inca societies lacked hierarchical leadership before the Inca Empire claimed the region. Borgatta was built in the tenth century. It grew to a community
AncientPages.com – A very rare whetstone – a tiny piece of polished slate from the medieval deposits, dating c 1050-1500 – has been unearthed by archaeologist from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU). The artifact is very small but
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – When Spanish Conquistadors encountered natives in Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1543, they were told a tribe of giants once inhabited the Indians’ land. These horrifying giants had been killed by a fire from the sky. The Spaniards
