Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – More than 1,000 ancient sealings related to the Graeco-Roman pantheon have been discovered in a late antique building complex, which could be an unidentified church. The discovery was made by archaeologists from the Cluster of Excellence
AncientPages.com – Many believe that Jesus Christ was buried and resurrected in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the holiest Christian shrine in the Old City. Now researchers can confirm Roman era accounts of Christ’s tomb discovery in Jerusalem. Mortar under
AncientPages.com – Sometimes just one artifact is enough to change our understanding of history. This is exactly what has taken place when a student metal detectorist in UK literally struck gold discovering an object that forces us to reconsider certain historical events.
AncientPages.com – A mummy wrapped in linen that probably belongs to a top official was discovered in one of two smaller previously unexplored tombs located in the southern city Luxor, Egypt. The two tombs – found much earlier in the 1990s
AncientPages.com – In ancient times the Sculptor’s Cave in Moray, Scotland was a place where many strange and unpleasant events took place. Today, it’s considered a site of great archaeological interest. Sculptor’s Cave is a dark and frightening place situated between
AncientPages.com – Some of the largest, ever recorded engravings on rock, located in Western Venezuela have been mapped in unprecedented detail by UCL researchers. The engravings (petroglyphs) are believed to be up to 2,000 years old, include depictions of animals, humans
AncientPages.com – A huge ancient hydraulic system discovered in China may be the world’s oldest and predate Mesopotamian water systems. Ancient skilled Mesopotamian engineers constructed sophisticated water systems around 4,900 years ago and these have long been considered to the world’s
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Aswan report discovery of block with hieroglyphic inscription found in Komombo Temple and workshop for carpentry dated to 18th Dynasty. A limestone block engraved with hieroglyphic inscription has been unearthed at the north-western area of Komombo
AncientPages.com – To many Santa Claus is a Christmas figure that makes our holidays more colorful, but few think the man could have really existed. Yet, archaeological evidence suggests original Santa Claus, also known as St. Nicholas was a real person.
AncientPages.com – 3,000-year-old graves have been unearthed in central Norway by archaeologists from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Museum. Archaeologists consider them some of the oldest burial sites ever found in the region. The graves were found located under two
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Among the Aesir gods in Norse mythology, the supreme god Odin is frequently depicted sitting on his high seat, Hlidskjalf, in Asgard, the home of the gods. Odin always has his two raven companions, Hugin (Huginn) and Munin
AncientPages.com – Researchers in South Africa have just presented “the most complete skeleton of a human ancestor older than 1.5 million years ever found.” The University of the Witwatersrand displayed the Virtually complete Australopithecus fossil dates back 3.6 million years and
AncientPages.com – A statue of the Greek goddess Hygieia and god Eros have been unearthed by archaeologists excavating in in the Anavarza Antique City of the Kozan,Turkey’s southern province of Adana. The limestone sculpture, which is believed to date back to
AncientPages.com – Our ancestors were familiar with meteoric iron much earlier than previously thought. Scientists have determined ancient civilizations constructed remarkable artifacts made of iron from meteorites thousands of years ago. There are iron artifacts dating back to the Bronze Age,
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Like many other ancient civilizations, the Norse people believed in the concept of the soul. However, in addition to this, it was also thought that all human beings had a special invisible protector that followed them
AncientPages.com – A 2,800-year-old stele from the ancient Urartu civilization which had been missing for the past 120 years has been discovered in Turkey’s eastern Van province. The stele belonged to Urartian King Minua (810-780 BC) and was unearthed by German
