AncientPages.com – Archaeologists are investigating how and why so many people in ancient Rome died of lead poisoning. Some have suggested lead poisoning led to the fall of the Roman Empire through its ubiquitous use in aqueducts, water pipes, household implements,
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Scientists are confronted with an intriguing Medieval puzzle. It’s the first time ever such sculptures have been found in India, but who made them and why? Image credit: Scfhu.ru While excavating in the Himalayas on the
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There are many intriguing time travel stories. One of the most puzzling accounts deals with a very brilliant but eccentric British inventor who some thinks designed a real time machine based on secret ancient Egyptian knowledge
AncientPages.com – Scientists confirm that the age and content of an old sack is in accordance with a medieval myth about Saint Francis of Assisi. Some small fragments of textile closely related to a certain myth has been stored and guarded by the
AncientPages.com – How long have humans been on Earth? When and where did modern humans appear for the first time? These are questions scientists still debate and every time we think we know the truth, new findings force us to reconsider
AncientPages.com – Using Google Earth satellite images, researchers from the University of Western Australia have discovered four hundred strange formations located in west-central part of Saudi Arabia. In the Harrat Khaybar region of Saudi Arabia, “kites” take on entirely different shapes—most
AncientPages.com – On October 19, 1216, John, King of England, died of dysentery at Newark Castle in Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. He was the youngest son of Henrik II of England and Eleonora of Akvitania, brother of Richard the Lionheart, father
AncientPages.com – An extraordinary theater-like structure from the Roman period confirming historical writings that describe a theater near the Temple Mount, has been unearthed about 8-meter (26 feet) below the surface of the Old City. The structure was found during excavations
AncientPages.com – Queen Ankhesenpepi II was the important Egyptian queen of the 6th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, around 2350 BC. A French-Swiss archaeological team reports have unearthed the head of a wooden statute of Queen Ankhesenpepi II near her pyramid in the
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In ancient Egypt, pharaohs were considered to be both divine deities as well as mortal rulers, but natural disasters and climate change could lead to serious problems for these powerful Egyptian rulers. As a pharaoh,
AncientPages.com – In ancient times, something horrible took place near Sandby borg ringfort on the island of Öland, Sweden. During excavations archaeologists unearthed many skeletons that revealed a massacre happened, but who was behind the brutal killings? The coin and gold
AncientPages.com – Pisidia Antiocheia was an important center of early Christianity revealed that the settlement was occupied since the Neolithic age. Long-term excavations have been conducted in the ruins of this Hellenistic city, located in Isparta Province, Turkey. The city’s original inhabitants used
AncientPages.com – There are still many ancient secrets hidden in Peru’s rainforest. Many places are difficult to access due to the vegetation and archaeological expeditions often face struggles to enter sites overrun by vegetation. Image credit: Cortesía Agencia Andina So, it’s always great
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered a mini-pyramid, made of pink granite, in South Saqqara on the outskirts of Egypt’s Giza Province. The extremely small pyramid was covered with gold or copper and its upper part was partially damaged. It measures only
AncientPages.com – The mystery of Easter Island deepens. Scientists have conducted an analysis of DNA from ancient skeletal remains and it turns out history of Easter Island is not quite as previously thought. According to a genetic study carried out in
AncientPages.com – The first dedicated House of Commons chamber, destroyed in the 1834 Palace of Westminster fire, has been reconstructed with the help of 3D visualization technology. The House of Commons took shape in the medieval chapel of St Stephen, formerly
