AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating near Varnhem Abbey in Sweden have uncovered several unique skeletons. The bones include remains of two children, a six year old and a one year old. Varnhem is a place of great historical importance. In 995, Olof
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Ancient Tintagel Castle has quite spectacular natural topography, particularly the eroded neck of land dividing the island from the mainland. Located on both sides of the chasm, the castle experienced centuries-long erosion that practically ‘consumed’ many
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Indian archaeologists have discovered that hemp – a mix of hemp with clay and lime plaster – has prevented the famous ancient Ellora caves from degrading over the 1,500 years they have been in existence.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Three huge Viking swords tower over Hafrsfjord just outside Stavanger, Norway. This extraordinary artwork, Sverd I Fjell (Swords in Rock), was created to commemorate Norway’s unification as a single kingdom in 872. Image credit: Giuseppe
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Do all living beings have a soul? What happens to the soul after death? For as long as anyone remembers, these questions have occupied the minds of some of the world’s greatest philosophers and scientists.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – He was well-known for his intelligence and wisdom. Imhotep, or “he who comes in peace,” was an ancient Egyptian genius and the great architect of the world’s first known monumental stone building, the Step Pyramid
AncientPages.com – The remains of an Anglo-Saxon island – home to a Middle Saxon settlement – have been uncovered at Little Carlton near Louth, Lincolnshire by archaeologists from the University of Sheffield. One of the most important archaeological finds in decades, settlement
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Etruscans had many prophets, and Tages was the most important among them. The Etruscan religion was based on the idea that the destiny of man was entirely determined by the moods of the many
AncientPages.com – Israeli and German team of computer scientists and Dead Sea Scrolls scholars will create a digital copy of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls, informed the Israel Antiquities Authority. Dead Sea Scrolls represent one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century. The
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Tarkhan Dress, a V-neck linen shirt, has been confirmed as the world’s oldest woven garment, with radiocarbon testing dating the garment to the late fourth millennium B.C. Tarkhan is one of the most important
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Medieval Norse-Icelandic sagas are filled with tales of mead-drinking Norse Gods and beautiful Valkyries serving refreshments to fallen warriors in Valhalla. Valhalla – Herb liquer by Koskenkorva. Credit: Tero Nummelin – CC BY-SA 3.0 Similarly,
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In ancient myths and legends, we often encounter the mention of seven sages. These extraordinarily wise men are present in the myths and legends of Egypt, Babylon, Sumer, China, ancient Greece, and India. Who were these
AncientPages.com – 9,000-year-old fish bones discovered in southern Sweden provides earliest evidence of fermentation for food preservation anywhere in the world. The discovery of the world’s oldest storage of fermented fish in southern Sweden provides earliest evidence of fermentation of food
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Sir Aurel Stein (1862 – 1943), British archaeologist and explorer famous for his archaeological discoveries in Central Asia, was fascinated by the history of the Silk Road. For many years, Stein conducted scientific and archaeological excavations
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – High in the Andes Mountains of Peru, the Inca built a dazzling empire that governed 12 million people. They had no writing system, but they successfully created an elaborate government, great public works, and a
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The ancient stone circle known as ‘Stones of the Sun (In Irish, ‘Lios na Grainsi’) was built around 2000 BC by the people who brought metal and beaker pottery to Ireland around 2500 BC. It
