AncientPages.com – Genetic data does not support ancient trans-Atlantic migration, Kansas University professor says. This hypothesis, which was recently supported by several documentaries and publications, has contributed to the population of Native Americans, often called an “Ice Age Columbus.” “That hypothesis
AncientPages.com – Columbia librarians have digitized an important anatomical flap book, which is an early attempt to present the three dimensionality of the human body in the two dimensional format of this fascinating book. Pop-up books are not modern invention (often
AncientPages.com – The Meroitic Empire is one of the civilizations of ancient Africa. It was reported by the Greek historian Herodotus as a rival to Greek (Ptolemaic) Egypt. The remote archaeological site of Abu Erteila is located northeast of Shendi Town in
AncientPages.com – Longvek was the capital city in ancient Cambodia, for almost 200 years following the sack of Angkor by the Siamese in 1431. The city’s records tell stories about war strategy, religious rituals, Khmer cultures traditions of Khmer. Longvek
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have revealed the best-preserved Bronze Age dwellings ever found in Britain, which provides an extraordinary insight into domestic life 3,000 years ago. Dated to the end of the Bronze Age (1200-800 BC), the settlement with large
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A study of the ancient burial practices from the Central Apulian region in pre-Roman Italy sheds light on economic and social mobility, military service and even drinking customs in a culture that left no written
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Shamash was the Sun god in the mythology of the ancient Near East. He was associated with truth, justice, and healing and was one of the most active gods in the pantheons of ancient Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria. In Sumer,
AncientPages.com – Evidence of a civilization that existed more than 1,300 years ago was unearthed in less than 20 centimeters of soil Monday at Philippi Estate Park in Sarasota. A thick shell showing signs of wear is believed to be a
AncientPages.com – Many fascinating artifacts have already been discovered during Yenikapi excavations, which tell story of a 8,500-year-old city. Among these findings, which are dated to the Neolithic Age, there are ancient footprints of the first locals of Istanbul and their tools
AncientPages.com – Tom Garrison was four hours away from camp — headed into the city down a bumpy jungle road to get treated for poisonwood exposure — when he got a call from his co-director Edwin Román. “You need to get back
AncientPages.com – Archaeological evidence shows that despite hygienic innovations introduced by the Romans, intestinal parasites such as whipworm, roundworm and Entamoeba histolytica dysentery did not decrease as expected in Roman times compared with the preceding Iron Age. Instead, they gradually increased.
AncientPages.com – An international team of scientists working with paleopathologist Albert Zink and microbiologist Frank Maixner from the European Academy (EURAC) in Bozen/Bolzano have now identified the presence of Helicobacter pylori in Ötzi’s stomach contents, a bacterium found in half of all humans
AncientPages.com – Scientists once again try to restore the chronology of the Homeric epics Iliad and Odyssey. They compare the natural phenomena the epic describes with astronomically ascertained ones, thus verifying the historical truth of the narrative. As a result, the
AncientPages.com – The remains of a 3,400-year-old citadel the citadel that once served the needs of mariners, who often visited the ancient port city, was recently uncovered in Nahariya, Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday. The large excavation was
AncientPages.com – An international study based on DNA from Anatolian remains and coordinated from Stockholm shows importance of the role Anatolia played, when farming spread throughout Europe some 8000 years ago. Human material from the Anatolian site Kumtepe, excavated in 1994,
AncientPages.com – Researchers have identified fossilized shell pieces of an aquatic turtle and the fossil remains of a nearly five feet long tortoise of the genus Chelonoidis, found near Quebrada Honda, Bolivia in Altiplano in west-central South America. The fossil site of
