A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – A rare sculpture of a sphinx dating back more than 1,000 years has been unearthed in a tomb in northwest China. The marble sculpture is well-preserved and dates back more than 1,000 years, according to archaeologists. The delicately-carved
AncientPages.com – An ancient relief depicting Heracles with a crook in his right hand and a seven-headed snake in his left hand can be found in an ancient quarry in the northwestern province of Bursa’s İznik district, Turkey. Unfortunately, the right arm
AncientPages.com – Fifteen rock paintings discovered in a village close to the ancient city of Ani in the eastern province of Kars will play a significant role for the area to be declared a world heritage site by UNESCO. The 15
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in the east Moravian town of Přerov have discovered a unique statuette which they believe dates back to the early Neolithic period. The richly ornamented torso has been hidden under ground for over seven thousand years ago. The
AncientPages.com – A team of researchers has found the partial remains of a 13th century pagoda foundation at the Todaiji temple. A Todaiji temple pagoda razed in war during the Heian Period (794-1185) was likely rebuilt into one of the biggest
AncientPages.com – About a year ago, beautiful mosaics were found during excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey’s southern province of Gaziantep. Even earlier many beautiful mosaics were discovered in Zeugma, one of the most important centers in the Eastern
AncientPages.com – A team led by the Archaeology Institute at the University of the Highlands and Islands discovered what is believed to be a Bronze Age settlement at Tresness, Sanday sea shore. The settlement remains are composed of 14 houses and separate working
AncientPages.com – British Museum presents a Viking Hoard dating from the time of the ‘Last Kingdom’, when the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex were fighting for their survival against a ‘Great Heathen Army’ of Viking raiders. This most valuable hoard was
AncientPages.com – Trading routes have been discovered that pass through the old town of Vadnagar, mentioned often in the Puranas and even in the travelogue of the great Chinese traveler, Hieu-en-Tsang, as a rich and flourishing town with many Buddhist establishments.
AncientPages.com – A team of archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have found evidence of Roman and medieval domestic life in Leicester. Archaeologists have completed the excavation of a series of ancient backyards dating from the 12th century through to the 16th century. The
AncientPages.com – While studying the ancient Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, archaeologists have discovered that the site was much larger and more complex than previously thought. Scientists found a previously unknown, ancient and massive spiral structure as well as several buried
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have unearthed remnants of the 12th-century castle keep wall and some remains of William Blackburns’s original prison design. The site lies immediately outside of the Roman city of Gloucester and comprises the extant prison, a complex of 18th,
AncientPages.com – Sobek was a 2,500-year old crocodile worshipped in life by the ancient Egyptians and mummified with all due reverence after death. The ancient Egyptians worshipped this crocodile as the embodiment of Sobek, the crocodile god, and many were
AncientPages.com – A “frog-like” swastika made of nephrite has been discovered during archaeological excavations of the8,000-year-old Slatina Neolithic Settlement in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The swastika is 3 cm wide and 3.5 cm long, and dates back to the beginning of
AncientPages.com – On December 7, 1941 at 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu. A large group
AncientPages.com – An ancient tomb has been discovered by a construction team working in a village of Datong Hui, in Datong County, in northwestern China’s Qinghai Province, according to Chen Rong, deputy head of the county’s cultural relic management bureau. Based
