AncientPages.com – A rare medieval painting depicting Judas’ betrayal of Christ may have survived destruction at the hands of 16th century iconoclasts after being ‘recycled’ to list the Ten Commandments instead. The brightly-painted wooden panel, with details picked out in silver
AncientPages.com – London has been a multicultural city since its earliest days as a Roman city, according to new cutting-edge DNA research just published by the Museum of London. Scientists examined four skeletons, looking at sex chromosomes, evidence for disease, travel and diet, and bioarchaeological evidence for
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists say they have made a ground-breaking discovery on the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales. Experts have found what appears to be a small Roman fort on land near Cemlyn Bay and close to the Wylfa power station. The ‘fortlet’ is
AncientPages.com – Modern humans spread rapidly around the world from 100,000 years ago but neither population increase nor ecological changes provide an adequate explanation for patterns of this behavior. A study conducted by Dr. Penny Spikins, an archaeologist at the University of
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists allow public to see important phase of conservation work on remarkable Le Catillon II Hoard. Peeling back the top five centimetres of a pile of buried in a field 2,000 years ago, archaeologists in Jersey are preparing to
AncientPages.com – The introduction of agriculture into Europe about 8,500 years ago changed the way people lived right down to their DNA. Now, an international team reports in Nature that researchers can see how natural selection happened by analyzing ancient human DNA. By
AncientPages.com – Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset holds a special place in popular culture. It was renowned in the early middle ages as the reputed burial place of the legendary King Arthur and the site of the earliest Church in Britain, thought
AncientPages.com – Egyptian authorities announces the three-day operation that involves the use of non-invasive radar to search behind the walls of Tutankhamun’s burial chamber. Exploration work will start Thursday to test a theory that Egyptian Queen Nefertiti is buried behind a wall
AncientPages.com – Excavations conducted in one of Europe’s oldest prehistoric settlements – the Solnitsata (‘Salt Pit’), located in the vicinity of a town in Provadia, in northeastern Bulgaria, shed light on the life of a complex prehistoric society that once
AncientPages.com – Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset holds a special place in popular culture. It was renowned in the early middle ages as the reputed burial place of the legendary King Arthur and the site of the earliest Church in Britain, thought
![The fossilized skull of Homo erectus discovered at the site of the grotto of Hualong, in the district of Dongzhi, in the Chinese province of Anhui [Credit: Xinhua]](https://www.ancientpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dongzhiman1.jpg "\"Dongzhi Man\" - Ancient Human Fossil Discovered In China")
AncientPages.com – An “uncommonly well-preserved” fossilized skull of homo erectus has been discovered by Chinese archaeologists, at the Hualongdong archaeological site in Dongzhi County, in east China. The discovery contributes to the study of the evolution and distribution of early man. This is
AncientPages.com – A Swiss farmer has discovered more than 4,000 Roman coins, exceptionally well-preserved and with high silver content. This surprising discovery was made on his cherry plantation and now archaeologists are puzzled. According to experts, the coins are of Roman origin and
AncientPages.com – An international team of researchers has analyzed DNA of two molars from Siberia’s Denisova Caves and uncovered new information that undoubtedly sheds light on the origins of a mysterious group of human relatives that interbred with ancient humans in
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw using aerial photographs and geophysical surveys, confirmed the location of settlement dating back more than two thousand years in Respublikaniec (Kherson Oblast), and discovered previously unknown structures in its area. Excavations are conducted
AncientPages.com – New research suggests the cacao tree is 10 million years old, which means it’s much older than previously thought. The cacao tree produces cacao beans, which go on to become chocolate, is one of the most popular flavors in
AncientPages.com – Recently we reported how archaeologists excavating in China have uncovered eight main tombs and a chariot burial area with walls. The burial site is believed to be of Liu He – the grandson of Emperor Wu, who was the
