AncientPages.com – Horns represent the primal power of nature, express the unstoppable power and the majesty and throughout human history, horns have been synonymous with this strength. Horned animal deities played a significant role in the early civilizations of the ancient world, where the
AncientPages.com – A new study indicates that Neanderthal man arrived on the Italian peninsular some 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers analyzed radioactive deposits that were found in sediments present inside two Neanderthal skulls unearthed in a gravel pit Saccopastore,
AncientPages.com – After 10 years of excavations, Israeli archaeologists have finally solved “one of Jerusalem’s greatest archaeological mysteries” — identifying the location of the Acra, an infamous fortress used by ancient Greece to control the Jewish Temple and Jerusalem more than 2,000 years
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists find Ice Age engravings, tools and burnt bone within “very rare” British settlement at Jersey. Archaeologists say hunter-gatherers from the Magdalenian culture of between 16,000 and 13,000 years ago lived at a clifftop site in Jersey where dense
AncientPages.com – The Citadel of Machaerus – a fortified hilltop palace – was built upon a conical peak of basalt, located in Jordan fifteen miles (24 km) southeast of the mouth of the Jordan river on the eastern side of the
AncientPages.com – A large, well-preserved 1,500-year-old winery has been exposed during a violent storm in the Sharon Plain region, located between the Mediterranean Sea and Samarian Hills, the Antiquities Authority announced Monday. According to IAA archeologist Alla Nagorski, the discovery was
AncientPages.com – The well-preserved shipwrecks discovered at Yenikapı in Istanbul, Turkey are an important new source of information on the maritime commerce of Constantinople and the gradual shift from shell-based to skeleton-based shipbuilding in the Mediterranean during the second half of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A nearly millennium-old gilded Bible has been seized, during a police operation in the northern province of Tokat, Turkey. Also, ten people were taken into custody as part of the operation. A total of four operations were
AncientPages.com – Many people consider Mt. Shasta to be one of the most sacred places on Earth. This majestic mountain – a part of the Cascade Mountain Range, located in Siskiyou County, Northern California approximately 45 miles from the Oregon border
AncientPages.com – Leiden Egyptologist Ben Haring has deciphered a list of words engraved on a shard of pottery from the 15th century B.C. and determined that it is an alphabetically ordered word list. The discovery has been published in the Journal of
AncientPages.com – A 1,200-year-old Viking sword was accidentally found by a hiker traveling the ancient route between western and eastern Norway. The sword was found at Haukeli located about250 km (150 miles) from Oslo, Norway and it will be sent
AncientPages.com – In the ancient cemetery at Ibbankatuwa in Dambulla, located in the Matale District, Central Province of Sri Lanka, archaeologists unearthed graves that date back to the Pre-Vijaya era. The indigenous people of Sri Lanka were known as Nagas
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists uncovered remains of stairs near the foundations of a grand building where emperors 1,300 years ago performed special rituals in Japan’s old capital Fujiwara-kyo. Researchers said the stairs confirm the long-presumed design of the Daigokuden hall, a
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Be careful and watch your steps when you enter the realms of Jötunheimr, the home of the fearful giants in Norse mythology. You might think twice before undertaking a journey to this dark, inhospitable place surrounded
AncientPages.com – New impressive findings have come to light in the archaeological excavations at the site of the Asklepieion in ancient Pheneos, in the Peloponnese. Among them are a pedestal on which originally stood two bronze statues which were later
AncientPages.com – One of the major forces, which influenced the rise and fall of agrarian states in Mexico and Peru was climate variability, according to researchers a new study. “We are arguing that the climate information in both areas is
