AncientPages.com – The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry granted preliminary approval for the use of a non-invasive radar to verify a theory that Queen Nefertiti’s crypt may be hidden behind King Tutankhamun’s 3,300-year-old tomb in the famous Valley of the Kings, a
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists may have finally uncovered the lost tomb of the Maccabees – Matityahu the Hasmonean and his five sons, from the ancient city of Modi’in – who led a successful rebellion against Greek rule in the second century
AncientPages.com – On Sep 23, 1459 – the first major battle in the English Wars of the Roses was at Blore Heath, two miles east of Market Drayton in Shropshire, England. The Wars of the Roses refers to a conflict
AncientPages.com – On Sep 22, 480 BC the battle in the Greco-Persian Wars was fought. In this battle a Greek fleet defeated much larger Persian naval forces in the straits at Salamis, between the island of Salamis and the Athenian
AncientPages.com – Work is continuing to open a previously hidden tunnel that was discovered during the restoration of Tokat Castle, known as the dungeon of Dracula. The tunnel in the northern province of Tokat, known as Ceylanyolu, is estimated to
A rare pre-Roman tomb has been unearthed in Pompeii, shedding new light on life at the site in the fourth century BC. The rare archaeological finding confirms that ancient Pompeii is still an inexhaustible source of scientific discoveries. The tomb
AncientPages.com – A mask of a satyr, a male companion of ancient wine god Dionysus with horse-like features, has been discovered near the town of Vetren in Southern Bulgaria during the 2015 summer excavations of Pistiros, an Ancient Greek emporium,
AncientPages.com – One of the richest Bronze Age cemeteries in the Polish lands has been discovered by archaeologists near the village Dunino in the commune Krotoszyce (Lower Silesia). Archaeologists found about 200 burials richly equipped with bronze and clay items
AncientPages.com – For more than a century and a half after the Mountain Meadows Massacre, no one knew exactly where the bodies were buried. A California-based archaeologist now says he has solved the mystery, and that it was surprisingly easy.
AncientPages.com – On Sep 21, 1780, General Benedict Arnold (1740 – 1801) committed treason. During the American Revolution, General Benedict Arnold (1740 – 1801) met with British Major John Andre and made a traitorous pact, giving to him plans to West
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Ancient Chinese records describe a very special being who, depending on the source, is a god-like king, a “son of the heavens”, or a half-god. This very powerful and intelligent being was known as the
Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a 200-meter section of the long-lost Pelusiac branch of the Nile at the Tel Al-Dafna, archaeological site in Qantara. The ancient water-way was a key transport link for the 26th Dynasty and was lost to silt
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists unearthed many fascinating ancient treasures during excavations conducted at Sedeinga, a necropolis located 450 miles from Meroe in northern Sudan. Among them, there are 35 small and densely-packed Nubian pyramids, built during the later Meroitic Kingdom of
AncientPages.com – On September 20, 1066, the Battle of Fulford, near York, Yorkshire (then capital of Northumbria) was fought. Saxon troops of Mercia and Northumbria commanded by brothers Earl Edwin and Earl Morcar, met a Norse army under command of
AncientPages.com – Vikramashila was one of the two most important centers of Buddhist learning in India during the Pala Empire, along with Nalanda University. Vikramashila is a town situated in the state of Bihar, India. It lies at a distance
AncientPages.com – In his studio in the Stockholm suburban community of Tumba, Sweden, archaeologist-sculptor Oscar Nilsson is using 3D and 2D reconstructions of historical findings and set of skills to reconstruct faces of people who lived long before us. Nilsson
