AncientPages.com – We always say there is a little bit of truth in every myth and legend. For years, the inhabitants of Puebla have told stories about a network of tunnels existing underneath the city and of course, these stories were
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Metsamor, one of the most impressive prehistoric sites in the vicinity of Yerevan, Armenia, has a long history. There is much historical evidence of destruction and capture of this ancient city, with many architectural and
Thieving monks and cathedral tombs: Rediscovered cast skull of “father of English history” could solve medieval burial mystery. Cast skull discovery could answer questions about missing Venerable Bede’s bones and celebration of medieval cult. A Leicester academic says she has
AncientPages.com – The discovery of 15 individuals, consisting of 1,550 bones, represents the largest fossil hominin find on the African continent. It also raises intriguing questions about our evolutionary past. While primitive in some respects, the face, skull, and teeth
“Chac Mool” (chacmool) is one of the most famous ancient statues throughout Mexico. The ancient name for these type of sculptures is unknown. It is also uncertain what or who the statue represents or what its purpose might have been.
Archaeological excavations at Akaki village in the outskirts of Nicosia, Cyprus have revealed part of a mosaic floor, according to a statement of Department of antiquities. The mosaic may be dated to the first half of the 4th century AD
We travel to the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea Anatolia called Asia Minor, present-day Turkey. Today there are only ruins of that what once was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age – Hattusa. Its
Maya activity more than 2,000 years ago not only contributed to the decline of their environment but continues to influence today’s environmental conditions, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin say. Synthesizing old and new data, researchers have for
Last fragment of early Christian christogram dated to the 6th century AD, has been discovered in the so-called Bishop’s Basilica in the ancient city of Parthicopolis in southwestern Bulgaria. It consists of a monogram of letters standing for the name
AncientPages.com – Archeologists working in Turkey’s eastern province of Van have uncovered 2,800-year-old pithos, or large ceramic storage containers, that once contained grain, oil and wine in the ruins of Çavustepe Castle built by Urartu King Sarduri II. “The storeroom
AncientPages.com -Dr Martin Bates from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David will take deep sea core samples to find the DNA of Doggerland, where humans lived in Doggerland from around 10,000 BC until it was flooded at the end
Cacao and holly beverages, which were both high in caffeine – were really valued by the people in the eighth century, living in what is now the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. A new paper published in the Proceedings
Sillustani, a site about 35 miles from the shore city of Puno, is a pre-Incan site that consists of a group of the most impressive huge, cylindrical towers called “Chullpa. These mysterious ancient burial towers were built by the Colla people
AncientPages.com – A treasure of 2,976 silver Roman coins from the 1st-2nd century AD has been discovered by archaeologists during the excavations of the ruins of the Ancient Thracian and Roman city of Serdica in the downtown of the Bulgarian
AncientPages.com – The ‘Standard of Ur’ is a Sumerian artifact excavated from what had been the Royal Cemetery in the ancient city of Ur (located in modern-day Iraq south of Baghdad). This enigmatic artifact is a small trapezoidal box (8.5
A Shiva temple, said to be at least 500 years old, lies abandoned and on the verge of disintegration. It is built on an acre of land over a a rock formation inside a scrub forest at Chinnaariyapatti near here.
