Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A SapienCE study reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a tool for crafting stone tools during the Middle Stone Age, indicating advanced skills earlier than previously thought.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A significant scientific breakthrough has been achieved by a team of researchers who have successfully extracted and sequenced the oldest known Egyptian DNA. This DNA comes from an individual who lived approximately 4,500 to 4,800 years
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There are numerous striking historical similarities between Ivar the Boneless and Ímar that have led some scholars to suggest that these two Vikings may have been the same person. If that is true, it’s time
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the Australian Museum, University of Sydney, and ANU, along with First Nations community members connected to the Blue Mountains, have unearthed 693 stone artifacts dating from the last ice age to recent times.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Vitruvian Man is a renowned drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, created around 1490. The writings of Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect, inspired this artwork. It features a nude male figure in two overlapping positions with
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – When asked about the most fascinating mythical creatures, a random passerby on the street would likely mention the griffin, among others. At least five thousand years old, a mythical hybrid animal known as ‘griffin’ had
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Questions regarding the migration patterns of early modern humans in East Asia have been unanswered for a long time. Finally, a unique and fascinating scientific expedition in a dugout canoe can shed light on the
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The world is full of wonderful, beautiful, and mysterious places. One of them is a lake called Llyn Y Dywarchen. Located in Gwynedd, at the top of a valley in Snowdonia, Northern Wales, the lake
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Neolithic city of Çatalhöyük in central Anatolia, Turkey is a significant archaeological site. Located in the Cumra district of Konya, the ancient city was inhabited from approximately 7100 to 5950 BC, with a population of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The stone alignments in the Carnac region of Brittany, France, are renowned as some of Europe’s most famous megalithic monuments, comparable to Stonehenge, Menga, and the megalithic temples of Malta. Recently, researchers have achieved a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The famous mammoth ivory boomerang from the Oblazowa Cave was created around 42,000 years ago (several thousand years earlier than previously thought) and is the oldest known boomerang in Europe and possibly worldwide. Entrance to
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Emma of Normandy is one of the most intriguing medieval queens who pushed England into a new era, and yet, she is largely forgotten today. Who was this strong-minded woman determined to stay in England
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Qubbet el-Hawa, also known as the “Dome of the Wind,” is a significant archaeological site situated on the western bank of the Nile, opposite Aswan. It serves as a burial ground for ancient nobles and priests
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – An interesting – though only fragmentary – Babylonian myth tells the story of Anzu/Zu (‘the wise one’), the bird god, whose home is the underworld. Anzu is a mythical creature depicted as a gigantic sky
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient society located near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in present-day Bolivia, known as Tiwanaku, was once among the most influential civilizations on the continent. The surface of the temple contained numerous fragments
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – At the end of the current excavation season conducted by the British archaeological team from the University of Manchester, researchers made a significant discovery, unearthing the remains of a city. Lioness-headed Wadjet. (between 664 and
