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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The discovery of the Gerdrup grave surprised scientists because it challenged our understanding of Viking burials. Who were the individuals buried in the double

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It had been thought to date that the species Homo sapiens has disproportionately large temporal lobes compared to other anthropoid primates, the group

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Ashaninka are the most numerous Indigenous people living in the rainforests of Peru and Brazil where they inhabit a crucial area between

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists announced recently they had solved the bog body mystery in Europe. A major study of over 1,000 ancient bog bodies across Scandinavia

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Traces of ancient Roman presence can be found all over the UK. While preparing a site for constructing a new Aldi supermarket in

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Why warrior queen Mavia launched a massive revolt against ancient Romans is a question a curious historian can ponder long and hard. But one

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Notre-Dame de Paris is the first known cathedral of Gothic-style architecture to be initially constructed with extensive use of iron to bind

AncientPages.com - From Wagner to William Morris in the late 19th century, via Tolkien’s dwarves and CS Lewis’s The Last Battle, through to last year’s controversial film The Northman, Scandinavian gods and heroes have

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - 'Lamashtu Plaque' (or 'Hell Plaque') was an Assyrian healing device against the female demon Lamashtu and her evil doings. Protection plaque against Lamashtu

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The desert in southern Egypt is filled with hundreds of petroglyphs and inscriptions dating from the Neolithic to the Arab period. The oldest

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new study has found evidence of cheesemaking, using milk from multiple animals, in Late Neolithic Poland. The research suggests that early farmers

AncientPages.com - In 1853, a Roman vase was found being used as a container for ashes in a grave outside Roman Colchester. Dating to the later second century AD, it

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - When archaeologists found a curious object at Bar Hill near Cambridge, UK, they understood it was an unusual ancient artifact, but exactly was

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A remarkable collection of religious items from diverse lands was unearthed during archaeological excavations on the Swedish island of Helgö in 1954. Located

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Lancaster University staff and student researchers have discovered evidence of a Romano-Celtic temple under public land near Lancaster Castle - only the second