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Statue of Asclepius, Greek god of medecine. (Source: www.scoliosisjournal.com)

Archaeology

Asclepius Sanctuary On Acropolis Slope Will Be Restored

AncientPages.com | January 3, 2016

AncientPages.com - The Asclepieion also known as the Asclepius sanctuary is located at the southern slope of Acropolis but it was unknown until a few years ago. Asclepius was the god of medicine and

Neferkhewe and his family in chapel 31. Credits: Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities

Archaeology

Niches With Six Figures Cut In Rock Discovered At Gebel Al-Silsila, Aswan

AncientPages.com | December 27, 2015

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists discovered two niches with six figures cut in rock inside two New Kingdom chapels in the Gebel Al-Silsila area, Egypt’s largest sandstone quarries located to the

The vaults of the side chambers, however, are preserved in an excellent condition. In the interior of the southern side chamber there is a stone pedestal, upon which the bier of the deceased had been placed. Credits: Ephorate of Antiquities of Pella

Archaeology

New Macedonian-Era Tomb With Four Chambers Was Discovered In Pella

AncientPages.com | December 23, 2015

AncientPages.com - A new Macedonian tomb with four chambers have been dicovered within the modern settlement of Pella. Pella Macedonian Tombs' comlex is one of about 100 similar tomb complexes found in

A relief depicting Maia wet nurse of Tutankhamun. Photo credits: P. Chapuis / MAFB © Hypogées

Archaeology

Tomb Of Maia, Tutankhamun’s Wet Nurse In Egypt’s Saqqara Opens To Public

AncientPages.com | December 22, 2015

AncientPages.com - For the first time since its discovery in 1996, the tomb of Maia, the wet nurse of King Tutankhamun in Saqqara, opens to public, according to

Archaeology

“Hittite Forest” That Grew 4,500 Years Ago Will Be Created In Alacahöyük, Turkey

AncientPages.com | December 21, 2015

AncientPages.com - Fifteen ancient tree species that grew 4,500 years ago in Alacahöyük, one of the most important centers of the Hittite civilization will be planted in order

" Both inscriptions and architectural data proved the Zeus Krezimos culture existed only in the ancient city of Metropolis". Credits: AA Photos

Archaeology

Cult Of Zeus Discovered In The Ancient City Of Metropolis

AncientPages.com | December 21, 2015

AncientPages.com - A cult area built for the god Zeus is considered the most important discovery during this year's excavations in the ancient city of Metropolis, located in Aegean

Archaeology

Ancient Tomb Belonging To Princess Of Ancient Nomads Discovered In China

AncientPages.com | December 20, 2015

AncientPages.com - Chinese archaeologists discovered an ancient tomb belonging to the Tuyuhun Huihua Princess during the early Chinese Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581. The ancient tomb is located in Chang'an

“This first evidence of the existence of a Jewish settlement strengthens the theory, which until now was considered folklore, that the settlement is Kursi.” Photo Credit: Courtesy Haifa University

Archaeology

1,500-Year-Old Marble Slab With Inscription Found On East Coast Of Sea Of Galilee

AncientPages.com | December 18, 2015

AncientPages.com - An inscription in Hebrew letters engraved on a large, 1,500-year-old marble slab, first of its kind to be found in Israel, was excavated in the Kursi Beach

A turtle-shaped jade stamp unearthed from the tomb in the Haihunhou (Marquis of Haihun) cemetery, east China's Jiangxi Province. Credits: new.cn/Xinhuanet

Archaeology

Rich 2,000-Year-Old Chinese Tomb May Reveal Secret Identity Of Its Owner

AncientPages.com | December 18, 2015

AncientPages.com - Researchers conduct excavations at the Haihunhou cemetery near Nanchang City, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province. It’s the most complete known Western Han Dynasty (206 BC -

Archaeology

Ancient Marble Statue Of Sphinx Discovered In Tang Dynasty Tomb

AncientPages.com | December 16, 2015

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A rare sculpture of a sphinx dating back more than 1,000 years has been unearthed in a tomb in northwest China. The marble sculpture

The rock paintings will play a significant role for the ruins of Ani to be included in the UNESCO list in 2016. Credits: AA Photo

Archaeology

15 Prehistoric Rock Paintings Discovered Near Ancient Armenian City Of Ani

AncientPages.com | December 14, 2015

AncientPages.com - Fifteen rock paintings discovered in a village close to the ancient city of Ani in the eastern province of Kars will play a significant role for the

The site of Toto (east pagoda) at Todaiji temple in Nara, with the Great Buddha Hall visible in the background (Photo by the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties and Yamaha Motor Co.; provided by Todaiji)

Archaeology

Impressive Ruins Of 13th Century Pagoda Remains Discovered At Nara’s Todaiji Temple, Japan

AncientPages.com | December 12, 2015

AncientPages.com - A team of researchers has found the partial remains of a 13th century pagoda foundation at the Todaiji temple. A Todaiji temple pagoda razed in war during

Mosaic of Oceanos and Tethys - 2nd/3rd Century - Zeugma Mosaic Museum - Gaziantep - Turkey. Photo credits: Adam Jones

Archaeology

Wonderful Ancient Mosaics In Ancient City Of Zeugma, Turkey

AncientPages.com | December 12, 2015

AncientPages.com - About a year ago, beautiful mosaics were found during excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey's southern province of Gaziantep. Even earlier many beautiful mosaics

Vadnagar, Kirti Toran. credits: thatandthisinmumbai.

Archaeology

Unearthing Vadnagar And The Search For Hueng Tsang’s 10 Monasteries

AncientPages.com | December 11, 2015

AncientPages.com - Trading routes have been discovered that pass through the old town of Vadnagar, mentioned often in the Puranas and even in the travelogue of the great Chinese

This 8,000-year-old frog-like swastika made of nephrite has been discovered during the latest archaeological excavations of the Slatina Neolithic Settlement in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. Photo: Trud daily

Archaeology

8,000-Year-Old Nephrite ‘Frog-Like’ Swastika In Bulgaria’s Neolithic Settlement – Unearthed

AncientPages.com | December 8, 2015

AncientPages.com - A "frog-like" swastika made of nephrite has been discovered during archaeological excavations of the8,000-year-old Slatina Neolithic Settlement in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The swastika is 3 cm

The discovered tomb belonged to a rich male around 40 to 50 years old, judging by his skull, though his identity is not yet known. Photo: via http://english.cntv.cn/

Archaeology

2000-Year-Old Tomb Discovered In Northwestern China

AncientPages.com | December 7, 2015

AncientPages.com - An ancient tomb has been discovered by a construction team working in a village of Datong Hui, in Datong County, in northwestern China's Qinghai Province, according to

Pottery shards at a newly-discovered settlement on the Jiroft plain. Photo: Professor Peter Pfälzner

Archaeology

Ancient Trade Routes Between Iran And Mesopotamia – Uncovered

AncientPages.com | December 4, 2015

AncientPages.com - Impressive statues of ancient Mesopotamian rulers in the Louvre and the British Museum are famous. They bear witness to the wealth of Bronze Age Akkadian and Sumerian

A 2000-year old frescoed room has been discovered under a busy Roman street. Photo:Archaeological Superintendency Rome

Archaeology

2000-Year-Old Room With Frescoes Discovered In Central Rome, Italy

AncientPages.com | December 4, 2015

AncientPages.com - A 2000-year-old room plastered with frescoes was accidentally discovered during routine roadworks to install a gas pipeline under a busy street in central Rome, Italy. The find was

Samples of the drum will also be sent to France for in-depth analysis of its material and age. Timor Leste experts believe that it dates back at least 2,000 years.

Archaeology

Ancient Vietnamese Bronze Dong Son Drum Accidentally Discovered

AncientPages.com | December 4, 2015

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists accidentally discovered a traditional, ancient drum, an iconic artifact of the ancient Vietnamese people, dated to the Dong Son culture (700 B.C. – 100 AD). The Dong Son

Ancient Asyut was the capital of the Thirteenth Nome of Upper Egypt (Lycopolites Nome) around 3100 BCE. It was located on the western bank of the Nile. The two most prominent gods of the Ancient Egyptian Asyut were Anubis and Wepwawet, both funerary deities. Credits: Wikipedia

Archaeology

Ancient Mummy Of ‘Hatason’: Woman Who Died In Egypt More Than 3,000 Years Ago – Stanford Radiologists Investigate

AncientPages.com | December 2, 2015

AncientPages.com - Thousands of years ago lived a woman in the Egyptian city of Asyut, on the west side of the Nile River Valley, 375 miles south of the

The large number of fava beans unearthed at the site of Ahihud, where seeds of a uniform size were found husked and placed in storage pits, suggests that they were the preferred crop as many as 10,000 years ago.

Archaeology

World’s Oldest Domesticated Fava Beans Were Grown In The Galilee Millennia Ago

AncientPages.com | November 28, 2015

AncientPages.com - Researchers say that humans have been eating these beans for many millennia. The world's oldest domesticated fava beans have been discovered in sites in the central-southern Levant, now

Most of the scenes at Amenhotep-Huy’s tomb represent the vizier’s daily life activities of agriculture, hunting and fishing. It also features scenes of female musicians and dancers and shows Huy, among his family members, being greeted by high priests. Credits: Ministry of Antiquities

Archaeology

2,700-Year-Old Sarcophagus Of ‘High Priest Of God Amun’ Discovered In Luxor

AncientPages.com | November 27, 2015

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The sarcophagus of Ankh-f-n-khonsu, a high priest of the ancient Egyptian god Amun Ra, has been unearthed in the west bank of Luxor,

Non-invasive Japanese radar begins search for the queen's remains.

Archaeology

Tests On Tutankhamun’s Tomb: Non-Invasive Radar Search For Nefertiti To Start Thursday

AncientPages.com | November 23, 2015

AncientPages.com - Egyptian authorities announces the three-day operation that involves the use of non-invasive radar to search behind the walls of Tutankhamun's burial chamber. Exploration work will start Thursday to

Excavations and electrical resistance survey. Photo by M. Matera

Archaeology

Ancient Greeks In Ukraine: 2000-Year-Old Settlement With Previously Unknown Structures – Localized By Polish Archaeologists

AncientPages.com | November 15, 2015

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw using aerial photographs and geophysical surveys, confirmed the location of settlement dating back more than two thousand years in Respublikaniec (Kherson

A general view of a digging site of the remains of a citadel used by the Greeks more then 2,000 years ago to control the Al Aqsa mosque, also known as the Temple Mount at the City of David near Jerusalem Old City on November 3, 2015. Photo Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority

Archaeology

Ancient Mystery Of Acra Citadel – Solved

AncientPages.com | November 3, 2015

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

The hilltop of Mukawir, the Biblical Machaerus, is where Salome is believed to have danced for Herodus Antipus who, impressed by her performance, promised her anything she wanted.

Civilizations

The 2,000-Year-Old Citadel Of Machaerus – A New Look For An Ancient Site

AncientPages.com | October 30, 2015

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

Ancient Mysteries

Secrets Of Mount Shasta – One Of The Most Sacred Places On Earth

AncientPages.com | October 24, 2015

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

Archaeology

Earliest Known Abecedary Engraved On Shard Of Pottery Dated To 15th Century BC – Deciphered

AncientPages.com | October 23, 2015

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

Archaeology

Ancient Graves That Date Back To Pre-Vijaya Era Discovered In Sri Lanka

AncientPages.com | October 21, 2015

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

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