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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
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
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
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
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.
An early Christian crypt, among the largest in the Balkans, has been discovered by archaeologists near the Zaldapa Fortress close to the village of Krushari in Bulgaria’s Dobrich municipality, it was announced on September 4 2015. The crypt was found
One of the most important and beautiful sarcophagus has been improperly removed from the ground, the Israel Antiquities Authority said. A unique and extremely impressive stone sarcophagus, about 1,800 years old, was exposed at a building site in the new
AncientPages.com – Reconstruction of roads has led to the destruction of the unique, gigantic geoglyphs located in Torgay district (Kostanay region), Kazakhstan. In 2007, a sensational discovery of 9 unique and gigantic geoglyphs in the south of Kostanay (Kostanai) region,
A few decades ago, five wax tablets from the Second Century were found by Albanian archeologist Fatos Tartari who excavated the ancient necropolis of Dyrrhachium or Epidamnos (today Durres, Albania). The artifacts – discovered in the Roman concrete basement of
Using satellite technology, USM archaeological team detected the wrecks of ancient ships embedded in the mud of an ancient river which once flowed through the oldest civilisation in Southeast Asia, “Kedah Tua”, thousands of years ago. “The archaeologists stumbled on
AncientPages.com – The ‘Thirteen Towers of Chankillo’ run north to south along a low ridge and form an artificial toothed horizon that spanned – almost exactly – the annual rising and setting arcs of the Sun, according to a study.
Archaeologists have discovered headless remains in several large burial mounds in Semeytau, East Kazakhstan Oblast. The remains belong to ancient Huns and Sarmatians, Tengrinews reports citing Liter. The excavations began in early August and were made by an archaeological group
