Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – As thousands gather at Stonehenge for the summer solstice on June 21, a team from Wessex Archaeology, led by Phil Harding, has announced the discovery of an ancient structure that may have served as an
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Constructed by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization between the 8th and 12th centuries CE, El Castillo is far more than an ancient structure—it is compelling evidence of the Maya’s extraordinary architectural, religious, and astronomical sophistication. It served
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Humanity’s earliest datable record for a total solar eclipse allows scientists to derive accurate measurements of Earth’s ancient rotation speed and provides independent validation of solar cycle reconstruction in the 8th century BCE. Artist’s
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Over 2,000 years before Europeans arrived in the Americas, indigenous civilizations in Mexico and Guatemala had already developed sophisticated calendrical systems. They used both a “divinatory” calendar of 260 days and a civil calendar of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient Egyptians held a deep fascination with celestial objects, and recent research provides new insights into how they perceived the Milky Way. This study sheds light on how these early astronomers observed and interpreted this
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In Egyptian mythology, few plants hold as much significance as the blue lotus, a captivating water lily featured prominently in some of archaeology’s most important finds. When King Tutankhamun’s tomb was opened in 1922, researchers
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Approximately 19,000 years ago, a woman from a hunter-gatherer community passed away and was interred in a cave located in northern Spain. In 1996, archaeologists began investigating this site, uncovering substantial evidence of prehistoric human
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Coal has long played a crucial role in the life of human civilizations. Records of systematic coal fuel exploitation date back to the late third millennium B. P., and there is no evidence the systematic
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Stonehenge is an astonishingly complex monument, which attracts attention mostly for its spectacular megalithic circle and “horseshoe,” built around 2600 B.C. Over the years, several theories have been put forward about Stonehenge’s meaning and function.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Most ancient civilizations studied celestial objects and were skilled astronomers. Countless archaeological examples have provided evidence ancient people were often more advanced than previously thought. Ancient people in Mesoamerica relied on astronomical calendars to plan
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – The last time comet named C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was spotted was during the Upper Paleolithic period. Our distant relatives, the Neanderthals, watched the comet pass the Earth, but they wouldn’t have known what C/2022
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Without clocks or modern tools, ancient Mexicans watched the sun to maintain a farming calendar that precisely tracked seasons and even adjusted for leap years. Before the Spanish arrival in 1519, the Basin of Mexico’s
Conny Waters – AncientPagaes.com – The Hittites studied the night sky with the same interest as any other ancient civilization. As previously reported on Ancient Pages, scientists suggested a secret, ancient lunar calendar is hidden at a Hittite sanctuary in
Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com – Archaeologists are trying to solve an ancient mystery and that is not easy because there are several contradicting theories. Around Jerusalem, there are several giant mounds that were constructed for unknown reasons by builders we cannot
AncientPages.com – The quest for the elusive Planet Nine continues. The mythical “Planet X” may actually be real, and scientists are calling it “Planet Nine.” Over the years, several astronomers claim they have found evidence for a planet 10 times more massive than
A. Sutherland- AncientPages.com – A fascinating ancient rock carving in India depicts two very bright objects visible in the sky. When scientists examined the carving they soon understood our ancestors witnessed something extraordinary in the skies 5,000-years ago. What were
