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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recent archaeological discoveries have provided new evidence supporting the accuracy of many Native American oral traditions. In particular, findings related to events described
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Katerinská Cave, located in the Moravian Karst of the Czech Republic, is a significant archaeological site known for its remarkable discoveries. Recently, researchers uncovered
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists working in Suffolk, UK, have uncovered the remains of a previously unknown Anglo-Saxon village dating back to between 410 and 1066 AD. The
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Bayeux Tapestry is an extraordinary example of medieval embroidery, stretching approximately 68 meters (224 feet) in length and weighing around 350 kilograms. It
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For the first time, the public can view a remarkable ancient artifact that has undergone extensive restoration by researchers. Discovered in 2007 by
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent analysis of the Hjortspring boat, an ancient wooden plank vessel housed at the National Museum of Denmark, has shed new light
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating the courtyard of the Nicolaus Copernicus House in Toruń, Poland, made a remarkable discovery. They found wooden structures dating back to
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A significant underwater discovery has been made off the coast of western France, where divers have uncovered a wall estimated to be 7,000 years
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The 9,000-year-old shaman burial discovered in Bad Dürrenberg, Germany, stands out as one of Central Europe’s most remarkable archaeological finds. Recent research has provided
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During excavations in the ancient city of Ephesus, archaeologists uncovered a rare terracotta incense burner featuring the Greco-Egyptian god Serapis. Ephesus, once the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While excavating at the cemetery of Nowy Chorów in northern Poland, archaeologists made an unusual discovery and found evidence that graves were reopened
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered that shell trumpets in Neolithic Catalonia were highly effective for long-distance communication and may also have served as musical instruments. The
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Four years after the discovery and recovery of a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe from Lake Mendota, archaeologists from the Wisconsin Historical Society, in collaboration
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have provided new insights into the Ketton mosaic in Rutland, hailed as one of the most significant Roman mosaics found in the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In the ancient Roman city of Gabii, just 11 miles east of Rome, a remarkable discovery has come to light. Under the guidance
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During a geophysical survey conducted around the Durrington Walls Henge in Wiltshire, UK, scientists identified a substantial Neolithic pit structure. Situated to the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During recent excavations in the northern Huasteca region, archaeologists uncovered a cube-shaped ancient skull that once held significant cultural value in Mexico. These
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Recent excavations at Sefertepe in Türkiye have led archaeologists to discover two human face reliefs estimated to be approximately 10,000 years old. These
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ostrów Lednicki, the largest of five islands on Lake Lednica, located between Gniezno and Poznan in Poland, is of significant historical importance and
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Easter Island (Rapa Nui), situated in the heart of the South Pacific and thousands of miles from the nearest continent, is renowned as one
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Between 750 and 900 CE, the Maya lowlands in Central America underwent a significant demographic and political decline. Scientific studies have long linked
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Peruvian archaeologists have uncovered an astronomical structure in the Casma Valley, Ancash region, that predates the renowned Chankillo solar observatory—previously considered the oldest
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Finally, excavation work has begun at Lystra, a site of profound importance not just for Konya and Anatolian history, but also for world
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The story begins in 1915, when archaeologists excavating the Dominican monastery on Margaret Island in Budapest, Hungary, uncovered the bones of a young
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Shoshenq III was a Pharaoh of ancient Egypt who ruled during the Third Intermediate Period, specifically during the 22nd Dynasty. His reign is generally
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ix Ch’ak Ch’een was a powerful Maya queen who ruled the ancient city of Cobá, located on the Yucatán Peninsula in present-day Quintana
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Linguistic Discoveries
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Jordan Codices are a set of sealed books discovered in Jordan that have captivated scientists and historians alike. Some scholars have proposed that
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The five-meter-tall and solitary stone structure atop a hill near Kars, Turkey, has long caught people's attention. However, not for what is known
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Human Beginnings
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent international study published in Scientific Reports has identified a previously unknown Neanderthal site on Portugal’s Algarve coast. This site features the first
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A significant archaeological discovery has recently been made on the Eurasian Steppe, where researchers have uncovered a large Bronze Age city known as
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The National Research Institute of Maritime Heritage (NRIMH) has announced the successful completion of a significant underwater archaeological project. South Korean archaeologists have retrieved
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient Roman sculpted portrait of an unidentified woman was discovered in a residential house in the western section of Chersonesos Taurica, located
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Hallie Meredith, an art history professor and glassblower at Washington State University, made a significant discovery about ancient Roman glasswork while examining a private
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent study conducted by the Yale Ancient Pharmacology Program (YAPP) has identified traces of opiates in an ancient alabaster vase from the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Avars, originating from Central and Inner Asia, arrived in the Carpathian Basin around 567/568. They were the first to unify this region
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An unusual Roman circular burial site has been uncovered, notable for the absence of any human bones. This finding is particularly intriguing, as most
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Monte Sierpe (also known as the Band of Holes), meaning "serpent mountain," is a remarkable archaeological site in the Pisco Valley of the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During excavations at Øvre Eiker near Oslo, Norway, archaeologists uncovered an unusually large longhouse. What sets this building apart is its impressive width: it
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers from Cairo University and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), working within the ScanPyramids research project, have discovered two hidden air-filled anomalies in
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A newly published study in Scientific Data introduces Itiner-e, a high-resolution digital dataset and map detailing the road networks across the Roman Empire as
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In the summer of 2020, an international research team led by a University of Arizona archaeologist announced the discovery of the largest known
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recent findings from the Kani Shaie Archaeological Project have yielded valuable insights into the early history of Mesopotamia and the Zagros Mountains, shedding
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