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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists know that people have practiced cranial trephination, a medical procedure that involves cutting a hole in the skull, for thousands of years. They’ve turned up evidence that ancient civilizations across the globe, from South
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In a new study, several researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder reenacted a small part of a trek that people in the Southwest United States may have made more than 1,000 years ago. Rodger
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – If the emergence of mechanically propelled weapons in prehistory is commonly perceived as one of the hallmarks of advancing modern human populations into the European continent, archery has always been more difficult to trace. Dr.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in France have found one of the first residential sites belonging to the prehistoric builders of some of Europe’s first monumental stone structures. During the Neolithic, people in west-central France built many impressive megalithic
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers have recovered and studied archaeological evidence of an ancient stringed musical instrument crafted from deer antler in southern Vietnam. Lead researcher and Ph.D. student Fredeliza Campos from The Australian National University (ANU) said the artifact is
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – New research has revealed humans living on the Mediterranean coast 9,500 years ago may have relied more heavily on a fish diet than previously thought. Led by the University of York’s BioArCh Centre, the study
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Like a merchant of old, balancing the weights of two different commodities on a scale, nature can keep different genetic traits in balance as a species evolves over millions of years. These traits can be
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ice in Norway continues to melt, and glacial archaeologists are discovering more and more unique ancient artifacts. This time, scientists from the Secrets of the Ice project found 3,500-year-old arrowheads made of shells that
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A unique artifact discovered at the Roman fort of Vindolanda may have been used as a device during sex rather than as a good luck symbol, archaeologists suggest. The wooden object was initially thought to
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient Sumerian city of Girsu, located between the Tigris and Euphrates, was once part of the Lagash city-state and a political and religious center. Girsu had many temples devoted to Ningirsu, the chief god
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Researchers have pinpointed two intervals when ice and ocean conditions would have been favorable to support early human migration from Asia to North America late in the last Ice Age. The findings align with a
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In Kortessem, Belgium, a metal detectorist has found a fragment of a puzzling Roman artifact. The finder reported his mysterious object to the Onroerend Erfgoed agency, which has thoroughly investigated the rare find that was
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have found a Latin papyrus with a detailed paycheck of a Roman legionary soldier, dated to 72 AD– during the Great Revolt of the Jews against the Romans (66-74 AD). The ancient paycheck was
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It is called radiocarbon 3.0, the newest method in radiocarbon dating, and promises to reveal valuable new insights about key events in the earliest human history, starting with the interaction between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The ancient city of Tenea has long been considered a mythical place. Built by Trojan war prisoners around 1100 B.C. somewhere in southern Greece, the city disappeared for an unknown reason. Archaeologists and treasure hunters
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Nottingham scientists are co-leading a team investigating an ancient boat buried under a pub car park to find out where it came from and exactly how old it is. The boat is buried underneath the
