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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
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Bulgaria, situated in southeastern Europe on the Black Sea, has a long, fascinating history and a rich culture. It is one of the oldest countires in Europe and a treasure trove to archaeologists and historians.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study co-authored by a George Washington University research professor examines the Inka Empire’s instruments of culture and control through a well-preserved article of clothing discovered in a centuries-old Chilean cemetery. Researchers excavating the burial
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An extremely rare and beautiful ancient gold glass depicting Goddess Roma has been unearthed during construction works for the Metro C station at Porta Metronia in Rome, Italy. The precious artifact is unique because it
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The collapse of the Hittite Empire in the Late Bronze Age has been blamed on various factors, from war with other territories to internal strife. Now, an interdisciplinary collaboration used tree ring and isotope records
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Underwater archaeologists investigating the sunken Medieval warship Gribshunden (1495) have found a “treasure trove” of exotic spices and plants imported from distant lands. The finds include nutmeg, cloves, mustard, and dill, and samples of saffron,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Few have been aware of this, but in the last 18 months, archaeologists have been digging at the Brickell on the Miami River, where developer Related Group plans to build three residential towers. Scientists report
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new analysis of the teeth remains found at the Lezetxiki site confirm that they belonged to Neanderthal individuals. Dental remains from Lezetxiki. On the left, the teeth are shown in occlusal, mesial, lingual (top
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Along the shores of Africa’s Lake Victoria in Kenya roughly 2.9 million years ago, early human ancestors used some of the oldest stone tools ever found to butcher hippos and pound plant material, according to
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A unique bead made from pure gold and dated to at least 1,600 years ago was uncovered in the City of David, not far from the Old City, the Israel Antiquities Authority reports The bead
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An amateur archaeologist in Romania has discovered a unique ancient Roman parade mask. Roman-era iron masks are rare, making this a unique find. So far, only bronze Roman masks have been discovered in the country.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating on the site of a new town in Devon, UK, have unearthed an ancient road, Bronze Age homes, Roman farmsteads, and intriguing ancient artifacts. The archaeological find sheds new light on how people
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The rare and unusual life of an anchoress, a woman who devoted her life to prayer while living in seclusion, has been unearthed by the University of Sheffield and Oxford Archaeology, thanks to a skeletal
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In a cave just south of Lisbon, archaeological deposits conceal a Paleolithic dinner menu. As well as stone tools and charcoal, the site of Gruta de Figueira Brava contains rich deposits of shells and bones
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Evidence for the earliest known Maya calendar has been found in San Bartolo, Guatemala, by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin. While excavating murals at a site in San Bartolo, two fragments were
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An interdisciplinary team of scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU, Singapore) has found that rapid sea-level rise drove early settlers in Southeast Asia to migrate during the prehistoric period, increasing the genetic diversity of
