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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Researcher and GRS Radioisotopes technician Jorge Rivera, from the University of Seville, has participated in an incredible discovery that is unique in Europe. After applying an optically-stimulated luminescence technique at the Center for Research, Technology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A previously unknown Etruscan temple has been discovered in the ancient city of Vulci, which lies in the Italian region of Latium. The building, which is 45 meters by 35 meters, is situated west of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Already about 4,000 years ago, a practice of purposeful water management, or irrigation, was adopted in northern China Ancient Chinese made an effort to grow new grains that had been introduced from southwest Asia. Guide
AncientPages.com – When the ancestors of Māori made landfall in Aotearoa some 750 years ago, it marked the final stop of the greatest expansion of human migration in prehistory. Much of their story—exactly when they arrived and where they initially
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It was just another quiet day in the Motza neighborhood near Jerusalem, when a squad of police cars pulled over at an ancient dig site. In fact, it looked like a 1500-year-old crime scene! Image
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The belief in vampires is widespread and goes far back in time. Stories of vampires are today mostly encountered in books and movies, but ancient people were convinced these scary blood-sucking creatures did exist and
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The alphabet was invented around 1800 BCE and was used by the Canaanites and later by most other languages in the world. Until recently, no meaningful Canaanite inscriptions had been discovered in the Land of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Humans have the highest prenatal growth rate of all extant primates, but how this exceptional rate came about has been a mystery up to now. Leslea Hlusko, a scientist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For centuries, Indigenous communities in the American Southwest imported colorful parrots from Mexico. But according to a study led by the University of Texas at Austin, some parrots may have been captured locally and not
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed 24 ancient bronze statues at the San Casciano dei Bagni thermal bath site in a discovery described as “exceptional” by Italy’s culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano. Italian authorities said the find
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – As the ice melts, archaeologists keep making fascinating discoveries shedding light on the ancient past. The science team involved in the Secrets of the Ice project has previously reported discovering a pre-Viking arrow buried under the
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solve a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals to make
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – About 8,000 to 10,000 years ago, a major climate shift took place, and Sahara turned into a desert. Before this occurred, the region was inhabited by an ancient civilization scientists still know little about. The
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – On December 21, 2021, Pawel Bednarski made the discovery of a lifetime using a metal detector. It was actually a bit of a coincidence that he ventured out on this particular day. The weather had
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The use of fire can tell us a lot about human evolution. Archaeologist Femke Reidsma has developed a more accurate technique to identify how our ancestors used fire, implying that existing archaeological studies may need
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Stone Age burial site was carried out in Majoonsuo, located in the municipality of Outokumpu in Eastern Finland. This exceptional excavation produced microscopically small fragments of bird feathers, canine and small mammalian hairs, and
