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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The best way to prove some mythical stories were based on real events is through archaeology. On several occasions, myths and legends have been confirmed by modern science, and there is always room for discoveries
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Crannogs are fascinating ancient artificial islands in Britain and Ireland. Previous studies have revealed hundreds of crannogs, mostly in Scotland, Ireland, and Northern Ireland. These structures are older than Stonehenge, and the purpose of the
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com –We rely on climate models to predict the future, but models cannot be fully tested as climate observations rarely extend back more than 150 years. Understanding the Earth’s past climate history across a longer period
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – To learn more about the cradle of civilization, scientists rely on archaeology, ancient history, paleontology, and the study of DNA that help researchers to understand the genetic history and movements of people across the globe.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – This ancient, huge ceramic jar is one of those artifacts produced for reasons modern scientists cannot understand, at least not yet. The Iron Age jar was unearthed at Sharjah’s Muwaileh archaeological site in the United
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Sikait Project research team, directed by Professor Joan Oller Guzmán from the Department of Antiquity and Middle Age Studies at the UAB, recently published in the American Journal of Archaeology the results obtained from
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A corroded Roman bowl dated to the Late Iron Age (between 43 and 410 AD) contains traces of chlorobenzenes, a chemical once used in pesticides that is known to accumulate in soil and water sources.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During the excavations at Carrignacurra Castle in Cork, in the south-west of Ireland, archaeologists unearthed several ancient finds. Archaeological excavations at Carrignacurra Castle in Cork revealed an ancient coin, among other atifacts. (a close-up image).
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – This archaeological discovery came to light when a group of treasure hunters excavated illegally in the Tusba district of Van, Turkey. These activities led to the discovery of a 2,700-year-old Urartian structure. Once authorities were
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A huge royal hall used by the first kings of East Anglia has been discovered in Rendlesham, Suffolk, U.K. The 1,400-year-old hall is of great historical importance and was “recorded in the writings of The
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Located between the modern villages of Palatitsia and Vergina, in Northern Greece, the city of Aigai was the ancient first capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia. Discovered in the 19th century Aigai is of great
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Egypt has successfully recovered an ancient wooden coffin cover from a Houston museum in the US. The coffin cover was smuggled from Egypt several years ago. Egypt succeeded in recovering the coffin cover which was
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Despite more than half a century of hominin fossil discoveries in eastern Africa, the regional environmental context of the evolution and dispersal of modern humans and their ancestors is not well established. Particularly for the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ribe was an important trading town in the Viking Age. Glass bead-making is one of the traditional Viking-Age crafts with a long history. Colorful beads have been found throughout the Viking World and were considered an
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Chinese paleologists have discovered two fossil repositories in southwestern Chongqing municipality and Guizhou province whose strata date back to the Silurian Period that began around 440 million years ago. An artist’s impression of jawed
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While excavating at the Roman legionary camp in Novae, northern Bulgaria, archaeologists unearthed an ancient “refrigerator” and some unique coins that shed more light on the life in the region and the ancient settlement. The
