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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A research team led by Professor Eske Willerslev from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge has made significant strides in
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recently discovered rock art panel located near Aswan, Egypt, may illustrate a rare image of an elite individual from the First Dynasty. This
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Volunteer archaeologists have uncovered three Bronze Age cremations beneath a popular playing field as they continue their excavations. Trelai Park. Credit: Vivian Thomas This
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During the excavation of the Kani Koter cemetery, located on the eastern border of what was once the Assyrian Empire, scientists uncovered a fascinating
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Recent research has revealed that during the Stone Age, early humans in southern Africa traveled long to obtain colorful stones, which served as
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent study suggests that the Roman Emperor Caligula, often remembered for his notorious bloodlust, may have possessed a considerable understanding of medicine. This
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists from the University of Houston have made a significant discovery at Caracol in Belize, Central America, uncovering the tomb of Te K'ab
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recent investigations in northwest Arabia have uncovered a fascinating network of monumental walls enclosing many major oases in the region. A walled oasis,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Fire, an ancient natural phenomenon, has played a key role in shaping our planet for over 400 million years. It can transform habitats, impact
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The mythical Easter Island (or Rapa Nui), located in the Pacific Ocean, over 3,500 kilometers off the coast of Chile, is one of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Alaska’s Shuyak Island, the seventh-largest of the Kodiak islands, spans sixty-nine square miles at the northern tip of the archipelago. It measures twelve
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A SapienCE study reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a tool for crafting stone tools
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DNA
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A significant scientific breakthrough has been achieved by a team of researchers who have successfully extracted and sequenced the oldest known Egyptian DNA. This
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists from the Australian Museum, University of Sydney, and ANU, along with First Nations community members connected to the Blue Mountains, have unearthed
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Questions regarding the migration patterns of early modern humans in East Asia have been unanswered for a long time. Finally, a unique and
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The stone alignments in the Carnac region of Brittany, France, are renowned as some of Europe's most famous megalithic monuments, comparable to Stonehenge,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The famous mammoth ivory boomerang from the Oblazowa Cave was created around 42,000 years ago (several thousand years earlier than previously thought) and
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Qubbet el-Hawa, also known as the "Dome of the Wind," is a significant archaeological site situated on the western bank of the Nile, opposite
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient society located near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in present-day Bolivia, known as Tiwanaku, was once among the most influential
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - At the end of the current excavation season conducted by the British archaeological team from the University of Manchester, researchers made a significant
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Deep within a riverbed, a sword lay buried for nearly 1,000 years, remarkably preserved by the oxygen-poor soil. The sword was discovered during
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The discovery of a mysterious runestone in Ontario, Canada, has sparked significant interest and provided new insights into an intriguing archaeological puzzle. This journey
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - New research questions claims that an incestuous elite ruled ancient Ireland over 5, 000 years ago. Newgrange before, during and after excavation (top:
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A closer examination of the damaged statues of the well-known female pharaoh Hatshepsut challenges the long-held notion that they were intentionally destroyed as
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists are often ready to embrace the unexpected, a fascinating aspect of their field. The thrill of uncovering something extraordinary from thousands of
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Vikings
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A fascinating new discovery from the Viking Age has been made in Denmark. Located seven kilometers north of Aarhus, near the town of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Vance Holliday jumped at the invitation to go do geology at New Mexico's White Sands. The landscape, just west of Alamogordo, looks surreal –
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent study has provided new insights into the tradition and purpose of medieval bed burials, primarily found in Germany, England, and Scandinavia.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A joint Egyptian-French archaeological mission has now completed a restoration project at the Southern Chapels of the Akh Menu Temple within the Karnak
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