Archaeology Archive

AncientPages.com - About 60 years ago, archaeologists excavating in Czermno, Poland discovered a unique spindle whorl. At the time scientists did not notice the object was covered with seemingly

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating at the Margate Caves site in Kent, UK have made an unusual discovery. They uncovered an Iron Age skeleton in the bottom of a bell-shaped

AncientPages.com - A pot containing some 500 silver and gold coins was found during water works conducted near the city of Vianen, in the province of Utrecht, central Netherlands.

AncientPages.com - Burial pits containing human remains, probably dated to the early 17th century have been found during renovation and restoration works under the floor of the Basilica of

AncientPages.com - A 7,000-year -old Native American underwater burial site has been discovered off the coast of Florida, near the Venice shoreline. Archaeologists now hope this discovery leads to

AncientPages.com - Unfortunately, sometimes something must be destroyed so that another discovery can be brought to light. Seven clay tablets, found in a palace hidden under the Tomb of

AncientPages.com - How many ancient mummies, statues and precious artifacts could we still find in the land of the pyramids? Archaeologists have announced they have discovered a completely new

AncientPages.com - Historians and archaeologists have discussed the alignment of Egyptian pyramids for decades. The Great Pyramid is nearly perfectly aligned along the cardinal points—north, south, east and west—with

AncientPages.com - A 1,500-year-old underground tomb containing a large stone coffin, human remains, armor in very good condition and other burial accessories, was discovered during road work in southern

AncientPages.com - Scientists once could reconstruct humanity’s distant past only from the mute testimony of ancient settlements, bones, and artifacts. Today there is a new powerful approach in form

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Finding ancient well-persevered clothes is not something that happens daily. This is why this particular 1,700-year-old tunic is so special. It is Norway’s

AncientPages.com - Precious ancient manuscript M.910 was originally recorded by Coptic monks in Egypt roughly 1,500 years ago. Today, the badly managed manuscript is kept at the Morgan Library

AncientPages.com - Thousands of years ago, there was a mysterious European culture known as the Vinca culture. These people left a legacy in form of valuable artifacts covered with

AncientPages.com - Beautiful Isle of May is today inhabited by sea birds and seals and the remote island is owned and managed by Scottish Natural Heritage as a National Nature Reserve.

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Dutch archaeologists have studied two fascinating Ice Age finds found at the bottom of the North Sea. One of them is a rare