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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of archaeologists has unearthed bones of reindeer and woolly mammoth in the limestone cave hidden beneath Pembroke Castle. Wogan Cavern is beneath Pembroke Castle. Image credit: : Pembroke Castle via WalesOnline The castle
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – What started three years ago as an ordinary study of some ancient ruins located around the San Pedro hermitage, known variously as El Forau de la Tuta, Campo de la Virgen, or Campo del Royo
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Fossils discovered in Scotland represent some of the world’s oldest salamanders, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The research team analyzed 166-million-year-old fossils of a type of animal called Marmorerpeton, found
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Altamura Man lived more than 130,000 years ago when ice sheets were expanding from Antarctica and Greenland. His fossilized skeleton, imprisoned in calcite formations, remained hidden from view at the bottom of a sinkhole
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Fossil tooth analysis by Southern Cross University geochemist Dr. Renaud Joannes-Boyau has played a central role in an international collaboration that has properly identified the earliest humans. Figure 1: geometric morphometric analyses of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An archaeological dig at a city park has uncovered what could be the earliest house found in Cardiff. The Caerau and Ely Rediscovering (CAER) Heritage Project, a partnership between Cardiff University, Action in Caerau and
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For the first time, researchers successfully sequenced the genome of ancient human fossils from the Late Pleistocene in southern China. The data, published July 14 in the journal Current Biology, suggests that the mysterious hominin belonged
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During routine construction works in the Defne district of southern Turkey’s Hatay, workers accidentally discovered the remains of a Roman villa and a mosaic floor covered with a geometric pattern. A worker cleans the mosaic on
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient bone needles estimated to be 8,200 years old have been unearthed during excavations conducted in the Yeşilova and Yassıtepe mounds of western Turkey’s Izmir. Earlier, in 2017, Anadolu Agency reported that in the Yassıtepe excavations at
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Professor has announced he has deciphered a 3,500-year-old stone tablet discovered in Jerusalem. According to his study, the stone is inscribed with a curse against the city’s governor. According to Professor Gershon Galil, head
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists are currently exploring a mysterious passageway under the world’s longest known cave system. Their mission has been successful so far and the researchers have uncovered several interesting historical artifacts. Located in Kentucky, USA, the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A perfectly preserved wooden sculpture was recently discovered at the Chan Chan archaeological complex in northern Peru. Wooden sculpture depicting a litter bearer of a ruler unearthed at Chan Chan, Peru. Image credit: Directorate of Culture
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Gregor Mendel, the Moravian monk, was indeed “decades ahead of his time and truly deserves the title of ‘founder of genetics.’” So concludes an international team of scientists as the 200th birthday of Mendel approaches
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have found evidence the first humans to inhabit the Arctic appeared about 40,000 years ago, at the beginning of the Late Paleolithic. The discovery was made by scientists from the Siberian Section of the Russian
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeology students from Bournemouth University have found the remains of prehistoric people and animal sacrifices in a recently discovered Iron Age settlement in Dorset. The site, which consists of typical Iron Age round houses and storage
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Located not far from the international airport, the Al Wathba region is home to a beautiful oasis-like wetland reserve that is enjoyed by flamingos. The Al Wathba oasis in Saudi Arabia hosts 50 species of
