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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind” in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils relating to human evolution have been found. For decades, scientists have
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – To ancient history and archaeology buffs it’s always a joy to see historical treasures revealed to the public for the first time. To many, it’s a delight to hear that frescoes dating back almost 2,000
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A set of exceptional 1,700-year-old Roman mosaics have returned home to Israel, where the collection went on public display for the first time Monday after more than a decade of touring the world’s top museums.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Large jars (in Greek, called ‘pithoi’) were vast storage containers, widely used among the civilizations that inhabited the regions of the Mediterranean Sea in the Neolithic, the Bronze Age, and the succeeding Iron Age. A view
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While workers labored on a large construction site in the Gaza Strip, a security guard noticed a strange piece of stone sticking out of the earth. “I thought it was a tunnel,” said Ahmad, the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have recovered as many as 2,550 wooden objects from the Templo Mayor in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in Mexico City. The rescued objects have survived more than 500 years submerged in water, some
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While carrying out fieldwork in the Burren lowlands east of Gort in Co Galway, Ireland archaeologist Michael Gibbons discovered a remarkable Bronze Age Fortress. Gibbons says the ancient fortress he stumbles upon in the rural
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A new study led by University of Arizona researchers may have solved two mysteries that have long puzzled paleo-climate experts: Where did the ice sheets that rang in the last ice age more than
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Where exactly did our civilization emerge? Some will say our modern civilization emerged in Mesopotamia. Others will say there are underwater ruins much older and predate the Sumerian civilizations. Yet, another group will argue the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Kent, UK have made some interesting finds, and the oldest of them date back to the Bronze Age. The discovery was made at Hillborough on the outskirts of Herne Bay, where according
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While exploring the historic Roman-era shipwreck off the islet of Antikythera marine archeologists discovered several ancient artifacts recovered from the seafloor. The most eye-striking underwater discovery was a massive head. The greater-than-life-size marble head of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – With some 7,000 islands and cays and a 7,000-year history of human habitation, the Caribbean Sea is practically synonymous with maritime travel. The very word “canoe” is derived from the term “kana:wa,” used by the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeological excavations on Ayasuluk Hill in Turkey have led to the discovery of an interesting 3,200-year-old Mycenaean statuette that shed new light on the Hittites, one of the most powerful ancient civilizations that occupied the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeological discoveries made on the outskirts of Canterbury, Kent (England) confirm the presence of early humans in southern Britain between 560,000 and 620,000 years ago, making it one of the earliest known Paleolithic sites in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new study from The University of Western Australia has challenged earlier claims that Aboriginal stone artifacts discovered off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia represent Australia’s first undisturbed underwater archaeological site. The original findings
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Chances the ancient city of Bassania will ever be found have not been high. At the beginning of the 1st century A.D. and the end of the reign of Emperor Octavian Augustus the city of
