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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Wallacean islands have always been separated from Asia and Oceania by deep-sea waters. Yet, these tropical islands were a corridor for modern humans migrating into the Pleistocene Australia-New Guinea landmass (Sahul) and have been
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ancient toilets and trash pits are like heaven to archaeologists. They might not have the glamor of a gleaming medieval jewel or intricate Roman mosaic, but they brim with clues about the everyday life of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have found that a tool, dubbed the “stone Swiss Army knife” of prehistory, was made to look the same in enormous numbers across great distances and multiple biomes in southern Africa. This indicates early
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The ancient Roman Empire relied on a network of cities that played a pivotal role in the administration, social organization, and economy of its domain. By the first century A.D., there were approximately 2000 cities
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Between 18 million and 12 million years ago, the Great Plains supported an unprecedented variety of hooved mammal species that browsed on leafy vegetation—up to three times more than in any modern ecosystem, including the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A burial monument from the late Hellenistic period, which is a first for Istanbul, has been unearthed during the excavations in the Haydarpasa Train Station in Istanbul’s Kadıköy neighborhood. The discovery of this tile tomb,
Conny Waters – AncientPAges.com – Archaeologists excavating in Egypt are used to finding ancient mummies, but this discovery is different. An odd, half-mummy unearthed in the necropolis in the Al-Asasif area in Luxor has confused scientists. The half-mummy was found
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists admit it’s a race against time if we want to save the precious and submerged Stone Age cave art few have ever seen. Climate change and water and plastic pollution are threatening to wash
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists are hopeful conducted high-tech scans will reveal some secrets of an ancient canoe discovered in Wisconsin, North America. The canoe was brought to the surface of Lake Mendota last November. Based on the results
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – There is scientific evidence dogs were domesticated between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago. Dogs are our beloved pets and they have been our companions for a very long time, but how dogs changed in size
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It happens every now and then that Viking swords are discovered but this finding is unique! As scientists ask – “What are the odds that two independent discoveries from the Viking Age fit together?” The
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from Edinburgh have discovered more than 100 Iron Age settlements in south-west Scotland that date from the time of Roman occupation. The team has been surveying an area north of Hadrian’s Wall to better
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Maize has always been the most important food crop in the Maya. According to the ancient creation myth of the Maya people, the gods created the first humans from maize dough and their bodies were believed
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Using the latest scientific methods, researchers want to solve a great mystery of human evolution: Why are we the only humans left? Two scientists who were the first ones to find a first-generation offspring of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A cave known as Cueva de Ardales or the so-called Trinidad Grund and located in southern Spain was used by ancient humans as a canvas for artwork. It is also a burial place for over
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The first known Roman military amphitheater has been discovered by archaeologists excavating at the base of the Legio VI Ferrata Roman Legion near Megiddo (known as Legio) in the Southern Levant. It’s a significant archaeological
