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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Since the 16th century, Basel has been home to a mysterious papyrus. With mirror writing on both sides, it has puzzled generations of researchers. A research team from the University of Basel has now discovered that
AncientPages.com – A previously undiscovered henge or monument located close to the 5,000 year old Newgrange monument in County Meath in Ireland’s East Coast has been detected by Anthony Murphy and Ken Williams who flew a drone over the area, reports
AncientPages.com – A treasure of 15 large bronze coins dated to 3rd century B.C. was found intact, at the Vulci archaeological site, reports ANSA’s news agency. Most probably, the coins were stored in a leather bag and discovered above the closing
AncientPages.com – Hundreds of ancient rock paintings have been discovered in the Swaga Swag reserve in the Kondoa region in central Tanzania. Many of the rock art include depictions of animals, meteors and comets are several thousand years old, according to
AncientPages.com – The ancient entrance gate to the Biblical city of Zer (also known as Bethsaida) in Israel, has been unearthed during two fruitful weeks of excavations in the Golan Heights, Israel. The ancient fishing village, Zer (Bethsaida ) is mentioned
AncientPages.com – Researchers report they have discovered the first giant dinosaur that inhabited the planet more than 200 million years ago. It exceeds three times the size of the largest Triassic dinosaurs known to date. The find was made at the
AncientPages.com – Mosaics discovered by Carolina archaeologist provide clues on life in an ancient Galilean Jewish village The discoveries indicate villagers flourished under early fifth-century Christian rule, contradicting a widespread view that Jewish settlement in the region declined during that period Recent
AncientPages.com – A granite sarcophagus and a marble bust were found in a tomb during excavation work on private land in Sidi Gaber, Alexandria, reports Ahram Online. The black sarcophagus was unearthed 16 feet (5 meters) underground at the site and
AncientPages.com – During restoration work being carried out on the eastern side of the King Djoser Step Pyramid in Saqqara, archaeologists discovered a statuette of Osiris, reports Ahram Online. According to head of the Saqqara archaeological site, Sabri Farag, the statuette
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Pömmelte is the German version of Stonehenge. This ancient monument located in in Saxony, eastern Germany, is in many ways similar to its British counterpart. However, latest archaeological discovery reveals Pömmelte has a very dark
AncientPages.com – Traditionally, it was widely believed that beer in Mesopotamia was consumed communally from large jars using long, bendy straws. A new research indicates that by 1400 BC beer drinking had become an individual experience using drinking cups and goblets
AncientPages.com – Four canopic jars dating to the 26th Dynasty have been unearthed in a tomb located in the South Asasif necropolis on Luxor’s west bank., reports Ahram Online. Archaeologists in an Egyptian-American mission led by Elena Pischikova and Fathy Yassin say the jars
AncientPages.com – More than 3,000 years ago in what is now the lower Chao Valley in Peru, ancient people created five geoglyphs out of angular rocks, forming designs that may have shown heavenly constellations. These geoglyphs had stone doorways leading into them. Archaeologists
AncientPages.com – The site of Anzick contains the only known Clovis burial. The skeletal remains of a young child and the antler and stone artifacts found there. were buried at the same time, raising new questions about the early inhabitants of North
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists discovered ruins and mosaics in Turkey’s southwestern city of Muğla and the findings are confirmed to belong to the villa of fisherman Phainos who lived in the 2nd century AD in the ancient Greek
AncientPages.com – Ahram Online reports that an Egyptian-American team of archaeologists has uncovered a flint quarrying area that has been dated to several archaeological periods at the Elkab site in Edfu, on the west bank of the Nile near Aswan. Archaeologists
