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AncientPages.com – It would seem that all ancient myths about a great flood are true after all. About 12,800 years ago, the Earth emerged from another ice age. Things were warming up, and the glaciers had retreated. Suddenly, the sky was
AncientPages.com – Researchers at University of California, Davis have centered their study on how dice were made and changed over the last 2000 years. The dice accompanied people very long time and during this time they had different shapes and sizes.
AncientPages.com – The Whitechapel murders that terrorized London in 1888 are still remembered thanks to the legend of Jack the Ripper, who was never caught. The true identity of Jack the Ripper has never been solved. There are rumors, speculations, but
AncientPages.com – Apparently, power of Pharaoh Ramses is fake news. Archaeological evidence from an Egyptian excavation 200 miles east of the Libyan border has helped ruin the formidable reputation of one of the country’s most famous pharaohs – Ramses the Great.
AncientPages.com – Many skilled cryptographers have studied the Voynich Manuscript and many attempts have been made to crack the ancient code and they have failed. Now, computing scientists – Greg Kondrak and his graduate student Bradley Hauer – at the University of
AncientPages.com – Swedish Maritime divers discovered two shipwrecks, including one possibly dating back to the 14th century. Occasionally old vessels are found in the Baltic Sea’s graveyard with at least 100 intact old shipwrecks resting on the seabed. Most of them
AncientPages.com – A new species of dinosaur Mansourasaurus shahinae, found recently in the Sahara Desert of Egypt, will help to reconstruct the course of dinosaur evolution in Africa, researchers say. Not much is known about Africa’s land-dwelling animals at the end
AncientPages.com – Archaeopteryx – the oldest bird species yet discovered – lived about 150 million years ago in what is now Northern Bavaria, Germany. Archaeopteryx has long been accepted as a transitional form between birds and reptiles, and the earliest known bird. All the
AncientPages.com – One of the earliest examples of a ‘crayon’, which was probably used by our ancestors 10,000 years ago is an interesting discovery made by archaeologists from the University of York. The ochre crayon was discovered near an ancient lake,
AncientPages.com – Researchers from the University of Athens have reconstructed the face of a Greek teenage girl, who is believed to be between 15 and 18 years old. Her age was established after researchers analyzed her bones and teeth. Dubbed ‘Avgi’
AncientPages.com – Up till now, the earliest modern human fossils found outside of Africa are dated to around 90,000 to 120,000 years ago at the Levantine sites of Skhul and Qafzeh. Skhul Cave is on the slopes of Mount Carmel and
AncientPages.com – During their expeditions against the various barbarian tribes, the Roman armies reached the territory of the present city of Brno, located in South Moravian, the Czech Republic. Recent archaeological excavations in Brno revealed the remains of a Roman military
AncientPages.com – Once again, it’s time to reconsider our understanding of Stone Age people who were much smarter than we think. In schools today, children learn that Stone people lived in caves, but this was not always the case. A discovery
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered impressive Inca agricultural terraces and enclosures in Cusco, Peru. While excavating at Qentepata area of Chinchero Archaeological Park, situated an hour from South Andean Cusco city, scientists found vestiges were buried under the ground following the construction
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable prehistoric site with thousands of artifacts in Israel. It has been described a “paradise” where humans lived 500,000 years ago. The site is located in Jaljulia near the town of Kfar Saba. In ancient
AncientPages.com – Body modification was very important to several ancient civilizations. In Mesoamerica the Aztecs, the Maya as well as the Olmecs practiced extensive body modification often for ritual or ceremonial purposes. Various head-shaping practices were widespread not only in Mesoamerica, but also
