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AncientPages.com – Nefertiti was one of the most mysterious historical people of ancient Egypt. There is still much we don’t know about her and her sudden disappearance after being elevated to near-equal status by King Akhenaten. As previously mentioned on Ancient Pages,
AncientPages.com – The Dead Sea Scrolls still remain a great ancient puzzle. Discovered back in 1947 near the ruins of Qumran, Israel. The scrolls contain a large variety of writings: fragments of every book of the Old Testament (except the Book
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists think they have discovered the burial chamber of Ankhesenamun, Tutankhamun’s wife. It’s very possible her tomb is located somewhere in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt. On February 16, 1923, Howard Carter (1873 – 1939), an English archaeologist
AncientPages.com – A unique knife that belonged to an early medieval scribe has been discovered in the Pasym Castle located at Pasym, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland. The knife dated to the 8th or 9th century is the only such object known from
AncientPages.com – A lacquered “dragon bed” that dates back t aboput 2,500 years has been now restored by archaeologists in southwest China after a 17-year effort, the Chengdu Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute said on Monday. The bed was unearthed
AncientPages.com – Scientists have found evidence people in Sahara were familiar with glass technology centuries before the arrival of Europeans. During excavations at Igbo Olokun, located on the northern periphery of Ile-Ife in southwestern Nigeria, archaeologists uncovered more than 12,000 glass
AncientPages.com – For the first time in thousands of years, sacred Mayan underwater tunnels in Mexico’s Yucatan are being rediscovered, say researchers from Mexico’s National Anthropology and History Institute (INAH). In the tunnel-like caves, INAH researchers have discovered human bones, and
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists report they have discovered a 2,000-year-old rare sarcophagus in a rock-cut cave in India. The stone tomb was found at Viyur village of Kollam, near Koyilandy, in Kozhikode. There are human remains inside the stone tomb, but whether
AncientPages.com – A few centuries ago, Mexico’s Aztec nation suffered a large disaster in their history. Within not more than five years (1545-1550 AD), 15 million people, it means 80% of the Aztec population – died. Scientists have long been puzzled
AncientPages.com – Ever since the discovery in 1907, scientists have debated who was really buried in the Egyptian tomb of the two brothers. Now, ancient DNA can finally help us solve a 4,000-year old mystery. The ancient burial site, later dubbed
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An undisturbed Scythian burial mound has been discovered by Swiss archaeologist Gino Caspari, using high-resolution satellite images of the Uyuk River valley (Siberia) on his computer screen. The mound is located in a swamp in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Vikings played an important role in the history of Ireland. The Norsemen founded many of the island nation’s towns and cities, including its capital, Dublin. Vikings were present in Ireland until the famous Irish hero Brian
AncientPages.com – Researchers from AOC Archaeology are now researching ancient crumbling ruins, which are believed to have been an Iron Age fort, or possibly the home of a local chief or lord, reports The Herald. The ruins of a broch (a
AncientPages.com – Egyptian and American archaeologists made two new important discoveries in Aswan, include royal administrative complex in the ancient Egyptian city of Tel Edfu and a collection of artefacts in the Kom Ombo temple, according to a statement by Egypt’s
AncientPages.com – Two months ago, a “huge void,” at least 30 meters long, within the Pyramid of Cheops was discovered according to the results of the Scan Pyramids project, led by Mehdi Tayoubi (Hip Institute, Paris) and Kunihiro Morishima (University of
AncientPages.com – A team of researchers from the Royal Tombs Museum of Sipan unearthed a pre-Hispanic Mochica site, alongside artifacts and human remains in the ruins of the Limon archaeological complex in the region of Lambayeque, about 30 kilometres (18 miles) south
