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AncientPages.com – To many Santa Claus is a Christmas figure that makes our holidays more colorful, but few think the man could have really existed. Yet, archaeological evidence suggests original Santa Claus, also known as St. Nicholas was a real person.
AncientPages.com – 3,000-year-old graves have been unearthed in central Norway by archaeologists from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Museum. Archaeologists consider them some of the oldest burial sites ever found in the region. The graves were found located under two
AncientPages.com – Researchers in South Africa have just presented “the most complete skeleton of a human ancestor older than 1.5 million years ever found.” The University of the Witwatersrand displayed the Virtually complete Australopithecus fossil dates back 3.6 million years and
AncientPages.com – A statue of the Greek goddess Hygieia and god Eros have been unearthed by archaeologists excavating in in the Anavarza Antique City of the Kozan,Turkey’s southern province of Adana. The limestone sculpture, which is believed to date back to
AncientPages.com – Our ancestors were familiar with meteoric iron much earlier than previously thought. Scientists have determined ancient civilizations constructed remarkable artifacts made of iron from meteorites thousands of years ago. There are iron artifacts dating back to the Bronze Age,
AncientPages.com – A 2,800-year-old stele from the ancient Urartu civilization which had been missing for the past 120 years has been discovered in Turkey’s eastern Van province. The stele belonged to Urartian King Minua (810-780 BC) and was unearthed by German
AncientPages.com – This beautiful 2,000-year-old vase is a true masterpiece of Iberian art. Discovered in Valencia, Spain in 134, the Iberian warrior still refuses to give up some of its ancient secrets. The vase depicts a battle scene. There are six
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Earlier excavations (2011) in the Vlakno Cave, Croatia revealed the remains of a human skeleton belonging to a man, whose age was estimated at 11 000 years ago (early Mesolithic). He was named “the oldest
AncientPages.com – A large mysterious ancient structure has been discovered at the center of a military training area in the in the Lachish region, in Israel. The discovery was made with the help of camera-equipped drones. The structure was excavated by
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the University of Leicester suggest that the first landing of Julius Caesar’s fleet in Britain took place in 54 BC at Pegwell Bay on the Isle of Thanet, the north—east point of Kent. Researchers have found a
AncientPages.com – A mysterious 300-year-old time capsule has been discovered during restoration works at the church of Santa Agueda in Sotillo de la Ribera, Burgos, northern Spain. The document was hidden inside a hollow wooden statue of Jesus Christ. Written with
AncientPages.com – There were no camels in the Ural Mountains during the Upper Paleolithic era and yet, scientists have discovered a cave painting of the animal in the Kapova cave that is located in Southern Urals. Painted in red ochre and
AncientPages.com – Three shipwrecks packed with stunning artifacts dating back to the Roman era have been found underwater on the seabed of northern coastal province of Alexandria. The findings include a votive bark, or boat, depicting Egyptian god Osiris and a crystal
AncientPages.com – Discovered back in 1947 near the ruins of Qumran – also known as Khirbet Qumran, the Dead Sea Scrolls still remain a great ancient puzzle. The scrolls contain a large variety of writings: fragments of every book of the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While searching for the frightening Lake Van monster, scientists made a great archaeological underwater discovery instead. Ruins of a mysterious 3,000-year-old castle have been found in Lake Van, Turkey. The underwater ruins are supposedly from
AncientPages.com – A Viking camp dated to the winter of 873-4, have been unearthed by a team of archaeologists from the University of Bristol. It is located in the small village of Repton, Derbyshire and has been known since the 1970s.
