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AncientPages.com – An intact tomb has been discovered in the necropolis located at Qubbet el-Hawa, West Aswan by excavating archaeologists of the Spanish Archaeological Mission. The tomb belongs to the brother of one of the most important governors of the 12th
AncientPages.com – During underwater excavations near the Ak-Burun Cape, a place related to the Crimean bridge construction site, divers discovered a part of a unique, ancient Greek terra-cotta statue, informed TASS, the Russian News Agency. Archaeologists believe the discovery is a
AncientPages.com – A unique statue, possibly of Queen Tiye, the wife of King Amenhotep III and grandmother of King Tutankhamun, has been unearthed at her husband’s funerary temple in Kom El-Hittan on Luxor’s west bank. The discovery of the statue, which
AncientPages.com – The largest capstone ever found in the country has been excavated by archaeologists working at the burial site at Neremetta, Siddipet in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana, in southern India. The capstone weighs 40 tons, is 6.70
AncientPages.com – A cache of nine bronze coins from the end of the Byzantine period (seventh century CE) was found during an archaeological dig carried out along an ancient highway to Jerusalem. The treasures, which have belonged to Christians, were found
AncientPages.com – Researchers have examined a relief, which was accidentally unearthed in the Elazig province, in eastern Anatolia, Turkey, almost a year ago. The relief dubbed “Harput Relief” is now dated back to 4,000 years ago, which meeans that the region’s history is also
AncientPages.com – According to a centuries-old legend, a great treasure belonging to the leader of a Chinese peasants uprising was lying at the bottom of a river. This ancient tale of Zhang Xianzhong and his sunken treasure, dating back to
AncientPages.com – An ancient burial box, inscribed with the name of Jesus in Hebrew, was recently discovered in an old cavernous warehouse in Israel. Archaeologists in Israel say that ancient box is not necessarily related to Jesus Christ, because the name
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Using 3D scanning technology, a team of experts and amateur archaeologists will study and create a new digital database of mysterious rock carvings left millennia ago by inhabitants of Argyll, an ancient shire of western
AncientPages.com – During excavations in the ancient city of Munigua in southern Spain, archaeologists have unearthed an immense copper mining operation built on an older older mine and dated back thousands of years ago. The Turdetani were original inhabitants of Munigua
AncientPages.com – Buhen was an ancient Egyptian settlement situated on the West bank of the Nile below the Second Cataract and between Lower and Upper Nubia and capital of Egyptian Nubia. The town Buhen is mainly associated with a massive fortress,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Saraswati River is not a legend. It really existed when great civilizations flourished in the northwestern part of India. It has been richly described and celebrated in the Vedas and Puranic literature. Cities thrived on
AncientPages.com – The royal colossus unearthed a week ago in Matariya district, Cairo is probably a statue of 26 dynasty king Psammetich I and not King Ramses II as was earlier believed, reports Ahram Online. Preliminary analysis of fragments of the
AncientPages.com – An ancient observatory from the 3rd or 4th century has been discovered by a team of researchers during excavations carried out in the south of Iran. Traces of the ancient observatory were found during the excavation of the Paregan mound in the province of Khormozgan
AncientPages.com – A mysterious pyramid-shaped tomb has been unearthed in China. The age of the tomb has not yet been determined. It is also unknown who was buried inside and why the burial was shaped like a pyramid. Chinese media refers
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The oldest human cranium fossil was discovered in the cave of Aroeira in Portugal. Dated to 400,000 years ago, the cranium represents the westernmost human fossil ever found in Europe during the middle Pleistocene epoch
