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AncientPages.com – The long-lost wreck of a crusader ship and sunken cargos dating to the 13th century CE have been found in the bay of the crusader stronghold city Acre, in northern Israel, reports Haaretz. Marine archaeologists, led by Dr. Ehud
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the recent years, many interesting discoveries have been made in the Altai Mountains, Siberia. This time, researchers report they have discovered evidence porcupines lived in caves in the Altai Mountains around 30,000 to 40,000 years
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A subject that has long been debated is the appearance and disappearance of the mysterious Scythian tribes living in the southern steppes of Russia and Ukraine. For millennia, this vast grassland region was home to
AncientPages.com – An 8-meter quartzite colossus possibly depicting Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt’s most powerful pharaohs, has been unearthed by German-Egyptian archaeological team. Excavations at the ancient archaeological site, Heliopolis (also known as “Oun”) in Cairo, also revealed limestone bust
AncientPages.com – The 3,400-year-old and rare Egyptian artifact was pieced together by a team of researchers at National Museums Scotland (NMS), who recently received some missing fragments of the treasure. The box – made from cedar, ebony, ivory and gold -was
AncientPages.com – A unique, full-length mummy shroud, which is over 2,000 years old, yet still in remarkable condition, has been discovered within National Museums Scotland’s collections. Researchers say that the shroud that dates to approximately 9BC, is one of the most remarkable
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeological discoveries have provided us with plenty of evidence that the Neanderthals were not as primitive as we previously thought. Scientists have examined ancient DNA found in the dental plaque from four Neanderthals found at
AncientPages.com – A body of an adult man buried in the 5th Millennium BC in Avignon, southern France has been recently studied by a team of researchers from Bordeaux Montaigne University, France. His grave was excavated in the 1970s, but for
AncientPages.com – A team of German archaeologists has discovered parts from 66 statues of the lion-headed Pharaonic goddess Sekhmet. The archaeologists unearthed the statues during excavations in the area between the courtyard and the hall of columns in the temple. Their
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – By studying ancient DNA we can get a good glimpse into the distant past and learn about our ancestors. Scientists have now examined DNA in hair samples collected from Aboriginal people across Australia and the
AncientPages.com – Rare ancient human footprints discovered on the Welsh coastline are 7,000 years old, say Cardiff University researchers. The ancient footprints of both children and adults, discovered at Port Eynon on the Gower Peninsula in 2014, were primarily dated to
AncientPages.com – Two 1.82-meter-high statues have been found in the grotto in Shimenshan area in the Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing, China. Shimenshan Rock Carvings are located to the east of Dazu County, during the Song dynasty. The name Shimen literally
AncientPages.com – An underground cache of bronze wares has been unearthed from a tomb site dating back 2,300 years in the city of Chengdu, a large city located n Sichuan, China. Chengdu – the earliest settlement in Southwest China – is a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Arene Candide Cave have discovered evidence humans may have ritualistically “killed” pebbles to remove their symbolic power about 12,000 years ago. Skeleton of a man discovered at Arene Candide. The man’s head
AncientPages.com – Using a combination of radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA, researchers show that a maternal dynasty ruled Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, for more than 300 years. Researchers extracted DNA from nine skeletal remains of people buried inside
AncientPages.com – Two partial archaic human skulls, from the Lingjing site, Xuchang, central China, provide a new window into the biology and populations patterns of the immediate predecessors of modern humans in eastern Eurasia. The study of these skull fragments found in
