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AncientPages.com – A new Macedonian tomb with four chambers have been dicovered within the modern settlement of Pella. Pella Macedonian Tombs’ comlex is one of about 100 similar tomb complexes found in northern Greece. The Macedonian tomb was studied by archaeologists of Ephorate of Antiquities
AncientPages.com – One of the largest cache of ammunition has been unearthed in four pits, during the last eleven days of excavation works at the Fort St Angelo, informed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Until now, as many as 35950
AncientPages.com – For the first time since its discovery in 1996, the tomb of Maia, the wet nurse of King Tutankhamun in Saqqara, opens to public, according to announcement made by Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El-Damaty. The New Kingdom rock-hewn tomb
AncientPages.com – Fifteen ancient tree species that grew 4,500 years ago in Alacahöyük, one of the most important centers of the Hittite civilization will be planted in order to create a “Hittite Forest” in the central Anatolian province of Çorum.
AncientPages.com – A cult area built for the god Zeus is considered the most important discovery during this year’s excavations in the ancient city of Metropolis, located in Aegean Izmir province’s Torbali district. Pieces of columns, which indicate the area was
AncientPages.com – An ancient necropolis believed to be the ‘cradle of the Scythians’ located in the vicinity of Mangerok in the North Altai in Russia has been studied by Russian-Polish team of archaeologists. The necropolis, in which Great Steppe nomads were buried 2500
AncientPages.com – Chinese archaeologists discovered an ancient tomb belonging to the Tuyuhun Huihua Princess during the early Chinese Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581. The ancient tomb is located in Chang’an district of Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi province. According to Shaanxi
AncientPages.com – In 2012, the study of the “Demon star”, Algol, made by a research group of the University of Helsinki, Finland, has received both scientific and public attention and was widely discussed in the Internet. The period of the
AncientPages.com – An inscription in Hebrew letters engraved on a large, 1,500-year-old marble slab, first of its kind to be found in Israel, was excavated in the Kursi Beach National Park on the east coast of the Sea of Galilee, reports
AncientPages.com – Researchers conduct excavations at the Haihunhou cemetery near Nanchang City, capital of east China’s Jiangxi Province. It’s the most complete known Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – 24 AD) cemetery. It covers some 40,000 square meters with eight tombs
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have discovered the location of historic battle fought by the Roman the general of eight legions and statesman, Julius Caesar, who massacred two Germanic tribes in the year 55 BC. It’s the earliest known
AncientPages.com – Many have laid claim to having solved the mystery of the enigmatic round terracotta tablet – Phaistos Disk. The disk was found by Luigi Pernier, the Italian archaeologist excavating ruins of the ancient Minoan Palace of Phaistos, on Crete
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – A rare sculpture of a sphinx dating back more than 1,000 years has been unearthed in a tomb in northwest China. The marble sculpture is well-preserved and dates back more than 1,000 years, according to archaeologists. The delicately-carved
AncientPages.com – An ancient relief depicting Heracles with a crook in his right hand and a seven-headed snake in his left hand can be found in an ancient quarry in the northwestern province of Bursa’s İznik district, Turkey. Unfortunately, the right arm
AncientPages.com – Fifteen rock paintings discovered in a village close to the ancient city of Ani in the eastern province of Kars will play a significant role for the area to be declared a world heritage site by UNESCO. The 15
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in the east Moravian town of Přerov have discovered a unique statuette which they believe dates back to the early Neolithic period. The richly ornamented torso has been hidden under ground for over seven thousand years ago. The
