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AncientPages.com – A team of researchers has found the partial remains of a 13th century pagoda foundation at the Todaiji temple. A Todaiji temple pagoda razed in war during the Heian Period (794-1185) was likely rebuilt into one of the biggest
AncientPages.com – About a year ago, beautiful mosaics were found during excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey’s southern province of Gaziantep. Even earlier many beautiful mosaics were discovered in Zeugma, one of the most important centers in the Eastern
AncientPages.com – A team led by the Archaeology Institute at the University of the Highlands and Islands discovered what is believed to be a Bronze Age settlement at Tresness, Sanday sea shore. The settlement remains are composed of 14 houses and separate working
AncientPages.com – British Museum presents a Viking Hoard dating from the time of the ‘Last Kingdom’, when the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex were fighting for their survival against a ‘Great Heathen Army’ of Viking raiders. This most valuable hoard was
AncientPages.com – Trading routes have been discovered that pass through the old town of Vadnagar, mentioned often in the Puranas and even in the travelogue of the great Chinese traveler, Hieu-en-Tsang, as a rich and flourishing town with many Buddhist establishments.
AncientPages.com – A team of archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have found evidence of Roman and medieval domestic life in Leicester. Archaeologists have completed the excavation of a series of ancient backyards dating from the 12th century through to the 16th century. The
AncientPages.com – While studying the ancient Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, archaeologists have discovered that the site was much larger and more complex than previously thought. Scientists found a previously unknown, ancient and massive spiral structure as well as several buried
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have unearthed remnants of the 12th-century castle keep wall and some remains of William Blackburns’s original prison design. The site lies immediately outside of the Roman city of Gloucester and comprises the extant prison, a complex of 18th,
AncientPages.com – Sobek was a 2,500-year old crocodile worshipped in life by the ancient Egyptians and mummified with all due reverence after death. The ancient Egyptians worshipped this crocodile as the embodiment of Sobek, the crocodile god, and many were
AncientPages.com – A “frog-like” swastika made of nephrite has been discovered during archaeological excavations of the8,000-year-old Slatina Neolithic Settlement in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The swastika is 3 cm wide and 3.5 cm long, and dates back to the beginning of
AncientPages.com – An ancient tomb has been discovered by a construction team working in a village of Datong Hui, in Datong County, in northwestern China’s Qinghai Province, according to Chen Rong, deputy head of the county’s cultural relic management bureau. Based
AncientPages.com – Researchers deployed an underwater robot to take a closer look at a mass of tiles that sank into the seabed off Hatsushima island in Atami while being transported by ship during the Edo Period (1603-1867). During the two-day study
AncientPages.com – Although teaching is useful, it is not essential for cultural progress because people can use reasoning and reverse engineering of existing items to work out how to make tools, according to a new study from the University of Exeter. Human
AncientPages.com – A small piece of the skull of the 8200-year-old “Viste Boy” has been sent to a Swedish laboratory for DNA analysis. Scientists hope to learn more about early migration into Norway as well as clarify the skeleton’s actual sex. The
AncientPages.com – A rare fossil of a dog-sized horned dinosaur has been identified by a scientist at Britain’s University of Bath. The animal originated from eastern North America also known as ‘lost continent’ of Appalachia. During the Late Cretaceous period, 66-100 million years
AncientPages.com – Prehistoric rock paintings have been discovered near Kadiri of Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. The rock, locally known as Rukalagundu in Kadiri mandal, was found to have prehistoric paintings dated to Mesolithic times. Dr E. Siva Nagireddy, CEO of
