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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Around 1 in 10 people worldwide chew betel nuts. However, the earliest beginnings of this widespread drug-use habit are unknown. Colored areca nuts [Areca catechu] in the market. Bago, Burma [Myanmar]. This red color determines
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – One of Dublin’s previously “lost” medieval castles has been identified within University College Dublin’s Roebuck Castle. New research reveals that substantial remains of the Norman castle of Roebuck, an important fortress on one of the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While working with old manuscripts in Utrecht University’s Special Collections, Dr Mark de Kreij, an assistant professor of Ancient Greek and Papyrology at the University, made a remarkable find. The scientist teaches Greek language and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers recreated a damaged ancient scroll to test a new method for examining historical texts. A model carbonized papyrus scroll opens a novel path to identifying readable scrolls of the Herculaneum Library. a) One of
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – One of the most complete diplodocid skeletons ever discovered in Europe is reported by paleontologists from the Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis in the peer-reviewed Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. An illustration of the Diplodocus
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Researchers in Wyoming, U.S., have uncovered two rare fossils of a Jurassic squid-like species that lived about 160 million years ago. The species, called Wyoteuthis linsterorum, is an ancient cephalopod known as a belemnite and is
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Most people walk heel to toe, taking thousands of steps each day. A new study shows that heel-first walking is more uniquely human than previously thought. This adaptation let early hominins walk farther and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In March 2026, workers found wooden elements while constructing an overflow basin in Aschaffenburg, northwest Bavaria, Germany. Although the age of the remains was initially unclear, they were evidently part of a larger structure. A few
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have long discussed whether ice-age glaciers or an enormous human effort moved giant megaliths known as Devil’s Arrow stones from Brimham Rocks, North Yorkshire, England. The three surviving pillars near Boroughbridge form the tallest standing
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A major Viking Age treasure was recently found in Finland by treasure hunter Kalle Lappinen. On September 3, 2026, Lappinen made a unique discovery: a silver treasure near the church in the village of Sysmä, in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Periods of prosperity can contain the roots of future collapse. In ancient Troy, ambition led to environmental strain long before modern industry. While today we associate environmental destruction with oil rigs, coal plants, or plastic waste,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – With support from Kent manuscript expert Dr David Rundle, seventeen medieval manuscript fragments have been identified in Guernsey. These discoveries provide rare insight into the island’s literary and intellectual life during a period with little
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – As populations expanded in Medieval England, key changes occurred in the use of cattle and sheep to produce food and materials, according to a new study. During Medieval England, shifts in population and trade led
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A year ago, the skull of a Mixtec ancestor was returned to Mexico from the Netherlands. It had been on display for sixty years at the Wereldmuseum in Leiden, after the Dutch museum bought it
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Viking Age settlement of Birka on the island of Björkö in Sweden has long interested archaeologists. But not all archaeological discoveries can be made through traditional excavations, which is why scientists rely on LiDAR,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The surprisingly large Germanic Iron Age Village, believed to have been an important trade center and dating to the 2nd to 5th centuries AD, sheds new light on close trade relations with the Roman Empire.
