Archaeology Archive

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A young girl has made the discovery of a lifetime! During a visit to Calvert Beach in Maryland on Christmas Day, nine-year-old Molly

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Eight over-4,000-year-old, ostrich eggs were uncovered near an ancient fire pit in the Nitzana sand dunes in the Negev, in the south of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Slovakia have made an unusual find. The remains of 38 individuals were found in a ditch surrounding the settlement of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Europe's bog body phenomenon has long fascinated scientists. Many European countries have discovered countless bodies preserved by the bogs’ cool, acidic conditions and

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., many people in Pompeii lived a comfortable life. At the time of the destruction,

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists say they are investigating a 1-million-year-old human skull that gives a remarkable opportunity to get more insight into the complex history of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Most ancient civilizations studied celestial objects and were skilled astronomers. Countless archaeological examples have provided evidence ancient people were often more advanced than

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The beautiful Greek port city Thessaloniki was an important metropolis during the Roman period and the second largest and wealthiest city of the

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One of the mysteries scientists have long tried to solve is why Roman concrete often lasted thousands of years, but ours decays in

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - More than 500 years ago in the midwestern Guatemalan highlands, Maya people bought and sold goods with far less oversight from their rulers

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A research team has solved the mystery of a gold-plated pendant found in a Medieval refuse pit in the Old City section of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Orangutans, mice, and horses are covered with it, but humans aren't. Why we have significantly less body hair than most other mammals has

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Glacial archaeologists from Secrets of the Ice continue to uncover more artifacts hidden under the ice. The team found this rare three-bladed arrowhead

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Everything must have a beginning somewhere at some point in time. It does not matter in which country we live today because, according

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The sarcophagus belonged to an ancient Egyptian priest of Heracleopolis city, Ankh In Maat, and dates from the Late Period (664-332 BC). Known

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A team from CEMEX unexpectedly uncovered the remains of a rare Elizabethan-era ship while dredging for aggregates at a quarry on the Dungeness

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists using radar have once again uncovered amazing ancient structures that cannot be easily detected from the ground. With the help of LIDAR

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient city of Ani was once the capital of the Kingdom of Armenia. It was a powerful and flourishing city where traders

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - This magnificent artwork was discovered in a palace at Amarna, ancient Egypt's capital, during the reign of  Pharaoh Akhenaten (1347–1332 B.C). The ancient

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Analysis of more than 1,200 vessels from hunter-gatherer sites has shown that pottery-making techniques spread vast distances over a short period of time

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Turkey have unearthed a mysterious, ancient circular structure that could be part of something much bigger. Scientists are now considering