Archaeology Archive

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution shows that a condition known as Dupuytren's disease is partly of Neanderthal origin. Researchers have long known

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international team of researchers who discovered a vast network of stone walls along the River Nile in Egypt and Sudan say these

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As an archaeologist, you can expect to find some surprises everywhere. That's what happened during recent excavations on a hill in Tystberga outside

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A team of researchers, including a Virginia Commonwealth University professor, has discovered rare prehistoric instruments made from the bones of birds dating back

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A unique hog-shaped pottery item - probably a child's toy approximately 6,000 years ago, was unearthed in east China's Jiangsu Province. The pottery pig

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It's impossible to say how many ancient shipwrecks can be found throughout the Mediterranean. Many civilizations, such as Egyptians, Phoenicians, Romans, and Greeks,

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A couple in Denmark found a huge runestone under the floor while renovating the kitchen in their house in the village Mosekær just

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A genomic analysis of ancient human remains from Morocco in northwest Africa revealed that food production was introduced by Neolithic European and Levantine

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Was it once a child's toy or someone's idea of a practical joke? We may never find an answer to this question, but

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Paleontologists have discovered the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable

Conny Waters -  AncientPages.com - Scientists excavating a fortress site in southern Georgia aim to uncover why communities in this area were more resilient than in other parts

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com -  The existence of legendary Jomsvikings is one of the greatest unsolved Viking mysteries. They are described in Icelandic Sagas as superheroes and a

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers have led the analysis of bracelets found in the tomb of Queen Hetepheres I – the largest and most famous collection of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Neanderthals and Homo sapiens were both innovative and often devised similar surviving techniques independently. Recently, scientists demonstrated Neanderthals invented or developed birch

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists at Flinders University have identified rare images of Moluccan vessels from Indonesia's eastern islands in rock art paintings that may provide the