Archaeology Archive

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Modern humans began to spread across Eurasia about 45,000 years ago. Still, previous research showed that the first modern humans that arrived in

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Easter Island's large and impressive stone-carved statues have long intrigued scientists and the public in general. Many have long wondered how the ancient

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Two Scottish researchers are trying to piece together part of Scotland's religious past by combining hi-tech science with historical knowledge. A combination of

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com –More than 100 years ago, Charles Doolittle Walcott from the Smithsonian Institution was asked to examine strange star-shaped fossils with lobes hailing from

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The saying "there is nothing new under the Sun" seems appropriate when we learn that sanitary hardware was invented long ago. Scientists have

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In their search for silver ore, the Romans established two military camps in the Bad Ems area near Koblenz in the 1st century AD.

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists know that people have practiced cranial trephination, a medical procedure that involves cutting a hole in the skull, for thousands of years.

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - If the emergence of mechanically propelled weapons in prehistory is commonly perceived as one of the hallmarks of advancing modern human populations into

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have recovered and studied archaeological evidence of an ancient stringed musical instrument crafted from deer antler in southern Vietnam. Lead researcher and

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Like a merchant of old, balancing the weights of two different commodities on a scale, nature can keep different genetic traits in balance

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A unique artifact discovered at the Roman fort of Vindolanda may have been used as a device during sex rather than as a

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com -  Researchers have pinpointed two intervals when ice and ocean conditions would have been favorable to support early human migration from Asia to North

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have found a Latin papyrus with a detailed paycheck of a Roman legionary soldier, dated to 72 AD– during the Great Revolt

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com -  The ancient city of Tenea has long been considered a mythical place. Built by Trojan war prisoners around 1100 B.C.  somewhere in southern

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Bulgaria, situated in southeastern Europe on the Black Sea, has a long, fascinating history and a rich culture. It is one of the