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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new research paper finds that genetic material from Neanderthal ancestors may have contributed to the propensity of some people today to be “early risers,” the sort of people who are more comfortable getting up
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Last year, archaeologists excavating near Northampton, UK, made an extraordinary discovery. The research team unearthed a magnificent 1,300-year-old necklace made up of at least 30 pendants and beads made of Roman coins, gold, garnets, glass,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new study suggests that the difference in height between female and male individuals in northern Europe during the Early Neolithic (8,000–6,000 years before present, bp) may have been influenced by cultural factors. The findings
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Many reports from antiquity about outbreaks of plague mention Egypt as the source of pestilences that reached the Mediterranean. But was this really the case? Researchers from the University of Basel are conducting a critical
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from Masaryk University in Brno, a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, have made an extraordinary discovery. The research team has unearthed a unique bronze belt buckle from the early
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com -A metal detectorist found a rare gold coin in the mountains in Vestre Slidre municipality depicting two emperors and Jesus Christ. Archaeologists are now trying to determine how this 1,000-year-old Byzantine gold coin ended up in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Statue heads of ancient Greek deities have been unearthed several times in the ancient city of Aizanoi, Turkey. Now, archaeologists report they have found even more heads. The research team found the heads of the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A rare roofed theater, markets, warehouses, a river port and other startling discoveries made by a Cambridge-led team of archaeologists challenge major assumptions about the decline of Roman Italy. Drone view of the excavation of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have used radiocarbon dating to analyze the oldest true wooden frame saddle in East Asia, revealing how advances likely aided the rise of Mongolian steppe cultures in equestrian technology. A saddle built from a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Thousands of previously ignored small coins discovered in Marea, a city near Alexandria, have been examined by numismatists from the Faculty of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw. Studies of coins from Marea. The contents of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Not in all places where agriculture appeared did local populations quickly notice its benefits. In the areas from present-day Lithuania to Finland, for about half a millennium, hunter-fishermen-gatherers lived alongside the first farmers, and these worlds
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Understanding the way in which sounds move through archaeological sites could offer insights into how ancient societies may have organized themselves. Excavated building with semi-circular interior stone wall, speaker placed at focal point of curve.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – About 6 million years ago, in the deep forests of eastern Africa, something spectacular happened. Chimpanzees, our closest relative in the animal kingdom, evolved in one direction, while our earliest ancestors continued in another. Image source
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An amateur treasure hunter has found five well-preserved Bronze Age axe heads in the Starogard forest near Szczecin, Poland. It is a unique discovery because these objects are rarely found on these lands. The last
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists assisting with the restoration works of the Split City Museum in Croatia have made a surprising discovery. Beneath the building, they found large Roman baths and mosaics. Researchers did expect to make some minor
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, an international team of archaeologists from Freie Universität Berlin has uncovered fortified prehistoric settlements in a remote region of Siberia. The results of their research reveal that hunter–gatherers in Siberia
