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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A series of ‘bone biographies’ created by a major research project tell the stories of medieval Cambridge residents as recorded on their skeletons, illuminating everyday lives during the era of Black Death and its aftermath.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have long been intrigued by the mysterious Menga Dolmen in Spain. The Menga Dolmen is one of the largest known ancient megalithic structures on the European continent. Located in the Piedras Blancas site, Antequera,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While scanning the Yucatan jungle in Mexico with lasers, scientists from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) discovered an 18-kilometer (11-mile) long Maya road. The sacbé (white road, in the Mayan language) linked
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Hunting the now-extinct straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) was widespread among Neanderthals, concludes a research team. In the study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences scientists write that they have closely examined the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – There is a large prehistoric hunter-gatherer cemetery south of the Arctic Circle. Scientists call the place a cemetery even though the graves are empty. The Tainaro site was first excavated about four decades ago, but
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A beautiful small Roman copper-alloy tortoise figurine has been recovered by a local metal detector user near Wickham Skeith, Suffolk, UK. Tortoises or turtles were most often associated with the god Mercury in the Roman
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Seven impressive Bronze Age swords and a large hoard of Slavic coins have been unearthed by volunteer archaeologists in Germany. The find was made in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study has clarified differences in the physical characteristics of rocks used by early humans during the Paleolithic. Scientists found that humans selected rock for a variety of reasons and not just because of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Found in a field, near Horsham St Faith north of Norwich, UK, by a metal detectorist this beautiful seal matrix has been hailed as “completely unique” by experts. Most likely, the Medieval seal matrix belonged
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered dozens of unique artifacts that span more than 7,000 years in melting ice patches in British Columbia’s Mount Edziza Provincial Park, Canada. During the survey, over 50 perishable artifacts were found near
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Polish archaeologists excavating at Pachacámac, (Pachakamak, in Quechua), which means ‘one who gives life to the earth’, an archaeological site south-east of Lima in Peru, have found 72 intriguing burial bundles. Inside some of the burials,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The 9,000-year-old shaman burial in Bad Dürrenberg, Germany, is one of Central Europe’s most spectacular discoveries. Discovered in 1934 during construction works, the double burial of an adult woman and an infant has long fascinated
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of researchers can now show that early humans of the Middle Paleolithic had a more varied diet than previously assumed. The analysis of a site in the Zagros Mountains in Iran reveals that
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have unearthed the largest floor mosaic in İncesu district, Örenşehir District, Köy İçi locality, in the Cappadocia region. Archaeological excavations in İncesu district, Örenşehir District, Köy İçi locality, under the supervision of Kayseri Museum
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Something strange and unexplained happened on the Træna islands in Nordland county, Norway. Why was the entire local community wiped out? One would suspect war and violence led to the death of those people, but
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In a landmark collaboration between Wiradjuri people, NSW State government and archaeologists, new research has revealed the deep-time hidden story of Wiradjuri carved trees (marara) and burials (dhabuganha) in Southeast Australia. Led by a collaborative effort between
