Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The world’s oldest human statue has been unearthed in Karahan Tepe, Turkey. The 7.5-foot-tall statue is estimated to be about 11,000 years and depicts a man clutching his penis with both hands. The 7.5ft (2.3m)-tall

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists working in the western part of Racibórz, called Studzienna, Poland, have unearthed stone tools that are 130,000 years old, or possibly even older. These are the oldest traces of human presence in the foreground

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A massive ancient statue of the Mesopotamian deity Lamassu has been unearthed at the Dur-Sharrukin archaeological site, Khorsabad, in Nineveh, Iraq. The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) informs a joined Iraqi-French archaeological

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The vast necropolis of Pontecagnano in the province of Salerno, Italy, contains almost 10,000 burials dating from 3000 B.C. to the third century C.E. The excavation of the necropolis started by Bruno D’Agostino in 1962

Jan Bartek – AncientPages – During an archaeological survey in Pezinok, a town near Bratislava, Slovakia, scientists unearthed several remarkable objects. The territory is part of an important historical mining site in the Little Carpathians, and the findings show that

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com –  In a twist in the ancient human story, emerging evidence suggests that we may have worn shoes as early as the Middle Stone Age (75,000—150,000 years ago). This could mean that our species had complex

AncientPages.com – Excavations on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi have uncovered two unique and deadly artifacts dating back some 7,000 years—tiger shark teeth that were used as blades. Modified tiger shark teeth found in 7,000-year-old layers of Leang Panninge (top)

Conny Waters –  AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have used declassified spy satellite imagery from the 1960s and 70s to reevaluate one of the first aerial archaeology surveys ever, revealing 396 previously undiscovered Roman forts in what is now Syria and Iraq.

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Located on Mount Carmel in northern Israel, the prehistoric Kebara Cave is a tremendous paleoanthropological and archaeological site. Evidence shows that the cave was occupied by humans and animals as far back as 200,000 years

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – As many as 25,000 statues of ancient Egyptian deities and Ushabti figurines crafted from faience have been revealed to the public for the first time. Credit: Supreme Council of Antiquities As explained earlier on Ancient

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ancient people immigrated to Cancun Island and were treated just like locals, according to a study. The Late Postclassic (AD 1200-1500) in the northern Maya lowlands was a period of major changes, including the development

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In ancient Egypt, various deities were portrayed as animals. Thoth, the god of learning and wisdom was represented by a hamadryas baboon. Baboons, probably held in captivity in Egypt, were mummified as votive offerings after