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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A 2,000-year-old tomb on the Isles of Scilly has puzzled scientists ever since it was discovered in 1999. Inside the grave was a skeleton, but did it belong to a woman or a man? When
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – “What an artist dies with me!” The Roman Emperor Nero (AD 54 until AD 68) reportedly uttered those famous last words before his death in exile. It has long been known Emperor Nero enjoyed musical
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Neolithic lifestyle, based on farming instead of hunting and gathering, emerged in the Near East around 12,000 years ago and contributed profoundly to the modern way of life. The ability to produce and store
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of researchers and six students from the University of South Florida have discovered a centuries-old house in exceptional condition during an excavation in Malta, a country located in the Mediterranean Sea. Led by
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Who lived at Machu Picchu at its height? A new study used ancient DNA to find out for the first time where workers buried more than 500 years ago came from within the lost Inca Empire.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A metal detectorist in Denmark has made an intriguing archaeological find. While being out on a rainy day and searching for anything of historical value, he suddenly heard a faint beep on his equipment. When
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – An ancient city called Idu (now Satu Qala) was long hidden beneath a mound, and a few years ago, it was finally unearthed in northern Iraq. This historical and archaeological site, even today, separates two
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Jakarta … San Francisco … Shanghai … Phoenix … Houston. These major cities and others around the globe have many similarities, but they share one particular commonality that is concerning for residents. They are among
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Earthen and shell mounds built hundreds of years ago by Indigenous people in the Mississippi River Delta contribute to biodiversity and the area’s resiliency to erosion today, research by a Florida State University archaeologist has
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – After 20 years of above-ground surveys, archaeologists have excavated the famous Iron Age site of Němčice and confirmed the presence of the earliest glass workshop north of the Alps. Němčice is one of the most
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – New research has confirmed that the commonly repeated statement that the illicit antiquities trade is the third largest illicit trade in the world is unsupported by evidence. This factoid has been in circulation since the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While investigating the area around Dorstone Hill in Herefordshire, England, scientists discovered a remarkable complex of early Neolithic monuments. Archaeologists used advanced radiocarbon dating to investigate the age of Neolithic monuments and the results showed
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of Swiss and Greek archaeologists recently completed the third season of excavations on the wreck of Antikythera. The expedition, which took place from May 19 to June 18, 2023, is part of a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For the first time, researchers have developed a model to estimate how much energy the original colonizers of New Zealand expended to maintain their body temperatures on the cold, harrowing ocean journey from Southeast Asia.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Norway report they have discovered what seems to be a massive Viking house that has the length of almost two tennis courts. The discovery was made when scientists excavated at an ancient royal
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of archaeologists and environmental researchers have been exploring early Polynesian presence on Aotearoa New Zealand’s Subantarctic Islands. University of Canterbury Dr Matiu Prebble Ngai Tahu and Rewi Davis Ngai Tahu, Kaitiaki Ropu o
