Archaeology Archive

Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered an unusual and well-preserved skeleton of a man in the ancient city of Pompeii. The find was made during excavations of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in Ireland have retrieved a curious 1,600-year-old wooden Pagan idol from a bog in Gortnacrannagh, a few kilometers northeast of the prehistoric

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - While excavating at Konthagai in the Keeladi cluster in Tamil Nadu, India scientists made an interesting archaeological discovery. Among eleven burial urns that

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers have known from several lines of evidence that the ancient hominins known as the Denisovans interbred with modern humans in the distant

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - For the first time ever, archaeologists in the UK have properly excavated the massive Arthur's Stone, and they may have solved an ancient

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Throughout history, people of different cultures and stages of evolution have found ways to adapt, with varying success, to the gradual warming of

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Middle East region is important to understand human evolution and migrations but is underrepresented in genomic studies. Whole-genome sequencing efforts around the

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The age of Machu Picchu, one of the most visited sites in the world remains an interesting subject. Have scientists finally determined this

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Learning more about the Neanderthals and Denisovans is significant if we want to understand how these extinct species are related to modern humans.

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In archaeometallurgy, the study of ancient metal, archaeologists have historically taken a top-down approach, meaning that the jewelry, tools, weapons, and other artifacts

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered North Africa's oldest Stone Age hand-axe dating back 1.3-million years. The find made during excavations at a quarry on the

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In 1968, a weapon grave with brooches was found at Suontaka Vesitorninmäki, in the south of Finland.  Suontaka village is located in a

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have unearthed the remains of a 2,000-year-old building in Jerusalem. The lavish Second Temple was destroyed by Romans, but the public has

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Anatolia's ancient city of Zeugma still surprises with new mosaics. Today, the most beautiful mosaics are gathered in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum in

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists in India have discovered rare and beautiful sculptures of the Kakatiya Dynasty near a temple. The 800-year-old sculptures are of great historical