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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A unique hog-shaped pottery item – probably a child’s toy approximately 6,000 years ago, was unearthed in east China’s Jiangsu Province. The pottery pig was found during excavations at a Neolithic site of the Ma’an Relics
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A fragment of a statue depicting the Greek god Pan, has been unearthed during the excavations in Istanbul’s Saraçhane Archaeological Park. It is a new artifact recently discovered in this area of archaerological excavations that restarted tby he Istanbul Metropolitan
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It’s impossible to say how many ancient shipwrecks can be found throughout the Mediterranean. Many civilizations, such as Egyptians, Phoenicians, Romans, and Greeks, were constantly present in the Mediterranean, either trading and exploring or they
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have discovered that shells were essential to our ancient ancestors on several occasions. Shells are one of the oldest ways humans have adorned and expressed themselves, with examples of deliberately-collected shell assemblages at human
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A couple in Denmark found a huge runestone under the floor while renovating the kitchen in their house in the village Mosekær just outside the city of Randers. Experts are currently examining the rune stone,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Medieval religious music is often perceived as being simple, and not particularly flashy or lavish. It often had a function that goes beyond simply being pleasant to listen to, says a University of Oslo researcher.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A genomic analysis of ancient human remains from Morocco in northwest Africa revealed that food production was introduced by Neolithic European and Levantine migrants and then adopted by local groups. A research team from Sweden,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It was a chance discovery. The piece of wood could have easily gone onto the bonfire or been treated as trash. Luckily, Derek Fawcett, landowner, and retired urological surgeon, decided to take a closer look
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Was it once a child’s toy or someone’s idea of a practical joke? We may never find an answer to this question, but the Roman leather toy mouse discovered at Vindolanda is fascinating. The fort of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Underwater archaeologists have discovered rare, well-preserved cloth fragments, dwellings, baskets, weaving swords, and much more while examining a site near Rome, Italy. The submerged settlement La Marmotta in the comune of Anguillara Sabazia, approximately 30km north-west
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Paleontologists have discovered the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behavior. The bones were buried about 30 meters (100 feet)
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in York have used 3D scans to study the Roman burial practice of pouring liquid gypsum over the bodies of adults and children laid to rest in coffins—the first time this cutting-edge technology has
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists excavating a fortress site in southern Georgia aim to uncover why communities in this area were more resilient than in other parts of the world at the end of the Bronze Age – a
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in the small village of Thérouanne, located on the river Lys in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France have made some fascinating discoveries. Scientists unearthed 1,700-year-old Roman shoes that are
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The existence of legendary Jomsvikings is one of the greatest unsolved Viking mysteries. They are described in Icelandic Sagas as superheroes and a legendary mercenary army. The Jomsvikings were a fearless Scandinavian warrior-brotherhood and no
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The five new archaeological sites have been discovered in the Megalopolis lignite mine in southern Greece contain valuable faunal and cultural remains belonging to the country. Stone tools from the site Kyparissia 4 and Choremi
