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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Commercial production of luxury “Gaza wine” was long assumed to be the economic basis of Late Antique settlement in the Negev Desert. Scientists have long studied the subject. View of Ein Avdat in the Zin Valley
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have found evidence—locked into an ancient stalagmite from a cave in the Himalayas—of a series of severe and lengthy droughts which may have upturned the Bronze Age Indus Civilization. The beginning of this arid
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new study reveals that Nerja is the European cave containing Paleolithic Art with the most confirmed and recurrent visits during prehistory. For 41,000 years, human beings have been visiting the Cave of Nerja; for
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The first people to live in the Americas migrated from Siberia across the Bering land bridge more than 20,000 years ago. Some made their way as far south as Tierra del Fuego, at the tip
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Early human foragers may have relied on eating the partially digested vegetable matter, called digesta, found in the stomachs and digestive tracts of bison and other large game herbivores. Image courtesy: University of Michigan Museum
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – This isn’t the first time the price of eggs has skyrocketed. During the mid-19th-century gold rush, San Francisco’s population ballooned from around 800 to more than 20,000, creating a scarcity of chicken eggs that hiked
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Recently declared a treasure, it takes one look to realize this Bronze Age ring is unusual. The ancient gold ring was found by a metal detectorist near Aldringham cum Thorpe in north Norfolk, UK. The
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A group of metal detectorists examining a field near the Viking castle Fyrkat have discovered two remarkable treasures. The two Viking treasures were buried a few meters apart, and both contained many small silver coins
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Polynesian peoples are renowned for their advanced sailing technology and for reaching the most remote islands on the planet centuries before the Europeans reached the Americas. 1827 depiction of Tahitian pahi double-hulled war canoes. Engraved
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar, a device that uses radio waves to map out what lies below the surface of the ground, have discovered a huge Viking ship in Norway. It’s a major archaeological discovery that
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient Maya produced some of the most durable lime plasters on Earth, yet how this was achieved remains a secret. With its magnificent structures, many of which still stand today, the ancient Maya city of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An almost 1,000-year-old Native American canoe has been recovered from Lake Waccamaw in southeastern North Carolina, United States. The canoe was accidentally discovered by a group of teenage boys in 2021 while they were swimming
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In Vinoř, an area on the outskirts of Prague, Czech Republic, a mysterious 7,000-year-old circular structure has fascinated archaeologists for many years. Scientists have now released new photos of this Neolithic circular structure, and a
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – You never know when and where you’ll find something of archaeological value do you? Some people can come across priceless ancient treasures without searching for them. This is what happened to a woman in Norway.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An international team led by the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, has successfully completed the third excavation season in Oman. Excavation of a Neolithic tomb at Nafun,
AncientPages.com – The coastal town of Exmouth in Western Australia is due to experience one of the most spectacular astronomical phenomena on April 20 2023—a total solar eclipse. Antikythera mechanism fragment. Credit: Wikipedia – CC BY 2.5 Eclipses have entranced
