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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – A remarkable collection of religious items from diverse lands was unearthed during archaeological excavations on the Swedish island of Helgö in 1954. Located in Lake Mälaren (Malaren), west of Stockholm, the island was an important
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Lancaster University staff and student researchers have discovered evidence of a Romano-Celtic temple under public land near Lancaster Castle – only the second of its type found in northern Britain. What started as a team-building
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – With 800 grams of real gold, the Vindelev treasure is one of the largest treasures unearthed recently. Found by two old friends and amateur archaeologists in a field in Jelling, Denmark, in 2020, the ancient
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – At an excavation site in northern Mexico, BYU archaeology students and professors recently discovered artifacts that have been buried for 1,000 years, including pottery sherds, hammer stones, maize kernels and—intriguing at a location 250 miles
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists at Leicester Cathedral have finished the excavation project and reported discovering an ancient Roman shrine and over 1,100 burials. The archaeological project started in October 2021. Although it was a modest-sized area, the dig
AncientPages.com – The Rosetta Stone is not known for its content, but as a lexicon of Egyptian hieroglyphics. The decree inscribed on the stone, however, discusses a violent revolt—largely lost to history—that shaped the trajectory of western civilization. Had the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Color plays a huge role in our lives—the hues we wear and decorate with are a way for us to signal who we are, where we’re from, and what we care about. And it’s been
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The mystery surrounding the remains of two Anglo Saxons – identified as a man and a woman buried 1,400 years ago in south Oxfordshire – may finally be solved thanks to modern scientific techniques. A
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Generally speaking, one can say that Viking boat burials are rare, as most notable burial finds throughout the Viking world are cremations. Archaeologists have unearthed Viking ship burials, but not in large numbers. Most unearthed
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient people understood a smile could brighten the day. That is a least what most think after the announcement a smiling sphinx has been discovered in the land of the Pharaohs. The Ministry of Tourism
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The latest analysis of the ancient Colchester vase offers evidence that gladiator fights took place in Britain in the late second century A.D. Found in Colchester in 1853, the 23cm-high (9in) vessel, made around AD
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Old Dongola is today a deserted town in what is now Northern State, Sudan, located on the east bank of the Nile opposite the Wadi Howar. Close-up of a block inscribed with Napatan hieroglyphs found
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Some cities only last a century or two, while others last for a thousand years or more. Often, there aren’t clear records left behind to explain why. Instead, archaeologists piece together clues from the cities’
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the Middle Ages, the Roman alphabet and runes lived side by side. A new doctoral thesis challenges the notion that runes represent more of an oral and less of a learned form of written
Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com – Researchers have discovered evidence of horse riding by studying the remains of human skeletons found in burial mounds called kurgans, which were between 4,500 and 5,000 years old. The earthen burial mounds belonged to the Yamnaya
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Armenia have discovered a mysterious Bronze Age tomb that contains a couple that died together and magnificent gold artifacts. Nicknamed the “golden tomb,” the burial place was unearthed by a Polish-Armenian team
