Thousands of intriguing ancient artifacts have been discovered world-wide. Some of these ancient artifacts give us a deeper understanding of our ancestors’ customs, traditions, beliefs, level of technology and scientific achievements. Many of the artifacts are also mysterious and puzzling because we haven’t yet been able to determine their true purpose.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The rare, 2,700-year-old seal of Biblical King Jeroboam II’s servant has long been considered a forgery, but new chemical analysis proves the bulla’s authenticity. It’s a very important discovery that provides information about Biblical events
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Roughly 8,200 years ago, the island of Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov in Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, housed a large burial ground where men, women, and children of varying ages were buried. Many
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The medieval treasures including coins and jewelry that could possibly belong to a Ruthenian princess and sister-in-law of 12-century Polish king Bolesław the Wrymouth were discovered in the small village of Słuszków. The 900-year-old riches which
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A six-foot-tall statue of a female figure who may represent an elite woman rather than a goddess, or some mixture of the two, has been accidentally unearthed in a citrus grove near Mexico’s Gulf coast.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – More than 12,000 years ago, people developed a sophisticated technique for making a play dough-like material from mammoth ivory. This prehistoric technique enabled us to make tools – or decorations – that still puzzle modern
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Many treasure hunters spend years searching for something valuable, but sometimes the most precious ancient objects can be discovered by those who don’t look for them at all. This is exactly what happened to a
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Stealing ancient artifacts has become a common crime these days and authorities are doing all they can to retrieve antiques that are often smuggled in the most unusual way. This time Israel Antiquities Authority reports
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A large number of artifacts dated back to the Bronze Age were found hidden in a truck with Romanian license plates, driven by a Serbian citizen who said he was transporting them from Ukraine. Photo: Serbian
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A total of 49 works of ancient art that had been looted and smuggled out of Iran some four decades ago have recently been returned home with the aid of Swiss officials. One the glazed
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Considered as the symbol and protector of fertility and abundance in pre-historic times, Cybele statue is now displayed in an Istanbul museum. The goddess Cybele, a Phrygian goddess originating in the mythology of ancient Anatolia,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The collector with ‘advanced archaeological knowledge’ used metal detectors to illegally build his own collection of valuable artifacts by secretly looting various sites in eastern France. Image credit – Yahoo French officials have seized more
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A ‘lost’ 5,000-year-old artifact -one of only three objects ever recovered from inside of the pyramid’s Queen’s Chamber, has been finally found at the University of Aberdeen, and it was a ‘chance discovery’ researchers say.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient tablet dated back over 2,000 years was unearthed in Duhok province in northern Kurdistan in March this year, and recently, the artifact was carefully studied by experts. Stone tablet engraved with Hellenistic script
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For the first time ever we get the chance to see the Conan Stone, a rare Pictish stone decorated with strange, massive mythical beasts. Known as the Conan Stone, the Pictish symbol stone was accidentally
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Though the exact number is unknown, authorities estimate tens or even hundreds of thousands of Sumerian artifacts have been stolen from Iraq’s museums and archaeological sites during the political unrest of the past three decades.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – One of the world’s earliest examples of art, the enigmatic ‘Venus’ figurines carved some 30,000 years ago, has intrigued and puzzled scientists for nearly two centuries. The figurines dated to the Upper Paleolithic era represent
