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.
Ancient Pages.com – An ancient writing left on a 3000-year-old pottery shard has been revealed by a team of researchers at Tel-Aviv University. Using a new advanced imaging technology, researchers have been able to decipher 50 characters, comprising 17 words, on
AncientPages.com – More than thousand years ago, superstitious inhabitants placed a clay pot with a sour soup, under the floor of their hut. It was their sacrificial offering to the gods. This surprising discovery was made in the 10th century cottage
AncientPages.com – A rare stone slab that was most probably used in fire making was excavated in Ramat Beit Shemesh, not far from Jerusalem, Israel. “The ancient people who lived here during the Pre-pottery Neolithic B period (around 8500-5500 BC) prepared
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – With its magnificent pyramids, the sphinx, mysterious tombs and enigmatic hieroglyphs, Egypt is a country full of ancient secrets, some of which are heavily guarded. Ancient Egyptians possessed sophisticated knowledge of astronomy, medicine, architecture and many
AncientPages.com – A collection of silver coins dating back to the days of Ivan the Terrible. was recently unearthed during construction work in downtown Moscow, Russia. Ten silver coins found in an ivory chess bishop, were probably hidden from thieves or
AncientPages.com – Two 18th century ‘Collata Quipu’ artifacts preserved in a wooden box by elders of the region located in San Juan de Collata, in the province of Huarochiri, Peru may offer clues to understanding how some quipus kept and relayed information. Inca used combinations of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Researchers have deciphered an ancient tablet believed to depict the Biblical Tower of Babel that stood in Babylon during Biblical times. The tablet, which was discovered a century ago, was never studied or exhibited until
AncientPages.com – Few manuscripts have caused as much controversy and debate as the mysterious Voynich manuscript. Is it a hoax or a genuine book? It seems the verdict is still out on this puzzling manuscript. This ancient medieval text is a
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have recently discovered a range of Roman objects through a major road improvement scheme in North Yorkshire. The artifacts including Roman shoes, keys, a rare silver ring, a plumb bob used to build straight roads and a rare
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the University of Bonn are working to restore valuable 4th-century tunics attributed to St. Ambrose. In a few days they will return to Milan with a mobile lab to continue their work with these
AncientPages.com – A digger team working at the pond on the golf course at All Saints Hotel, Fornham St Genevieve discovered an old sword decorated with silver inscription. The pond is located on the site of the 1173 Battle of Fornham
AncientPages.com – About 13,500 years after nomadic Clovis hunters crossed the frozen land bridge from Asia to North America. It was very long time ago but researchers are still focused on the subject to find clues as to how they not
AncientPages.com – Queens College of the University of New York has received a gift in form of 85 beautiful Coptic textiles that will be part of the Godwin-Ternbach Museum. The textiles that date back from the 3rd to 7th century Egypt are decorated with
AncientPages.com – During underwater excavations near the Ak-Burun Cape, a place related to the Crimean bridge construction site, divers discovered a part of a unique, ancient Greek terra-cotta statue, informed TASS, the Russian News Agency. Archaeologists believe the discovery is a
AncientPages.com – A cache of nine bronze coins from the end of the Byzantine period (seventh century CE) was found during an archaeological dig carried out along an ancient highway to Jerusalem. The treasures, which have belonged to Christians, were found
AncientPages.com – Researchers have examined a relief, which was accidentally unearthed in the Elazig province, in eastern Anatolia, Turkey, almost a year ago. The relief dubbed “Harput Relief” is now dated back to 4,000 years ago, which meeans that the region’s history is also
