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.
AncientPages.com – The 3,400-year-old and rare Egyptian artifact was pieced together by a team of researchers at National Museums Scotland (NMS), who recently received some missing fragments of the treasure. The box – made from cedar, ebony, ivory and gold -was
AncientPages.com – A unique, full-length mummy shroud, which is over 2,000 years old, yet still in remarkable condition, has been discovered within National Museums Scotland’s collections. Researchers say that the shroud that dates to approximately 9BC, is one of the most remarkable
AncientPages.com – Excavation of the royal tombs of the Marquis of Haihun State of China’s Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD) revealed many relics and among them, there is the earliest portrait of Chinese philosopher Confucius, found in a tomb that
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Two amateur treasure hunters have discovered remarkable gold artifacts decorated with ancient Celtic art. It is an incredible discovery because examination revealed the precious artifacts are the earliest example of Iron Age gold ever found in
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have found a carefully carved toy in form of a wooden boat with a raised prow like a proud Viking ship, and a hole in the middle where a mast could have been stepped. The artifact was
AncientPages.com – Two fat woman figurines unearthed in the 9,000-year-old Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük represent elderly women, not the Anatolian mother goddess Cybele as was earlier believed. “These figurines symbolize old women that have high status in the society instead of
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – What happened to the 200 missing pages of the Aleppo Codex? Were the Biblical pages lost, deliberately destroyed, stolen or perhaps hidden somewhere? Many efforts have been made to locate the rest of this valuable ancient
AncientPages.com – Two rare funerary busts rescued from the destruction of by Isis group are soon heading back to Syria. Recovered by Syrian troops, but badly damaged possibly by hammer blows, the artifacts have been painstakingly repaired in Italy. The busts
AncientPages.com – The three-headed and six-armed Ashura statue is a national treasure and one of the best-known ancient Buddhist artworks in Japan. Made in 734 AD, the statue had survived several earthquakes, fires and wars through the centuries, but at the
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The “Domesday Book” is closely related to William the Conqueror (or “William the Bastard”), king of England and Duke of Normandy (ca. 1028 -1087). He was a great man who dominated England in the Middle Ages,
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Denmark have made a very rare discovery. In Ågård, an important settlement during the Viking Age, researchers found a buckle depicting Norse God Loki. The finding is very intriguing, but the unusual artifact raises some questions and
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – A tripod, engraved vase of silver was dedicated by King of Lagash, Entemena to the god of war, Ningirsu. Ningirsu, a son of Enlil – lord of the mace and the battle-axe – was worshipped
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – “At Warka, the biblical Erech, this conception found a grandiose expression. A temple of the Protoliterate Period, preserved by an extraordinary chance, and probably dedicated to the god Anu, repeats in its plan the main
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The mysterious priesthood known as the Druids shared a number of ancient secrets. The Druids can be traced back to a distant past in Celtic history. They were intelligent and remarkable individuals in a number of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Stele of the Vultures is a Sumerian historical and literary work dated to the Early Dynastic III period (2600–2350 BC). Also known as Eannatum’s Stele of Vultures, the artifact is fragmentary, but it was
AncientPages.com – According to a new study of the Dead Sea Scrolls Noah’s Ark was pyramid-shaped. This is assumption is based on a new interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Sophisticated technology has made it possible to scan the ancient scrolls
