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 – Archaeologists in the east Moravian town of Přerov have discovered a unique statuette which they believe dates back to the early Neolithic period. The richly ornamented torso has been hidden under ground for over seven thousand years ago. The
AncientPages.com – British Museum presents a Viking Hoard dating from the time of the ‘Last Kingdom’, when the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex were fighting for their survival against a ‘Great Heathen Army’ of Viking raiders. This most valuable hoard was
Ancient Pages.com – A rich collection of silver jewellery from the IX-XIII century period, discovered during dig in Czermno in the Lublin province near the Ukrainian border, was presented at a closed show in the library of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland. Today’s
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists accidentally discovered a traditional, ancient drum, an iconic artifact of the ancient Vietnamese people, dated to the Dong Son culture (700 B.C. – 100 AD). The Dong Son kettledrum – has been found in Timor Leste, some 3,000 km from
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists allow public to see important phase of conservation work on remarkable Le Catillon II Hoard. Peeling back the top five centimetres of a pile of buried in a field 2,000 years ago, archaeologists in Jersey are preparing to
AncientPages.com – Excavations conducted in one of Europe’s oldest prehistoric settlements – the Solnitsata (‘Salt Pit’), located in the vicinity of a town in Provadia, in northeastern Bulgaria, shed light on the life of a complex prehistoric society that once
AncientPages.com – A Roman shield — painted with scenes from the Trojan War and possibly used in parades during ancient times – is more than 2,000 year-old artifact. It was excavated 80 years ago but now is examined by a team of
AncientPages.com – Chester stash could have been savings hidden as 17th century battles loomed A Civil War stash and a previously unseen hoard of 23 thin Roman 4th century silver coins, purposely buried sometime after 383, have gone on show
AncientPages.com – Ornate ancient Thracian marble steles from a Thracian shrine dedicated to the sun have been restored with a permanent open-air exhibition of replicas of the steles. The ancient Thracian shrine is located in the area known as Stolovatets,
AncientPages.com – A rare 3,000-year-old seal, from the time of King David in the 10th century BCE, was recently discovered by a 10-year-old Russian volunteer at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount Sifting Project. Dr. Gabriel Barkay, co-founder and director of the project
AncientPages.com – Three massive, mysterious amphoras have been unearthed during excavations in the Kaniş-Kültepe-Karum archaeological field in Kayseri. While still unsure as to their use, experts said it would be difficult to produce such amphoras, even with today’s technology. The
AncientPages.com – A unique belt made of pure silver dating back to the 2nd-4th centuries AD is among several other precious items discovered by archaeologists during the construction of a sewage system in Rusovce, a suburb of Bratislava,’ reports The
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com -The Yongle Sword, a stunning piece of weaponry complete with its scabbard, was once in the possession of Emperor Yongle. The sword is a well-known artifact from ancient times and serves as a testament to China’s
Last fragment of early Christian christogram dated to the 6th century AD, has been discovered in the so-called Bishop’s Basilica in the ancient city of Parthicopolis in southwestern Bulgaria. It consists of a monogram of letters standing for the name
A few decades ago, five wax tablets from the Second Century were found by Albanian archeologist Fatos Tartari who excavated the ancient necropolis of Dyrrhachium or Epidamnos (today Durres, Albania). The artifacts – discovered in the Roman concrete basement of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – A wooden statue pulled from a peat bog in Russia more than a hundred years ago is now believed to be twice as old as Stonehenge. The Shigir Idol, which found in the Ural Mountains
