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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The underwater remains of a 1,500-year-old basilica in honor of St. Neophytos has re-emerged from a lake due to the effects of a drought
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Following the destruction of sacred caves in Western Australia, three heavy bosses are leaving the mining giant Rio Tinto. The company's board has
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Two pieces of a six-foot-tall statue of a lion have been accidentally found by a team of experts who were excavating and clearing
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - For some unknown reason, a woman crossed at least 2,000 miles (3,200 km) about 4,000 years ago. We may never know what prompted the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com – A 3,000-year-old hill fort built by the mysterious Votadini tribe has been unearthed on top of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh, Scotland. Today, Arthur's
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have analyzed 18 ancient texts dating back to around 600 BCE from the Tel Arad military post
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - About 3,500 years ago, the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete developed a writing system composed of syllabic signs, called Linear A,
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DNA
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The oldest mitochondrial genome of a Neanderthal found in Central-Eastern Europe is reported by a team of researchers of the Max Planck Institute
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A grave belonging to a noble Urartian woman buried with her jewelry was found at the Çavuştepe Castle in the Gürpınar district of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 5,000-year-old stone paint palette believed to be used for painting bowls was unearthed in excavations conducted at Küllüoba settlement mound located in
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Additional finds were recovered from a small 1,500-year-old tomb in eastern South Korea by a team of researchers from South Korea’s Cultural Heritage
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a deep burial well in the Saqqara necropolis containing more than 13 intact and sealed coffins. Egyptian archaeologists have
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egyptians understood the value of what is today known as the world’s oldest artificial pigment. Egyptian blue appeared about 5,000 years ago
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - New archaeological research is conducted by the University of the Highlands and Islands at the Stone Age tomb, Maeshowe in Orkney. Left: Maeshowe
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A team of Turkish archaeologists started excavations in the Kizilkoyun Necropolis area with 2,000-year-old tombs were unearthed and bear resemblance to the discoveries
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A stunning 2,400-year-old terracotta mask of God Dionysus has been discovered in an old city today known as Daskyleion. Daskyleion, also known as
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ruins of the Temple of Hadrian that once stood in the ancient city of Cyzicus, are now excavated by a team of researchers
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Ellen Lloyd- AncientPages.com - The accidental discovery of thousands of mysterious ancient skeletons near Vreta Abbey is currently an archaeological sensation in Sweden. Many interesting discoveries have been
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The 1,800-year-old relief of a Satyr has been unearthed in excavations carried out in the ancient city of Smyrna in Izmir province. The
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A remarkable collection of adorned architectural stone artifacts, which were part of a magnificent royal structure from the time of the Kings of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A Dartmouth-led study using multisensor drones has revealed a large circular earthwork at what may be the long-lost Native American city of Etzanoa,
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Until now the Nebra sky disk was deemed to be from the Early Bronze Age and therefore the world’s oldest depiction of the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The population on Rapa Nui didn't crash because the Europeans came. Nor did they live in idyllic equilibrium with nature for centuries. Image
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Hidden among the ruins of a Neolithic house, archaeologists in Poland found a very unusual 7,000-year-old jar shaped like a horned face. While
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A three-chambered rock-cut temple, believed to be 1,200 years old, has been identified on the banks of the Arjuna River at Sivakasi’s M
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Sogdian temple of Jartepa II is located in the countryside, on the caravan route from Samarkand to Penjikent, in the area that
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Chinese text of the Mawangdui medical manuscripts found in is the earliest surviving anatomical description of the human body. "We have demonstrated that
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During the excavation and restoration work at Ekşi Höyük, Denizli in Western Anatolia, archaeologists have discovered 8,600-year-old bone needles and round stones for
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - For years, the former Roman auxiliary fort, located just south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, has yielded a number of rare finds
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