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Seven 1,600-Year-Old Arjai Grottoes With Frescoes – Restored

AncientPages.com | July 11, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The 1,600-year-old Arjai Grottoes - also known as the Baiyanyao grottoes - have been under restoration since August 2018. Out of the 65

Archaeology

A Remarkable Curse Tablet Dated To the 1st Century AD – Unearthed In Tongeren

AncientPages.com | July 10, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An object of black magic that dates back to the 1st century AD was discovered in Tongeren, a city located in the Belgian

Palestine, Hebron, Cave of the Patriarchs from the south.

Archaeology

Tomb of Patriarchs In Hebron Was Used And Visited By Pilgrims 2,700 Years Ago – New Study

AncientPages.com | July 10, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new study conducted on pottery items uncovered in the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron suggests the cave was used and visited

Shells from Qafzeh Cave on which use-wear was studied. Credit: Bar-Yosef Mayer et al, 2020

Archaeology

Perforated Shells Were Used By Humans 120,000 Years Ago

AncientPages.com | July 10, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient humans deliberately collected perforated shells in order to string them together like beads, according to a new study. Shells from Qafzeh Cave

Genetic samples for the study were taken from inhabitants of South America, Mexico and Polynesia, including Easter Island, home to these famous statues.

Archaeology

DNA Results Show: Polynesians, Native Americans Made Contact Before European Arrival

AncientPages.com | July 9, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A long-lasting controversy about whether ancient Polynesians and Native Americans had contact – is over. Stanford Medicine researchers and their collaborators have found

Archaeology

City Of Patara: Long History Of Wars And Visits Of Prominent Figures Of Ancient World

AncientPages.com | July 9, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient city of Patara on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast fascinates visitors with traces of history and the stories of people who once lived

Turkana Boy is the common name of Homo erectus.

Archaeology

Focus On Turkana Boy: Modern Human Body Evolved More Recently Than Once Believed

AncientPages.com | July 8, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancestor to modern humans had a stockier body shape and a larger lung volume than today’s humans, according to a team of

Archaeology

Avraga In Eastern Mongolia Was Winter Base Camp Of Genghis Khan – Study

AncientPages.com | July 8, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - He was the founder of the second-largest empire in history stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Carpathian Mountains of Europe. But when

The CGI reconstruction of Thomas Becket's shrine

Archaeology

Stunning CGI Reconstruction Of Saint Thomas Becket’s Shrine

AncientPages.com | July 7, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Released on the 800th anniversary of the creation of Saint Thomas Becket’s shrine, stunning CGI reconstruction uses new evidence to show how it

Norman Conquest of 1066 and Eating Habits

Archaeology

How Did Norman Conquest Of 1066 Affect Everyday People’s Eating Habits?

AncientPages.com | July 7, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - How did the Norman Conquest of 1066 affect everyday people's lives? Now, a new study sheds light on the subject. Background map source.

Archaeology

Mysterious Ancient Underground Chambers Beneath Jerusalem Baffle Archaeologists

AncientPages.com | July 6, 2020

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Living underground has many advantages. Ancient people knew this, and they constructed many remarkable cities that we are investigating today. But sometimes, archaeologists

Massive 7,000-year-old structures with a rounded or circular plan known as roundels discovered near Toruń, Poland

Archaeology

Toruń Massive ‘Roundels’ Date Back 7,000 Years – Archaeologists Say

AncientPages.com | July 6, 2020

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In the vicinity of Toruń that is one of the oldest cities in Poland, archaeologists discovered massive 7,000-year-old structures with a rounded or

Archaeology

Paleoindian Ochre Mine Found In Submerged Caves In Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

AncientPages.com | July 6, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In a flooded cave of Quintana Roo in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, underwater archaeologists and cave divers have discovered overwhelming evidence of prehistoric mining of

The bottle of perfume oil called "aryballos" dates back to the sixth century B.C. to the seventh century B.C. ( AA PHOTO); As the dress needle known as "fibula" belongs to the archaic period, it revealed that civilizations in the Lower City had been established much earlier. (AA PHOTO)

Archaeology

Excavations Reveal New Artifacts That Change History Of Ancient City Of Pergamon

AncientPages.com | July 4, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeological excavations conducted at the site of the ancient city of Pergamon show that the region is even older than first thought. In

An international crime gang that ransacked ancient sites in Bulgaria

Archaeology

Europol Reports: ‘Millions’ In Stolen Treasures After Busting Crime Gang In Bulgaria – Recovered

AncientPages.com | July 4, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international crime gang that ransacked ancient sites in Bulgaria and trafficked stolen archaeological goods whose total worth exceeds several millions of euros

The main explored in site of the Hagmatāna Hills

Archaeology

Mysterious Medes: Was It An Ancient City Of Ecbatana?

AncientPages.com | July 3, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - New cultural relics have been revealed during the 70-day long excavations that shed new light on the mysterious capital of Medes, which is

A seal made out of a piece of clay from the Persian period. Credit: Shai Halevy, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Archaeology

A Seal Impression Dated To Persian Period Discovered In The City Of David

AncientPages.com | July 3, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A double stamp impression on a bulla and a seal made of used pottery shreds discovered in the City of David may indicate

Archaeology

Massive Ancient Fortifications Reveal Poznan Was Poland’s First Capital

AncientPages.com | July 2, 2020

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - After World II there was not much left of Warsaw. The entire city was in ruins and had to be rebuilt. Just like

Location maps of the study area and sites referenced in text. 1) Cape Bruguieres Island; (2) North Gidley Island; (3) Flying Foam Passage; (4) Dolphin Island; (5)Angel Island; (6) Legendre Island; (7) Malus Island; (8) Goodwyn Island; (9) Enderby Island.

Archaeology

Aboriginal Underwater Sites Off The Coast Of Australia – Discovered

AncientPages.com | July 2, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The first underwater Aboriginal archaeological sites have been discovered off northwest Australia dating back thousands of years ago when the current seabed was

Replica pipes used to experimentally "smoke" tobacco and other native plants in WSU laboratories for the study. The charred residue is then extracted, chemically "fingerprinted", and compared to residue of ancient archaeological pipes.

Archaeology

Non-Tobacco Plant Identified In Ancient Pipe Using New Technology

AncientPages.com | June 30, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - More than 1,400 years ago, people living in what is now Washington State, were smoking Rhus glabra, a plant commonly known as smooth

This lost Greek temple belongs to the age of Seleucids (312 BCE) and the chance to discover it in this region has grown by 90%.

Archaeology

Lost Laodicea Temple And Seleucid Relics – Archaeological Search Continues

AncientPages.com | June 29, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new round of archaeological exploration has been commenced at the enigmatic, west-central Hamedan province with the aim of finding the Seleucid era

Archaeology

Giant Egyptian Pyramids Hidden Beneath The Sand Dismissed By Egyptologists Without Investigation!

AncientPages.com | June 29, 2020

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Never give up if you really think you’re right. That should be the motto of a dedicated American archaeology researcher who has claimed

Burial of children in jars or large bowls was a widespread tradition

Archaeology

Clay-Jar Tombs With Child Corpses – Unearthed In Northwest Iran

AncientPages.com | June 28, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Jar-burial has a very long tradition and can be traced to various regions across the globe. It is noted to have been practiced

Martti Pärssinen’s aerial view of a main research site called Tequinho.

Archaeology

Millennial Pre-Colonial Cultural Influence Is Evident In The Amazon Forest

AncientPages.com | June 28, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - More than ten years ago, large geometric earthworks found in the southwestern parts of the Amazon, called geoglyphs, were reported in the global

Type of bone and antler tools found at the site. Including a) a possible loom shuttle made of antler, b) a possible spindle made of antler, c) a whorl made of bone, d—g) bone awls and perforators, i) a small (broken) shearing comb made of antler. (Photo courtesy of Karim Alizadeh)

Archaeology

More Sophisticated Manufacturing In The Bronze Age – New Evidence

AncientPages.com | June 27, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The part of the Middle East where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow, known in ancient times as Mesopotamia, is often called the

The ancient Maya city of Tikal in northern Guatemala thrived from the second to ninth centuries. UC researchers found evidence of water pollution that help explain why the city was abandoned. Photo/Jimmy Baum/Unsplash

Archaeology

Ancient Maya Reservoirs Contained Toxic Pollution – New Study

AncientPages.com | June 27, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city were so polluted with mercury and algae that the water likely was undrinkable in

Archaeology

Stone Water Well Dated To Sassanid Era (224-651 CE) Unearthed In Isfahan Hills, Iran

AncientPages.com | June 26, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During archaeological excavations on Tappeh Ashraf (Ashraf Hill), archaeologists have discovered stone water well in Iran’s Isfahan province that dates back to the Sassanid

Egypt announces discovering burning ovens, mud brick wall dating back to late Roman Empire

Archaeology

Ancient Mud-Brick Roman Ovens And Massive Wall Dated To Egyptian Late Period Unearthed In Luxor

AncientPages.com | June 26, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A number of mud-brick Roman ovens and a large wall from the Egyptian Late Period have been unearthed at the Avenue of Sphinxes

a jar burial cemetery at an ancient historic site in Iran’s central city of Isfahan dating back to the Parthian Empire.

Archaeology

Bizarre Parthian Tomb Sheds Light On Ancient Life In Isfahan, Central Iran

AncientPages.com | June 25, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A jar burial cemetery has been unearthed at an ancient historic site in Iran’s central city of Isfahan. The cemetery dates back to

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