Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The use of fire can tell us a lot about human evolution. Archaeologist Femke Reidsma has developed a more accurate technique to identify how our ancestors used fire, implying that existing archaeological studies may need
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Stone Age burial site was carried out in Majoonsuo, located in the municipality of Outokumpu in Eastern Finland. This exceptional excavation produced microscopically small fragments of bird feathers, canine and small mammalian hairs, and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A century on, the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb remains one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. Dr. Karin Sowada, director of Macquarie’s Australian Centre for Egyptology, explains why it still fires
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Americas were the last continent to be inhabited by humans. An increasing body of archaeological and genomic evidence has hinted to a complex settlement process. This is especially true for South America, where unexpected
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The use of ancient DNA, including samples of human remains around 45,000 years old, has shed light on a previously unknown aspect of human evolution. Dr. Yassine Souilmi, Group Leader at the University of Adelaide’s
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A beautiful and exceptionally rare golden artifact has been found near Blairdrummond in Scotland. Experts estimate the pommel is about 1,300-year-old, and most likely, it once adorned the top of a sword hilt. Measuring 5.5cm
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new paper proposes that Homo sapiens may have been responsible for the extinction of Neanderthals not by violence, but through sex instead. Making love, not war, might have been responsible for putting the Neanderthals
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Late Roman-era rooms and earthen offering vessels have been discovered by archeologists in southern Türkiye (Turkey) amid ongoing excavations of the ancient city of Antiocheia. Diggings at the site of ruins of Antiocheia. Image credit:
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) led by the archeologist José Huchim Herrera, unearthed an elaborate stele with reliefs on both sides, in the Archaeological Zone of Uxmal, in the Yucatan
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The use of LIDAR, (light detection and ranging) has helped to uncover more secrets of Calakmul, an enormous ancient Maya city. As a result, researchers can now better understand the density and landscape modifications of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An Israel Antiquities Authority’s archaeological team was sent to ‘Ein Qiniyye, a Druze village in the southern foothills of Mount Hermon, on the territory of the Golan Heights, to examine a plot designated for a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Excavations in the İnkaya Cave revealed a workshop that provides a valuable information on human migrations in the northwestern province of Çanakkale during the Paleolithic period. Image source İnkaya Cave, located within the borders of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The changing shape of the frontal sinuses is helping to reveal more about how modern humans, and our ancient relatives, evolved. An international team of researchers led by Antoine Balzeau of the Muséum National d’Histoire
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – International researchers, including Senckenberg’s Dr. Adrienne Jochum, have discovered a new species of land snail in an approximately 99-million-year-old piece of amber. The snail’s shell features short, bristly hairs arranged along its margin. In
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A farmer found a beautiful ancient golden belt near Opava in the Czech Republic. The belt was unearthed when the farmer was harvesting beetroot. Dating back to the Bronze Age, experts say the unique belt
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It does not happen very often that archeologists find Viking swords. Swords were extremely important to ancient Vikings, but these weapons were expensive to produce, and only the richest warriors and chiefs could afford a
