Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A huge royal hall used by the first kings of East Anglia has been discovered in Rendlesham, Suffolk, U.K. The 1,400-year-old hall is of great historical importance and was “recorded in the writings of The
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Located between the modern villages of Palatitsia and Vergina, in Northern Greece, the city of Aigai was the ancient first capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia. Discovered in the 19th century Aigai is of great
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Egypt has successfully recovered an ancient wooden coffin cover from a Houston museum in the US. The coffin cover was smuggled from Egypt several years ago. Egypt succeeded in recovering the coffin cover which was
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Despite more than half a century of hominin fossil discoveries in eastern Africa, the regional environmental context of the evolution and dispersal of modern humans and their ancestors is not well established. Particularly for the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ribe was an important trading town in the Viking Age. Glass bead-making is one of the traditional Viking-Age crafts with a long history. Colorful beads have been found throughout the Viking World and were considered an
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While excavating at the Roman legionary camp in Novae, northern Bulgaria, archaeologists unearthed an ancient “refrigerator” and some unique coins that shed more light on the life in the region and the ancient settlement. The
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating at the ancient Greek city of Klazomenai, modern-day Urla near Izmir, western Turkey, have unearthed a unique 2,500-year-old ritual wash basin. In ancient times, Klazomenai was the center of ceramic production in the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Countless unearthed ancient statues prove that Greek civilization valued beauty and perfection. The astonishing achievements of ancient Greek artists are reflected in sculptures our modern world admires with awe. The Daughter of Thera is currently
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists and paleontologists have recently unearthed an intriguing 1-million-year-old human skull fossil that gives scientists a remarkable opportunity to get more insight into the complex history of human evolution. At a news conference of the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the University of Bristol have suggested that mysterious stone spheres found at various ancient settlements across the Aegean and Mediterranean could be playing pieces from one of the earliest ever board games. Groups
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Pacific island nations suffered severe depopulation from introduced diseases as a consequence of contact with European vessels, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. An engraving by Louie-Auguste de Sainson depicting a
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Every modern mammal, from a platypus to a blue whale, is descended from a common ancestor that lived about 180 million years ago. We don’t know much about this animal, but an international team
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Northern Spain have made an extraordinary discovery that they define as a breakthrough capable of rewriting the history of human evolution in Europe. At the caves of the Sierra de Atapuerca near
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Early Bronze Age village of Afragola on the Campania Plain of Southern Italy was buried under nearly a meter of volcanic ash deposited by the Avellino eruption of Vesuvius ca. 4,000 years ago. The
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists are optimistic and think the mystery of Nefertiti’s tomb may soon be solved. Egypt is a land where archaeologists regularly find ancient treasures, but the location of her tomb has so far remained an
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The quest to identify humans’ oldest continues. As scientists explore the realm of animals that lived on this planet millions of years ago, the evolution picture becomes more complete. Life reconstruction of Fanjingshania renovata. Credit:
