Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Winemaking practices in coastal Italy during the Roman period involved using native grapes for making wine in jars waterproofed with imported tar pitch, according to a new study. The authors – Louise Chassouant of Avignon
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – As early as the Neolithic period, pests posed a threat to agricultural yields, as shown by the remains of mice and insects found in prehistoric wells by a Basel-led archaeological research team. However, there are
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have tried to find the burial site of legendary Viking King Harald Bluetooth for decades. Using satellite remote sensing tools, researchers say they have now confirmed that a large Viking Age burial mound could
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new study of the ancient world of Anatolia—now Turkey—shows how they adapted to climate change but offers a warning for today’s climate emergency. The efforts of ancient populations to minimize the impacts of climate
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Researchers have developed a way to detect the presence of rock art in remote, hard-to-reach areas in Australia’s rugged landscapes using Machine Learning (ML) methods. Co-led by Dr. Andrea Jalandoni, a digital archaeologist from Griffith
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind” in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils relating to human evolution have been found. For decades, scientists have
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – To ancient history and archaeology buffs it’s always a joy to see historical treasures revealed to the public for the first time. To many, it’s a delight to hear that frescoes dating back almost 2,000
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A set of exceptional 1,700-year-old Roman mosaics have returned home to Israel, where the collection went on public display for the first time Monday after more than a decade of touring the world’s top museums.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The genomes of many human populations show evidence of founder events, which occur when a small number of initial members start a new population, and can lead to low genetic diversity as well as increase
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Large jars (in Greek, called ‘pithoi’) were vast storage containers, widely used among the civilizations that inhabited the regions of the Mediterranean Sea in the Neolithic, the Bronze Age, and the succeeding Iron Age. A view
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While workers labored on a large construction site in the Gaza Strip, a security guard noticed a strange piece of stone sticking out of the earth. “I thought it was a tunnel,” said Ahmad, the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have recovered as many as 2,550 wooden objects from the Templo Mayor in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in Mexico City. The rescued objects have survived more than 500 years submerged in water, some
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While carrying out fieldwork in the Burren lowlands east of Gort in Co Galway, Ireland archaeologist Michael Gibbons discovered a remarkable Bronze Age Fortress. Gibbons says the ancient fortress he stumbles upon in the rural
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A new study led by University of Arizona researchers may have solved two mysteries that have long puzzled paleo-climate experts: Where did the ice sheets that rang in the last ice age more than
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Where exactly did our civilization emerge? Some will say our modern civilization emerged in Mesopotamia. Others will say there are underwater ruins much older and predate the Sumerian civilizations. Yet, another group will argue the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Kent, UK have made some interesting finds, and the oldest of them date back to the Bronze Age. The discovery was made at Hillborough on the outskirts of Herne Bay, where according
