Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the University of Liège are currently engaged in a new excavation campaign at the Paleolithic site of Trou Al’Wesse in Modave, Belgium. This remarkable site offers crucial insights into the settlement patterns of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Recent findings by Griffith University researchers show that early hominins made a significant deep-sea crossing to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi much earlier than previously thought. This conclusion is based on the discovery of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A rare, intact 7th-century BC Etruscan chamber tomb in San Giuliano, about 70 km northwest of Rome, Italy has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists, led by Baylor University’s Davide Zori, Ph.D., principal investigator for the San Giuliano
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating at the Roman site in Spain have discovered the region’s intriguing amulet. It’s a rare, fossilized trilobite, a representative of an extinct marine arthropod species with an oval, flattened body. Computer simulations of the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The analysis of cauldrons dating back nearly two and a half millennia has enabled archaeologists to produce an almost exact replica, which gives valuable insight into the craftsmanship and techniques used by Iron Age metalworkers. The
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Our understanding of ancient literature is mainly due to the diligent work of scribes. The survival of works by Aristotle, Galen, and Ptolemy can be attributed to generations of copyists who painstakingly reproduced these texts by
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Chancay civilization, which flourished during the latter part of the Inca Empire, remains somewhat enigmatic due to the limited historical records available. However, archaeological findings have shed light on this culture that thrived between approximately
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For thousands of years, humans have used psychoactive plants for their narcotic effects. In Thailand, archaeological evidence has revealed the presence of betel nuts at burial sites. These plants are known for their stimulant properties
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An international team of archaeologists has employed high-resolution digital imaging techniques to study tattoos on a 2,000-year-old ice mummy from the Pazyryk culture in Siberia. This research enables us to see and distinguish the individual
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A recent study has uncovered that males of some of our earliest ancestors were notably larger than their female counterparts. This significant size difference observed in both Australopithecus afarensis, which includes the well-known fossil “Lucy,” and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Google DeepMind has developed an artificial intelligence program called Aeneas that helps historians restore damaged Latin texts by analyzing thousands of Latin inscriptions. Image credit: University of Nottingham Google DeepMind has developed an artificial intelligence
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Mongolian collection at the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin houses a distinctive Gungervaa shrine. Inside this shrine, researchers discovered three tiny scrolls wrapped in silk. Utilizing 3D X-ray tomography, a team at
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have uncovered a wealthy burial site belonging to a young woman who was under 18 at the time of her death. Through detailed analysis of the remains and accompanying artifacts, scientists have determined that
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Hawaiian petroglyphs, which date back at least 500 years, have recently become visible on Oahu for the first time in several years. Seasonal ocean swells have uncovered a panel featuring over two dozen images, primarily
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers have deciphered a unique yet fragmentary Sumerian myth about the storm-and-rain god Iškur’s captivity in the netherworld, from which he appears to be rescued by a clever Fox. Assyrian soldiers of Ashurbanipal carrying a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A city of Tharais, dating back to the Byzantine era, which had been buried for centuries and largely forgotten, has recently been rediscovered. The ruins of the city are located in the vicinity of the
