Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – New ancient DNA analysis has shed light on how the black rat, blamed for spreading Black Death, dispersed across Europe – revealing that the rodent colonized the continent on two occasions in the Roman and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The huge Neolithic necropolis in Fleury-sur-Orne, Normandy, France is the resting place for a group of selected individuals who were buried in impressively long monuments. The Neolithic necropolis in Fleury-sur-Orne, Normandy, France. Credit: François Levalet
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered pieces of the 12th century Apsara, or fairy carvings, in the Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, the APSARA National Authority (ANA). Apsara carving was found in Angkor Archaeological
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeological excavations in Egypt are a continuing success. The Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Jabal Al-Haridi region of Sohag, a city on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt has unearthed remains of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Since 1979, when the first cave art was documented in North America, dozens of other examples have come to light. Among these, the 19th Unnamed Cave in Alabama contains hundreds of pre-contact Native American mud
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Underwater archaeologists are exploring an ancient lost Maya city hidden inside a volcanic crater. Hundreds of years ago, in the middle of Lake Atitlán, situated in the highlands of Guatemala, about 5,000 feet above sea
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – The first study of leaf fossils conducted in the nation of Brunei on the island of Borneo has revealed that the current dominant tree group, the dipterocarps, has dominated the rainforests for at least
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new Rice University-led analysis of the remains of ancient predators reveals new information about how prehistoric humans did—or didn’t—find their food. “Sabertooth carcass consumption behavior and the dynamics of Pleistocene large carnivoran guilds” was
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – INAH researchers have analyzed approximately 150 toothless skulls and other bones unearthed a decade ago in southeastern Mexico’s Comalapa Cave, in the town of Carrizal, near the border with Guatemala. These human remains are not
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While upgrading water supplies in Andalucia, southern Spain, workers made an unexpected discovery when they came across a well-preserved necropolis of subterranean limestone vaults used by the Phoenicians. The latter lived on the Iberian peninsula
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in the UK have made many fascinating discoveries while excavating at a site known as Field 44 near the village of Tempsford in Central Bedfordshire. Some weeks ago, archaeologists working in the area announced
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – First appearing in the early 4th millennium BCE, copper-alloy daggers were widespread in Bronze Age Europe including Britain and Ireland. Yet archaeologists have long debated what these objects were used for. As daggers are often found
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A historical treasure consisting of 19 cannons suspected to have been shot from British ships during the American Revolution is now being investigated by archaeologists. Still, in excellent condition, the cannons that have been lost
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The oldest house in North America is located in Ohio. The 12,500-year-old dwelling was used by Paleoindians during the Ice Age. Discovered in the early 1990s by David Brose who was with the Cleveland Museum
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A recent study of an ancient silver bowl with Greek-style reliefs found in Tibet decades ago has revealed something surprising. It was long thought the bowl is covered with scenes from Homer’s “Iliad” but this
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Hunter-gatherers made use of open woodland conditions in the millennia before Stonehenge monuments were built, according to a new study. Much research has explored Bronze Age and Neolithic history of the region surrounding Stonehenge, but
