Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have investigated whether Neanderthals were well adapted to life in the cold or preferred more temperate environmental conditions. Based on investigations in Lichtenberg in the Wendland region (Lower Saxony, Germany), the researchers showed that
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – New analysis into the residue inside ancient ceramic vessels from 11th–12th century Jerusalem has found that they were potentially used as hand grenades. Previous research into the diverse sphero-conical containers, which are within museums around
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In a multidisciplinary project, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech-Lorraine used terahertz imaging and signal processing techniques to look beneath the corroded surface of a 16th-century lead funerary cross. Led by
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While working his land in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian farmer found a rare 4,500-year-old stone sculpture. According to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities the artifact carved out of limestone and 22 centimeters
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While excavating in Tel Farama site in North Sinai, Egypt an archaeology team unearthed an ancient temple dedicated to God Zeus. “The remains, made of mudbricks, were found on a 170cm tall mount of debris
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have found as many as 64 dice pieces during the ongoing excavations in the heritage city of Vadnagar. The city’s ancient name was Anartapura (or Anandapura), and the city is mentioned in several old
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – As most archaeological material is found in a fragmented state, the phenomenon has been considered a natural consequence of objects’ having been long buried underground. However, according to Postdoctoral Researcher Marja Ahola from the University
Conny Waters- AncientPages.com – While excavating in the ancient city of Mastaura in Turkey archaeologists have unearthed a huge, unique sewer system that was constructed 1,800 years ago. The ancient sewer system, located inside a narrow valley is remarkable because
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In 1953 while clearing the ground in Borgund on the west coast of Norway strange debris was discovered. Archaeologists came to the site and started excavating. They managed to identify 45,000 objects from the Middle
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Current global climatic warming is having, and will continue to have, widespread consequences for human history, in the same way, that environmental fluctuations had significant consequences for human populations in the past. Cantabrian coast (N Iberian
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 700-year-old, well-preserved ship found at a construction site in the Estonian capital Tallinn on the shores of the Baltic Sea is hailed as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in Europe this year.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The discovery of pottery from the ancient Lapita culture by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) has shed new light on how Papua New Guinea (PNG) served as a launching pad for the colonization
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study reveals the scale of parasitic worm infections in Britain from the Prehistoric to the early Victorian periods. This type of research provides a unique insight into the lives and habits of past
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Very few people in England ate large amounts of meat before the Vikings settled, and there is no evidence that elites ate more meat than other people, a major new bioarchaeological study suggests. Its sister
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The scientific debate concerning when the first people reached the American continent continues. A new analysis of archaeological sites in the Americas challenges relatively new theories that the earliest human inhabitants of North America arrived
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Our early ancestors probably created intricate artwork by firelight, an examination of 50 engraved stones unearthed in France has revealed. The stones were incised with artistic designs around 15,000 years ago and have patterns of
