Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new Viking Age ship has been discovered by archaeologists in Norway during a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey. This exciting find reveals a huge Viking boat buried beneath the ground in Øye, in Kvinesdal. The
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists report an archaeological breakthrough. The long-lost tomb of legendary 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus has finally been discovered! Still, one problem with his body remains unsolved. It has long been known that Columbus was buried
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – What many have long waited for has finally happened. Australia’s oldest man, the Mungo Man will be returned home and he will receive a proper reburial! The remains of 108 ancient Aboriginal people, some first
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A combined study of genetics and skeletal remains shows that the switch from primarily hunting, gathering, and foraging to farming about 12,000 years ago in Europe may have had negative health effects as indicated by
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – After the Neolithic, European populations showed an increase in height and intelligence, reduced skin pigmentation and increased risk of cardiovascular disease due to genetic changes that lowered concentrations of ‘good’ HDL cholesterol. The changes reflect
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In one of the first studies of its kind, Australian scientists have investigated the health and economic status of a group of migrant settlers to colonial South Australia from an examination of skeletal remains at
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient human remains unearthed in the Bacho Kiro cave (in present-day Bulgaria) and recently genetically described were surprisingly reported to be more closely related to contemporary East Asians than contemporary Europeans. Several scenarios were proposed to
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – On July 19, 1545, the warship Mary Rose, a favorite ship of King Henry VIII, sank during an engagement with the French fleet in Portsmouth Harbor. Seventy-three people died, including Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have discovered evidence that a major earthquake struck Chile’s coast about 3,800 years ago, triggering a tsunami that caused devastation along 1,000 kilometers of coastline. Based on geological and archaeological findings, researchers confirmed an
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The ancient giant stone spheres in Costa Rica in the Diquís Delta, in southern Costa Rica, are considered unique examples of the complex social, economic, and political systems of the period AD 500–1500. Varying in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Historians have long discussed what the statesman and scholar Cicero meant when he wrote ‘the coinage was being tossed around so that no one was able to know what he had.’ (De Officiis, 3:80), and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have announced a surprising discovery of an ancient Roman mercenary buried with his sword and his military regalia. The skeleton was unearthed near Five Mile Lane, in the Welsh countryside. Based on preliminary reports,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – One does not have to be a trained archaeologist to find something of great historical value. A young boy discovered a very rare Medieval seal matrix while treasure hunting with his father in Suffolk, England.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A unique and completely intact 1,300-year-old Pala period idol has been found in a pond close to the ancient Nalanda University ruins, once a renowned Buddhist monastic center of science in ancient Magadha, (modern-day Bihar), in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Many people worldwide question the theory of human evolution, but why? Scientists decide to find out if there are any common factors that unite those who are doubtful people originated from apelike ancestors. According to
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Covering an area of 500,000 square miles, the Gobi Desert stretches across huge portions of both Mongolia and China. The Gobi (from Mongolian gobi, meaning “waterless place”) is the world’s sixth-largest desert but this region consists
