Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Sican culture, also referred to as the Lambayeque culture lived in what is now the north coast of Peru between about 750 and 1375. Discovered and named after archaeologist Izumi Shimada, it is said
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Founded by Alexander the Great the ancient city of Bazira was long, but its ruins were located in 2019. The city was established after the destruction of the lower city in the third century by
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Beautiful Machu Picchu has not given up all its ancient secrets, at least not yet. There is still much to learn about this ancient site, but scientists must rely on sophisticated technology to discover structures
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It was just an ordinary working day and ancient treasure hunting was not part of the farmer’s agenda, but his day turned out to be quite different when he stumbled upon something unexpected. While plowing
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scent has always been an integral component of the human experience, but up until now, the past has remained largely odorless. Most scents come from organic substances that decay quickly, leaving little for archaeologists to investigate thousands
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Isotope analysis of the “bodies in the bog” found at Cramond reveals several crossed a politically divided Scotland, meeting their end hundreds of miles from their place of birth. For decades, the skeletal remains of nine adults
Conny Waters – AncientPahes.com – The never-ending debate about when the first humans reached North America continues. This time an archeologist says there is evidence humans reached the American continent 130,000 years ago! This statement challenges the ‘Clovis First’ theory
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Founded around 1235 the town of Ravenser Odd had about 100 houses, a large market, prison, court, many shops, a sea wall, and a harbor before it was submerged by a storm known as Grote
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Before the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D, people in Pompeii lived a comfortable life. At the time of the destruction, Pompeii was a flourishing ancient city with magnificent houses, streets, and shops,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have announced the discovery of a rare ancient tablet that has the potential to re-write history. The tiny tablet is older than the Dead Sea Scrolls and was unearthed on Mount Ebla in Israel.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – When archaeologists found the first ancient, drilled bear teeth in Kansas they understood quickly this was a surprising find. Later, when they stumbled upon more of these artifacts it was clear the bear teeth were
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A species of giant two-humped camel, Camelus knoblochi, is known to have lived for approximately a quarter of a million years in Central Asia. A new study in Frontiers in Earth Science shows that
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – As many of us know, the Indus Valley was the third oldest urban civilization in the world. The Indus Valley people built hundreds of sites that stretched hundreds of miles in every direction. Left: A view
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The study of human evolution plays a vital role for the progress of science and history in society. There are still many riddles to be solved that can shed more light on how humans evolved
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – One of the great mysteries of late medieval history is why did the Norse, who had established successful settlements in southern Greenland in 985, abandon them in the early 15th century? The consensus view has
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – NOAA and partners today announced the discovery of the wreck of a 207-year-old whaling ship, called Industry, found on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The remains of the 64-foot long, two-masted wooden brig
