Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A recent study shows preserving the memory of our ancestors has always been important to prehistoric humans. A first-of-its-kind study at Tel Aviv University asks what drove prehistoric humans to collect and recycle flint tools
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient history of human evolution just got a bit more complicated, or perhaps the answers are there but scientists must still put together the jigsaw puzzle. Researchers say a 1.5-million-year-old hominin fossil points to
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An abandoned mausoleum and silver extraction taking place on an industrial scale at a Roman site in rural Kent have left archaeologists with a 1500-year-old mystery. Silver extraction on an industrial scale Archaeologists working on
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A surprising discovery of an ancient sarcophagus and several tombs at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France has been described as a great finding of historical value. The French Ministry of Culture said that during
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A person living in ancient Chaco Canyon with six fingers or six toes was considered special among the Pueblo people. Having an extra toe or finger was one way to gather plenty of respect. Polydactyly,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Dedicated to the goddess Hathor the Dendera Temple is one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt. Famous for its magnificent astronomical ceiling and huge pillars the temple of Dendera was excavated by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists found evidence of ancient hybrid camels during the restoration of the so-called Temple of Allat at Hatra (second century AD). The temple “City of the Sun” (139 BC – 226 AD), located in the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While excavating in the North West of England archaeologists were lucky to unearth a dazzling time capsule of over 5,000 artifacts, dated from 800 B.C. They also found ten Celtic roundhouses including one that belonged
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the University of Granada have discovered several menhir-sculptures on the outer wall of the Los Millares that about 5,000 years ago, was the biggest and most important town in Europe. These people possessed
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – When the first humans reached The Great Plain, USA, remains unknown. There are several theories attempting to answer this historical question, but many scientists think this complex subject requires solid archaeological and scientific studies. Scotts
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have identified a new species of softshell turtle that lived in North Dakota 66.5 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period, just before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. It is one of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Hundreds of ancient finds, including rare bone and ivory artifacts from the biblical period, were seized during an operation by the Antiquities Authority’s robbery prevention unit and the Lev HaBira police against a Jerusalem resident
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have discovered surprising evidence modern humans successively inhabited the Mandrin Cave in France within an interval of barely a year. Studies of hominin fossils reveal modern humans reached the cave about 56,000 years ago
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – There is still much to learn about what kind of beings walked the Earth 12,000 years ago. Scientists have studied puzzling depictions of extinct giants on Ice Age rock art in the Colombian rainforest and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – There is much evidence the Incas were skilled in regard to water engineering. One of their greatest accomplishments is the Incamisana water temple at Ollantaytambo in Peru that was “constructed for the worship of deities
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Mesopotamia has long been regarded as the cradle of human civilization, and ruins of this important civilization are still being unearthed. Sumerians were excellent astronomers, mathematicians, builders, and they were familiar with medicine, farming, and
