Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Nowhere else are so many Neolithic pile dwellings known as around the Alps. However, how this particular construction boom got its start is a mystery. Researchers at the University of Basel have now uncovered new
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists are attempting to find out why so many 4,000-year-old Native American shell ring villages were suddenly abandoned. While scholars have proposed socio-ecological explanations, there has been limited examination of the physical evidence for these.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists led by the UAB complete the first topography of the interior of the only existing Roman emerald mines, located in Egypt. Their work concentrated on the area that in Antiquitywas known as “Mons Smaragdus”, and
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The riddle to solve the purpose of Stonehenge continues. It had long been thought that the famous site of Stonehenge served as an ancient calendar, given its alignment with the solstices. Now, research has identified
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For the first time ever archaeologists have discovered water wells dating back to the Pharaonic times. The discovery was made by scientists who are part of the Egyptian Archaeological Mission working in the Tel-Kadwa region
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An international team of scientists has discovered the existence of a long-forgotten continent they have dubbed Balkanatolia, which today covers the present-day Balkans and Anatolia. Formerly inhabited by a highly specific fauna, they believe that
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Cave 53, in the Qumran region delivers new surprises. A whole pottery vessel from the Early Bronze Age, one of the few ever discovered in the Judean Desert, was unexpectedly uncovered by a tourist in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient Venus Of Willendorf figurine has intrigued scientists for many years. Carved some 30,000 years ago, the figurine, dated to the Upper Paleolithic era, represents the earliest example of art that depicts humans and
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Historical buildings and relics dating back to the Middle Iron Age through to the Roman period have been unearthed by archaeologists working on National Highways A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvement scheme in Bedfordshire,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute have taken a major step towards mapping the entirety of genetic relationships among humans: a single genealogy that traces the ancestry of all of us. The
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A young woman walks Trondheim’s streets 800 years ago, carrying a secret in her body. It’s 150 years before the plague—the Black Death—but this young women is sick with a disease that no one thought
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, commonly referred to as King Tut, had several cosmic jewels placed in his tomb when he died, being only 18 years. When Egyptologist Howard Carter and his team found steps that led
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new analysis of human remains that were buried in African archaeological sites has produced the earliest DNA from the continent, telling a fascinating tale of how early humans lived, traveled and even found their
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For hundreds of years, this strange “mermaid mummy” has been kept at a temple where it was worshipped by believers hoping the enigmatic creature could bring them luck, happiness, and good health. This strange, mummified
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A site, Horvat Qeiyafa in the Valley of Elah, which is linked to one of the most famous biblical stories – the story of David and Goliath – has been visited by President Isaac Herzog
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An African man who lived just 350 years ago was buried in a prehistoric shell midden in Amoreira in Portugal. This was very surprising because Amoreira and other midden sites in the Muge region are
