Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A German-Egyptian mission at Al-Sheikh Hamad archaeological site in Tel Atribis in Sohag has unearthed a collection of 13,000 ostraca (clay vessel fragments) which bear engraved text in demotic, hieratic, Coptic, Greek and Arabic, the Egyptian

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The first genome-wide ancient human DNA data from Sudan reveals new insights into the ancestry and social organization of people who lived more than 1,000 years ago in the Nile Valley, an important genetic and cultural

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers have explored charred lumps from the site of Kadebakele, in southern India, where they have excavated for several years with the support of the Archaeological Survey of India and colleagues. The site dates from

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Despite its prior status as a luxury commodity, silver became widely used for coinage in the Roman world from the 7th century BCE onward and provided a standardized monetary system for ancient Mediterranean civilizations. However,

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A small carved figure was recently unearthed during the excavation of the medieval town of Oslo, Norway. The figure depicts a person in robes and crown with a falcon perched on his arm. But is

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Hunter-gathers caused ecosystems to change 125,000 years ago. These are the findings of an interdisciplinary study by archeologists from Leiden University in collaboration with other researchers. Neanderthals used fire to keep the landscape open and

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have tried to solve the mystery of the demon wall in Suaherad Church for 80 years, and now they finally learned the truth about the strange carvings made on the enigmatic wall. Built in

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ten thousand years ago, just after the last Ice Age, a group of hunter-gatherers buried an infant girl in an Italian cave. They entombed her with a rich selection of their treasured beads and pendants,

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Elemental and lead isotope analyses of ancient copper ingots are unlocking secrets of Early Iron Age trade routes and how indigenous Mediterranean communities functioned from about 2,600 years ago. For the first time, a scientific

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Rising as high as 20 feet, ancient stone monoliths in southern Ethiopia are 1,000 years older than scientists previously thought, according to a new study in the Journal of African Archaeology.  A Washington State University research

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Tibetan Plateau has long been considered one of the last places to be populated by people in their migration around the globe. A new paper by archeologists at the University of California, Davis, highlights

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists from the University of Zurich examined a unique leather scale armor from the grave of a horseman in northwest China. The style and construction suggest that the tank was made between the 6th and 8th

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In Bronze Age Europe, many bronze objects such as axes, swords and jewels were deliberately left at specific spots in the landscape. Ph.D. research by Leiden archaeologist Marieke Visser shows that these practices were expressions