Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Columbus was not the first European to reach the Americas. The Vikings got there centuries before, although exactly when has remained unclear. Here, an international team of scientists show that Europeans were already active in

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Now, a new study has brought us closer to understanding some of its evolution. It shows that human brains decreased in size approximately 3,000

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – About 900 years ago a crusader knight who was present in the Holy Land lost a magnificent sword. Today, we can admire this precious ancient artifact that gives us the opportunity to travel back in

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Unlike many other ancient civilizations, people in believed something unpleasant was awaiting the deceased on the other site. Our knowledge about the Mesopotamian afterlife beliefs comes from literary texts recorded on cuneiform clay tablets. Based on

Jan Bartek –  AncientPages.com – Researchers from Estonia and Italy developed an innovative method by combining neural networks and statistics. Using this newly developed method, they refined the “Out of Africa” scenario. The researchers claimed that the African dynamics around

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A Polish archaeologist has made the find of a lifetime discovering a startling 3,000-year-old gold bowl decorated with a sun motif. The ancient bowl was unearthed by dig director Dr. Michał Sip and his team at

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Traditional assumptions have often seen tropical rainforests as a barrier to early Homo sapiens. However, growing proof shows that humans adapted to and lived in tropical rainforest habitats of Southeast Asia. Some researchers also suggest that,

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The necklace, nametag, earrings or uniform you chose to put on this morning might say more than you realize about your social status, job or some other aspect of your identity. Anthropologists say humans have

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Roman Empire was ruled by 175 men, from Augustus (63 BCE-19 CE) to Constantine XI (1405-53), including the Eastern or Byzantine Empire after the split in 395 CE, but excluding those who did not

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An impressive hoard of silver coins dating to the Hasmonean period (126 BCE) was unearthed several years ago during archaeological excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the city of Modiin-Maccabim-Reut. The treasure was found

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists report an archaeological sensation in Yavne, Israel. The Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced archaeologists have unearthed the world’s largest wine factory from the Byzantine period. The wine produced at Yavne was called in ancient times

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Over time, concrete cracks and crumbles. Well, most concrete cracks and crumbles. Structures built in ancient Rome are still standing, exhibiting remarkable durability despite conditions that would devastate modern concrete. One of these structures is the large

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A widely accepted theory of Native American origins coming from Japan has been attacked in a new scientific study, which shows that genetics and skeletal biology “simply does not match-up”. Jomon teeth vs Native American

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The beautiful ancient marble lions are one of the most eye-catching landmarks of the island of Delos. originally the marble guardian lions were erected north of the sanctuary of Apollo overlooking the Sacred Lake. Historians

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The oldest known footprints of pre-humans were found on the Mediterranean island of Crete and are at least six million years old, says an international team of researchers from Germany, Sweden, Greece, Egypt and England,