Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Several years ago, while analyzing ice core samples from Antarctica’s James Ross Island, scientists Joe McConnell, Ph.D., and Nathan Chellman, Ph.D., from DRI, and Robert Mulvaney, Ph.D., from the British Antarctic Survey noticed something unusual:

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – New analysis of ancient writings suggests that sailors from the Italian hometown of Christopher Columbus knew of America 150 years before its renowned ‘discovery’. Transcribing and detailing a, circa, 1345 document by a Milanese friar,

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of scholars at NC State University has recreated the sights and sounds of St. Paul’s Cathedral and its environs in 1620s London, offering anyone who is interested a glimpse of daily life four

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – English mathematician, occultist, astrologer, astronomer John Dee was one of the most learned men of his time. He lived when people were in the process of learning the difference between science and magic.  Born on

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Tomb of Nestor’s Cup, a famous burial in Italy, contains not one deceased individual, but several, according to a new study. The Tomb of Nestor’s Cup is considered one of the most intriguing discoveries

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The longest lasting tool-making tradition in prehistory, known as the Acheulean, appears more than 1.5 million years ago in Africa and 1.2 million years ago in India, and mainly consists of stone handaxes and cleavers

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In a recent announcement Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities told the press several magnificent ancient Egyptian artifacts will be sent on an upcoming display. At the Expo Dubai 2020, an event that starts on

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Built on a vast plain surrounded by deep valleys and canyons the ancient city of Blandus was once a was a Roman episcopal city in Asia Minor. Located in Anatolia the city of Blandus was

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – As several previous archaeological excavations have proved there is no doubt the ancient Hittite Empire left a rich historical legacy for future generations. “The Hittites were once one of the most powerful ancient civilizations that

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Why did some ancient Khmer and Mesoamerican cities collapse between 900-1500CE, while their rural surrounds continued to prosper? Intentional adaptation to climate changed conditions may be the answer, suggests a new study. Cities and their

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Magnesia, located in the western province of Aydın’s Germencik district, have brought to light the entrance gate of the Temple of Magnesia Zeus, the replica of which is on display at the

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in India have come across a 2000-year-old Mauryan-era brick platform that may provide scientists with valuable information about the lost Ashoka pillar site. Emperor Ashoka who became the third monarch of the Mauryan

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Sustainability is a 21st century buzzword, but a new interdisciplinary study shows that some communities have been conducting sustainable practices for at least a thousand years. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – How should we relate to the traditional historiography on ancient Sicily? The prevailing view has been that the indigenous population had neither territory, power nor economic resources. But with the aid of interdisciplinary methods, a

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have been excavating the ruins of Tikal, an ancient Maya city in modern-day Guatemala, since the 1950s—and thanks to those many decades spent documenting details of every structure and cataloging each excavated item, Tikal

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Egypt have unearthed several interesting artifacts that were used in religious rituals for goddess Hathor. The ancient tools were discovered at the Temple of the Pharaohs (Boto) in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate north