Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The theory ancient Carribeans were cannibals has long been debated, but there is no evidence supporting these claims. It was Christopher Columbus (1451 -1506), an Italian explorer, and navigator who completed four journeys across the

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A metal detectorist has discovered a magnificent, 1,400-year-old ‘sword-pyramid’ in Breckland, Norfolk, United Kingdom. An artifact like this one usually comes in pairs, just like earrings which is why one must assume it was lost

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Berkshire, UK have discovered a long-lost Anglo-Saxon monastery that belonged to one of the most powerful women of the Early Middle Ages. It was most likely also her likely final resting place.

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – New research shows changes in tides and hurricane activity played a part in upending the Maya civilization centuries ago. Changes to the water table throughout the Yucatan Peninsula impacted the Maya and now offer lessons on

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – There are many ways to investigate the ancient history of a particular region and the migration of people. The field of archaeogenetics has substantially contributed to a better understanding of how the movement and admixture

Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered an unusual and well-preserved skeleton of a man in the ancient city of Pompeii. The find was made during excavations of a tomb that also shed light on the city’s cultural life before

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – International research by Tel Aviv University, the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, and the University of California San Diego uncovered findings regarding the magnetic field that prevailed in the Middle East between

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Ireland have retrieved a curious 1,600-year-old wooden Pagan idol from a bog in Gortnacrannagh, a few kilometers northeast of the prehistoric royal site of Rathcroghan. The Iron Age idol was made from a

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – King’s research has helped uncover new evidence showing the portrayal of the execution of captives in the arena by throwing them to lions. The evidence follows the discovery of an elaborately decorated Roman bronze key

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While excavating at Konthagai in the Keeladi cluster in Tamil Nadu, India scientists made an interesting archaeological discovery. Among eleven burial urns that are believed to belong to the Keeladi civilization, they found a 2,500-year-old

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It is a unique archaeological discovery because finding prehistoric remains of modern humans in the Iberian Peninsula does not happen often. The remains of a female attributed to H. sapiens, who lived in the northeast

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Researchers have known from several lines of evidence that the ancient hominins known as the Denisovans interbred with modern humans in the distant past. Now researchers have discovered that the Ayta Magbukon in the Philippines

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Caesarea, and Acre are two ancient cities in Northern Israel that provide archaeologists often with interesting discoveries. Located between Haifa and Tel Aviv, Caesarea is a city with a history going back to the days of

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For the first time ever, archaeologists in the UK have properly excavated the massive Arthur’s Stone, and they may have solved an ancient mystery. Arthur’s Stone which inspired the ‘stone table’ in C.S. Lewis’ The