Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient society located near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in present-day Bolivia, known as Tiwanaku, was once among the most influential civilizations on the continent. The surface of the temple contained numerous fragments
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – At the end of the current excavation season conducted by the British archaeological team from the University of Manchester, researchers made a significant discovery, unearthing the remains of a city. Lioness-headed Wadjet. (between 664 and
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Deep within a riverbed, a sword lay buried for nearly 1,000 years, remarkably preserved by the oxygen-poor soil. The sword was discovered during routine dredging in the Korte Linschoten River near Montfoort in Utrecht province
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The discovery of a mysterious runestone in Ontario, Canada, has sparked significant interest and provided new insights into an intriguing archaeological puzzle. This journey began seven years ago when a fallen tree in the northern Ontario
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – New research questions claims that an incestuous elite ruled ancient Ireland over 5, 000 years ago. Newgrange before, during and after excavation (top: April 1950 © Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland; Image
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A closer examination of the damaged statues of the well-known female pharaoh Hatshepsut challenges the long-held notion that they were intentionally destroyed as a means of disrespect. A new study indicates that Hatshepsut received the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Recent research has introduced new perspectives on the origins of a well-known insult directed at William Shakespeare, suggesting that it may have originated from one of his friends. The term “upstart crow” has traditionally been
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A fascinating new discovery from the Viking Age has been made in Denmark. Located seven kilometers north of Aarhus, near the town of Lisbjerg, archaeologists have found 30 graves from this era. Several graves contained
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the heart of northern Poland, near the Baltic coastal city of Kolobrzeg, a remarkable discovery has emerged—a figurine that stands as one of the greatest prehistoric finds ever made in this region. The Kołobrzeg Venus
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. For nearly ten years, scholars have actively debated the origin of the Piasts, who were Poland’s first recorded royal dynasty. Statue of Mieszko
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Vance Holliday jumped at the invitation to go do geology at New Mexico’s White Sands. The landscape, just west of Alamogordo, looks surreal – endless, rolling dunes of fine beige gypsum, left behind by ancient seas.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The issue of the family in ancient Egypt presents considerable challenges for comprehensive analysis due to the absence of detailed sources that could explain in sufficient detail how the family functioned at that time. Burial
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A recent study has provided new insights into the tradition and purpose of medieval bed burials, primarily found in Germany, England, and Scandinavia. Researchers have discovered that these rare burial practices are more intricate than
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The European Huns had Paleo-Siberian ancestors and did not descend from Turkic-speaking groups. A recent linguistic study presents a new evidence to demonstrates a common Paleosiberian language among the European Huns and their Asian ancestors. On the
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A new study provides for the first time direct fossil evidence of frugivory in South American mastodons and shows the lasting ecological impact of their extinction. The extinct proboscidean species Notiomastodon platensis is observed
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A joint Egyptian-French archaeological mission has now completed a restoration project at the Southern Chapels of the Akh Menu Temple within the Karnak temple complex. Image credit: Supreme Council of Antiquities Ahram Online reports that
