Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – What at first glance looked like garbage turned out to be a valuable Bronze Age treasure. Tommy Karlsson, an orienteering enthusiast, accidentally stumbled upon a treasure trove of 50 Bronze Age relics dating back over
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – If you have the patience and are not determined to compete with some of the world’s most talented artists, painting can be a very relaxing activity. Whether it’s a landscape, people, or abstract forms, painting
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Chauvet Cave is home to the world’s oldest cave paintings, dating back 36,000 years. Chauvet-Pont d’Arc cave in southeastern France. Credits: mockingbird.creighton.edu Were the stunning images of cave lions, horses, and bulls in the Chauvet-Pont d’Arc cave in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The accidental and highly unusual discovery was made during land improvement work on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. Tomb on the Dingle Peninsula in Co Kerry. Some of these tombs have unusual features such
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During the Bronze Age, Mesopotamia was witness to several climate crises. In the long run, these crises prompted the development of stable forms of State and therefore elicited cooperation between political elites and non-elites. The situation
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archeologists have long speculated about the causes of occasional upheavals in the pre-Spanish societies created by the ancestors of contemporary Pueblo peoples. These Ancestral Pueblo communities once occupied the Four Corners area of the U.S.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 1,600-year-old mosaic was recently discovered during archaeological excavations in the central town of Yavne, Israel. An impressive old mosaic will be placed on public display at the city’s cultural center. A 1,600-year-old mosaic on
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece got its name from the half-sister of Alexander the Great who was married to King Cassander. Thessaloniki which means the “victory of the Thessalians” in Greek was founded by
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers from several universities around the world have studied ancient burial sites linked to some of the earliest houses in history around 10,000 – 8,000 years ago. “I think this new burial practice has to
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers have verified the age and origin of one of the oldest specimens of Homo erectus—a very successful early human who roamed the world for nearly 2 million years. In addition, they found two new specimens
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – To obtain the complete genetic information from Neanderthals, including the chromosomal DNA stored in the cell nucleus, it was long needed to find bones or teeth, but such discoveries are very rare. Historical illustration of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have tried to unravel the mystery of the giant Laos jars for some years, and now they report new, interesting discoveries. As Ancient Pages reported earlier, “it’s important to mention that similar very large stone jars
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In the religion of the ancient Egyptians, Nefertum (in Greek: Iphtimis) is the personification of the refreshing and most beautiful smell, which, according to the myths, was to set free the creative energy of Re-Atum,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A group of marauding cannibals from South America descended on islands of the Caribbean circa A.D. 800, terrorizing local populations, as was suggested by the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451 -1506), an Italian explorer, and navigator
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Excavations in the Egyptian Eastern Desert delivers proof of emerald mines in Roman Egypt at Wadi Sikait. For over 5000 years, emeralds have been one of the most desirable and valuable colored stones. Many ancient
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Inhabitants of the sacred city of Caral were skilled architects, builders, and astronomers who studied celestial objects with great interest. Scientists have discovered pyramidal buildings, and other monuments in Caral were astronomically aligned to keep
