Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers led by the University of Adelaide have conducted a comprehensive genetic analysis and found no evidence of interbreeding between modern humans and the ancient humans known from fossil records in Island Southeast Asia. However,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It takes only a few seconds to blow up a sacred temple that has withstood the test of time for thousands of years. Unfortunately, a much longer time is required to produce a mini replica
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Salt has always been important and essential for life. The Classic Maya made salt by boiling brine in pots over fires in salt kitchens. In the Classic Maya economy, salt was used as a commodity
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The faces of two of the most famous people of ancient Egypt have been reconstructed with the use of artificial intelligence. Queen Nefertiti and Pharaoh Akhenaten were a fascinating couple, but what did they look
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Scythians have long been presented as highly mobile nomadic warriors. They lived across the Pontic steppe around 700-200 BC and posed a great economic risk to growing Mediterranean empires from the Iron Age into
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A hieroglyph-adorned stairway leading up to a ceremonial platform has been unearthed during excavations at El Palmar, a small plaza compound in Mexico near the borders of Belize and Guatemala. The archaeological team led by
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – This large woven basket is still in perfect condition despite being 10,500-year-old! It is now the world’s oldest woven basket and it was discovered in Muraba‘at Cave in Israel. According to the Antiquities Authority, the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists at Odense City Museums have made a startling discovery in form of a 1.3 kg heavy Bronze sword that was excavated at Håre on West Funen, the third largest island in Denmark. Image credit:
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers at UCL have solved a major piece of the puzzle that makes up the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism, a hand-powered mechanical device that was used to predict astronomical events.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have tried for years to solve the mystery of Laos megalithic jars. Are they now closer to unraveling the truth behind these giant ancient vessels? As Ancient Pages reported earlier, “it’s important to mention
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Vatican is the smallest state in Europe, but it has many interesting attractions to offer. If you visit the beautiful Sistine Chapel, you’ll find the greatest treasures Vatican City has to offer. St. Peter’s
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Old human footprints have been found in many places around the world. Some of them are very old and some only thousands of years old. The fascinating Zapata footprint is believed to be 290 million
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The tombs accidentally discovered by researchers in Debiany, a village within Sandomierz County, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland, are approximately 40-50 m long. Excavations at Debiany. Image credit: Jan Bulas “Their longer walls were reinforced
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Using the latest state-of-the-art technology scientists have successfully produced a stunning facial reconstruction of the two sons of Saint Ludmila. According to experts, the reconstructed faces of the two dukes are about 90 percent accurate.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient tomb located in the vicinity of Hradec Králové, a city in East Bohemia in the Czech Republic, was first unearthed in 2019. It is an ancient burial from the end of the 5th
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Upper Egyptian Dendera Temple complex dedicated to the goddess Hathor has been for some time under restoration, according to plans presented by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Now archaeologists completed the second phase
