Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the Early Bronze Age of Europe, ancient people used bronze objects as an early form of money, even going so far as to standardize the shape and weight of their currency. Ribs (Spangenbarren) Credit
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Sacred city of Caral is America’s oldest archaeological site. Pre-dating the Inca empire by 45 centuries, this magnificent place has survived for 5,000 years, but how much longer will this UNESCO World Heritage site withstand
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While excavating at et-Taiyiba, Jezreel Valley in Israel archaeologists discovered a building that has an inscription ‘Christ, Born Of Mary’ engraved at the entrance. Whether the building was once a church or monastery is unknown,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 500-year-old copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th century painting known as “Salvator Mundi” (Savior of the World) was found hidden in an apartment, and recovered by Italian police team working on a bigger operation.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Norwegian archaeologists have good reason to be excited about this latest discovery. With help of ground penetrating radar device scientists have discovered 15 giant Viking burial mounds. One of them may contain a boat grave!
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A tomb with a white marble coffin bed dated to the Sui Dynasty (A.D. 581–618) has been unearthed in Anyang, Central China’s Henan province, giving the researchers a great possibility to better understand ethnic and religious
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The rare, 2,700-year-old seal of Biblical King Jeroboam II’s servant has long been considered a forgery, but new chemical analysis proves the bulla’s authenticity. It’s a very important discovery that provides information about Biblical events
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In Siberia, there are many interesting stone idols that provide us with valuable history of events taking place in this region of the world. One of the most fascinating statues is the 2,400-year-old Ust-Taseyevsky stone
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Egyptian mission working in the Saqqara archaeological site next to the pyramid of King Teti, the first king of the Sixth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, announced important archaeological discoveries dating back to the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For the first time, Washington State University researchers have identified the presence of a non-tobacco plant in ancient Maya drug containers. The team detected Mexican marigold (Tagetes lucida) in residues taken from 14 miniature Maya ceramic
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have presented a new, interesting interpretation of England’s famous Domesday Book. The “Domesday Book” is closely related to William The Conqueror (or “William the Bastard”), king of England and Duke of Normandy, (ca. 1028 -1087). Compiled
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Roughly 8,200 years ago, the island of Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov in Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, housed a large burial ground where men, women, and children of varying ages were buried. Many
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – What appears to be the world’s oldest cave painting has been discovered at Leang Tedongnge cave, located in a remote valley in Indonesia. The cave painting is a life-sized picture of a wild pig and
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The magnificent Inca citadel Machu Picchu in Peru is admired by people for its beauty and it is a remarkable ancient place worthy of our admiration. Embedded within a dramatic landscape at the meeting point
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While studying ancient paintings within Buddhist temples in northwestern China’s Mogao Caves, researchers detected ‘an ancient mistake’ in the artwork. The Mogao Grottoes, near the oasis town of Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert, China are where
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have made a stunning reconstruction of the faces of the Siberian Tutankhamun and his Queen who died 2,600 years ago. Skeletons of the couple were found some years ago in Arzhan, a site of
