Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Two weeks ago, a team of Egyptian archaeologists discovered a burial well in Minya’s Al-Gharafa archaeological area of Tuna El-Gebel. The limestone coffin, which was found in the well, features painted reliefs in good condition
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Hittites lived in Anatolia some 3,500 years ago. They used clay tablets to keep records of state treaties and decrees, prayers, myths, and summoning rituals, using a language that researchers were only able to
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Today many modern parents visit shops to buy toys for children. Ancient people also wanted their kids to have something fun to play with. Our ancestors produced various types of toys for their children and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The fragments of various storage jars of different types and sizes had been uncovered over the years, and they played an important role in the daily life of the ancient people. A ‘Gaza’ or ‘Ashkelon
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Canadian woman has sent back to Italy five artifacts she stole from Pompeii in 2005, during her visit to Pompeii, the ancient Roman city in southern Italy that was destroyed by a volcano. Ruins
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Iranian archaeologists have found an ancient settlement in the northwestern part of the country, near Beygush Tepe, an archaeological site in Chaldoran county, West Azarbaijan province. The archaeological evidence suggests that the site was once
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ball games are one of the most popular leisure activities in the world. Not only are ball games an important form of mass entertainment, but it has also become big business. But who invented balls,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient gold earring was found during excavations at the site of the Ancient Roman colony Deultum near the town of Debelt, Burgas District, near Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. The artifact that seems to be
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The loss of tropical rainforests and grasslands that once dominated Southeast Asia caused the extinction of many of the region’s megafauna, and probably of ancient humans too, according to scientists from the Department of Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ancient Romans understood the value of salt. Salt was a scarce and expensive commodity, and its value was legendary. In fact, “the word salary can be traced to ancient Rome and the history of salt.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) have digitally reconstructed buildings that can now be visited on the computer screen. Aerial view of the monastery in Ghazali.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In a careful interdisciplinary study of rare shields finds, researchers are finally able to reveal the last piece of the puzzle of how Vikings and their ancestors in the Iron Age made their shields. Viking
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have found a burial of an Anglo-Saxon warlord in Berkshire that could redraw the map of post-Roman Britain. It could also change historians’ understanding of southern Britain in the early Anglo-Saxon era. The remains
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Throughout its history, the ancient city of Patara on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, was a region combining various nations and cultures. Image credit: AA In Patara, archaeologists have now unearthed the remains of a kitchen and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – More than 2,000-year-old burial complex has been excavated in the south of Khakassia by a team of Siberian archaeologists. Left: Individual burial of a warrior; Right: The central part of the mound and the preserved
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A workshop for smelting copper ore once operated in the Neveh Noy neighborhood of Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev Desert, according to a new study by Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities
