Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The cathedral in Odense, Denmark, has for nine centuries held the relics of the Danish King St. Canute the Holy and his brother Benedikt. They were both murdered here in AD 1086, and just a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An Egyptian archaeological mission uncovered an impressive collection of 59 intact and sealed coffins at Saqqara Necropolis south of Cairo. Image credit: Reuters Sixty ambassadors and international media representatives flocked to the scene on Saturday
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a number of ancient Egyptian artifacts in a burial well in Minya Governorate. The findings include a limestone coffin, a number of shabti figures in Minya’s Al-Gharafa archaeological area of Tuna
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A carved statue of the god Nefertum was unearthed in Saqqara necropolis alongside a group of intact wooden coffins. The Egyptian archaeologists excavating at Saqqara, which is led by Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Stone animals such as stone lions and stone rams were placed on top of the tombstones of brave and courageous people as a symbol of abundance and great courage in the face of danger, especially
Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com – A very strange 5,000-year-old clay figurine has been found in Siberia. The Bronze Age statuette has a tattooed face and a bone mask. It was discovered inside a mass burial where it had been placed on
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An international team of scientists has now pinpointed the precise date and nature of the Ilopango volcanic eruption that took place 1590 years ago. In 431 CE, 1590 years ago, the Maya civilization was laid
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team led by Ana Isabel Ortega Martínez, an archaeologist at the CENIEH (Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana), has recently confirmed that the cave art in the Sala de las Pinturas at
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Whenever the Sphinx is mentioned most think of Egypt, but the Sphinx was a being most ancient civilizations were familiar with. Artifacts depicting the Sphinx were produced in ancient India, Persia, Greece, Israel, and other
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers have completed the excavation of a huge 2,500-year-old water cistern, located in Lumbarda on the southern Croatian island of Korčula. Throughout its history, Lumbarda was a region combining various nations and cultures, and current
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient paintings showing eight Buddhist saints possibly dating back to over 1,300 years ago have been discovered on temple columns blackened by soot. The images were found at the main hall columns of Shiga Prefecture’s
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Findings inside a cave named Lapa do Picareiro, located near the Atlantic coast of central Portugal have just re-written history. Studies of tools found in the cave reveal modern humans arrived in the westernmost part
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient temple dated to the Neolithic period in the oldest place of worship was discovered at Kahin Tepe located in the northern province of Kastamonu’s Araç district on northern Turkey’s Black Sea coast. Systematically
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – More than 50 terracotta figurines have been found in the ancient city of Myra in the Demre district of the southern province of Antalya that consisted of partially preserved clay female, male, god, goddess, ram, and horseman figurines
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of archaeologists has unearthed a historical grave dating back to the Parthian era in a village of the western province of Kurdistan. Image credit: Iran Front Page The tomb’s chamber contains an ancient
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – More and more artifacts are returned to the countries they came from. Recently, antique Tamil Nadu statues were returned by Britain to India, and now, a 1,800-year-old Lydian era atonement inscription returns to Turkey, after
