Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A three-chambered rock-cut temple, believed to be 1,200 years old, has been identified on the banks of the Arjuna River at Sivakasi’s M Pudhupatti village. Sivakasi was established during the early 15th century and an
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Sogdian temple of Jartepa II is located in the countryside, on the caravan route from Samarkand to Penjikent, in the area that in ancient times was called Rustak Varagsar. Sogdian Temple of Jartepa (ruins).
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Chinese text of the Mawangdui medical manuscripts found in is the earliest surviving anatomical description of the human body. “We have demonstrated that the 300–200 BCE Mawangdui medical texts represent the oldest surviving anatomical atlas in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During the excavation and restoration work at Ekşi Höyük, Denizli in Western Anatolia, archaeologists have discovered 8,600-year-old bone needles and round stones for spinning thread. These ancient textile tools are almost twice as old as
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For years, the former Roman auxiliary fort, located just south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, has yielded a number of rare finds associated with the site and to the former Roman empire. The fort
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Two battle axes used in hand-to-hand fighting at the Battle of Grunwald over 600 years ago have been found by detectorists during a sweep of the famous battle site in northern Poland. The Battle of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Bethsaida is frequently mentioned in the Gospel, and archaeologists have long tried to locate this Biblical place. It was not really a city, but more like a village or small town. The Biblical story dealing
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Throughout Antiquity, this city was relatively unimportant but later, it was extensively rebuilt under the Seleucids, an ancient empire that at its greatest extent stretched from Thrace in Europe to the border of India. Archaeologists
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – German-Italian research project investigates different cutting tools from the Sesselfelsgrotte cave in Lower Bavaria. Now they know that Neanderthals had to develop more complex tools during the climate change that occurred before their disappearance. The
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A month ago, beautiful mosaics were discovered in the remains of a 1,300-year-old located in the village of Kfar Kama in the Lower Galilee. Mosaic floor of the ancient church in the village of Kfar
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Some 424 solid gold coins dating from 1,100 years ago were found during an archaeological dig in central Israel. The coins – an impressive and rare hoard buried in a clay jar and dated to the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Knowledge of acoustics was not uncommon among ancient people. Many ancient cultures used and modified architecture for acoustic purposes. The musical sound of stones was important when ceremonies and rituals were performed. Stonehenge, the famous
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Keezhadi (or Keeladi) is today an important archaeological site, located on the banks of the Vaigai River near the southern tip of India. Once in the past, Keezhadi, was an urban settlement of Sangam Age
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The tomb and golden jewels of the Bronze Age “Carian Princess,” were unearthed during 1989 excavations of an ancient necropolis, located in the vicinity of the city of Halicarnassus, an ancient Greek city at what
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Looking for traces of the Vikings in Istanbul, archaeologists unearthed a Viking settlement in the ancient city of Bathonea near Lake Küçükçekmece, officials told daily Milliyet. Bathonea was an ancient harbor town with many prehistoric
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During the Viking Age—probably sometime in the 800s-900s—a man died in the village we call Vinjeøra today, south of Trøndelag county. He was buried with a full set of weapons: ax, spear, shield and sword.
