Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Hyksos, who ruled during the 15th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, were not foreign invaders, but a group who rose to power from within, according to a study. The Hyksos were a foreign dynasty that
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In American history, we learn that the arrival of Spanish explorers led by Hernando de Soto in the 1500s was an important historic moment. This event resulted in the collapse of Indigenous tribes and traditions
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new research largely extended the known timeline of the Aboriginal occupation of South Australia’s Riverland region. source The researchers led by Flinders University in collaboration with the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation (RMMAC)
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Until the 9th century, 200 years after the Arabs took power in Egypt, papyrus scrolls, known from the beginning of the pharaonic state, were used for daily records and administration. Heqanakht Letter I. Middle Kingdom,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The use of horses, their domestication, and spread have been long-debated. Until, now, there was no conclusive evidence that the domesticated horse came to Europe before the second millennium BC. There was also no clear
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of INRAP archaeologists excavates an ancient necropolis located in the vicinity of the early Christian church of Saint-Pierre-l’Estrier, in the municipality of Autun (Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, central-eastern France.) The site contains a large variety
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Now, we can determine the origin of colorless glass from the Roman period, according to researchers from the Aarhus University and the and University of Münster. The Roman glass industry was prolific, producing wares for drinking
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Prehistoric stone structures are usually numerous and well-studied in the Levant, the area bounded by the Taurus Mountains to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, the northern Arabian Desert to the south, and Upper
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The 1,600-year-old Arjai Grottoes – also known as the Baiyanyao grottoes – have been under restoration since August 2018. Out of the 65 grottoes at the site, 43 caves are painted, and 41 have remained
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An object of black magic that dates back to the 1st century AD was discovered in Tongeren, a city located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the southeastern corner of the Flemish region of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study conducted on pottery items uncovered in the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron suggests the cave was used and visited as a pilgrimage site during the First Temple Period, around 2,700 years
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient humans deliberately collected perforated shells in order to string them together like beads, according to a new study. Shells from Qafzeh Cave on which use-wear was studied. Credit: Bar-Yosef Mayer et al, 2020 Shells
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A long-lasting controversy about whether ancient Polynesians and Native Americans had contact – is over. Stanford Medicine researchers and their collaborators have found conclusive scientific evidence of contact between ancient Polynesians and Native Americans from
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient city of Patara on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast fascinates visitors with traces of history and the stories of people who once lived there. It is an ancient city with a long history, and one
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancestor to modern humans had a stockier body shape and a larger lung volume than today’s humans, according to a team of paleoanthropologists. Reconstructed upper body skeleton of the 1.5 million years old Homo
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – He was the founder of the second-largest empire in history stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Carpathian Mountains of Europe. But when he wasn’t marauding across massive swathes of land and leading the Mongols on
