Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Released on the 800th anniversary of the creation of Saint Thomas Becket’s shrine, stunning CGI reconstruction uses new evidence to show how it would have likely appeared. The shrine of Saint Thomas Becket, the most
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – How did the Norman Conquest of 1066 affect everyday people’s lives? Now, a new study sheds light on the subject. Background map source. Archaeologists from Cardiff University and the University of Sheffield have combined the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Living underground has many advantages. Ancient people knew this, and they constructed many remarkable cities that we are investigating today. But sometimes, archaeologists cannot figure out the purpose of these subterranean chambers. Beneath Jerusalem, archaeologists
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In the vicinity of Toruń that is one of the oldest cities in Poland, archaeologists discovered massive 7,000-year-old structures with a rounded or circular plan known as roundels. The roundels consisted of ditches up to
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In a flooded cave of Quintana Roo in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, underwater archaeologists and cave divers have discovered overwhelming evidence of prehistoric mining of ochre. This Dec. 12, 2019 photo released by CINDAQ.ORG, or “Centro Investigador
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeological excavations conducted at the site of the ancient city of Pergamon show that the region is even older than first thought. In the last excavations In the Lower City, archaeologists unearthed a bottle of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An international crime gang that ransacked ancient sites in Bulgaria and trafficked stolen archaeological goods whose total worth exceeds several millions of euros has been broken up as a result of an international police operation
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – New cultural relics have been revealed during the 70-day long excavations that shed new light on the mysterious capital of Medes, which is widely believed to be in Ecbatana, an ancient city on the site
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A double stamp impression on a bulla and a seal made of used pottery shreds discovered in the City of David may indicate that despite the plight of Jerusalem after the destruction of the First
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – After World II there was not much left of Warsaw. The entire city was in ruins and had to be rebuilt. Just like the legendary bird Phoenix, Warsaw rose from its ashes and in time
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The first underwater Aboriginal archaeological sites have been discovered off northwest Australia dating back thousands of years ago when the current seabed was dry land. The discoveries were made through a series of archaeological and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – More than 1,400 years ago, people living in what is now Washington State, were smoking Rhus glabra, a plant commonly known as smooth sumac. Researchers from Washington State University have now identified residue from a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new round of archaeological exploration has been commenced at the enigmatic, west-central Hamedan province with the aim of finding the Seleucid era (312 BC-63 BC) relics. The lost Greek temple belongs to the age
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Never give up if you really think you’re right. That should be the motto of a dedicated American archaeology researcher who has claimed for years there are still undiscovered ancient pyramids hidden beneath the Egyptian
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Jar-burial has a very long tradition and can be traced to various regions across the globe. It is noted to have been practiced as early as 900 BC, and as recent as 15 CE-17th centuries.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – More than ten years ago, large geometric earthworks found in the southwestern parts of the Amazon, called geoglyphs, were reported in the global science news. A pre-colonial civilization unknown to scholars built geometric ceremonial centers
