Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A unique rock carving has been found in the Teymareh rock art site (Khomein county) in Central Iran. The site is known to have thousands of pre-historic petroglyphs and among them, researchers have now focused
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 2,000-year-old stela known as Stela 87 was recently found by archaeologists working at the Tak’alik Ab’aj archaeological park in El Asintal, 85 miles (140 kilometers) southwest of the capital. Site of excavation at Tak’alik
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scandal is perhaps not the best word to describe this news, but it’s certainly embarrassing and disappointing. What some suspected for a while has now been confirmed. The Washington, D.C. Museum has confirmed that 16
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A costly 14-year-long restoration project has finally come to an end and the public can now visit the magnificent Djoser Pyramid in Saqqara, Egypt. Unfortunately, many of us will not be able to go and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the ancient city of Prusias ad Hypium in Düzce, which is believed to be the oldest settlement of the western Black Sea region, excavation work has been extended to 12 months and archaeologists are excited to unearth many artifacts every other
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A 4,000-year-old urban settlement has been discovered by a team of researchers from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). The Babhaniyav village where the remnants of the settlement were unearthed is one of the craft villages mentioned
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The long-lost capital of an ancient Maya kingdom in the backyard of a Mexican cattle rancher has been discovered by associate professor of anthropology Charles Golden and his colleagues. Excavations – in collaboration with Brown
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 1,000-year-old bronze coin was accidentally found by a little boy (now four-years-old) in Burglengenfeld in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, in the southeastern part of Germany. A 1000-year-old coin weighs eight grams and is 2.8
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The University of Michigan researcher discovered pieces of jewelry in what is now Lesotho, an enclaved country within the border of South Africa. Ostrich eggshell beads have been used to cement relationships in Africa for more
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The world’s oldest wooden structure was recently unearthed in Eastern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It shows that Neolithic peoples were capable of more sophisticated construction techniques than previously assumed. It is remarkable that the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The ancient stone chest was well camouflaged and not meant to be found by ordinary people. It has remained hidden from public view for 3,500 years, and now Polish archaeologists have announced the discovery of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – During excavations in the basement of the Courtauld Gallery in London, UK, archaeologists were amazed to unearth the remains of a medieval cesspit containing an array of fascinating finds. “The location of the chalk-lined cesspit,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A metal detectorist has discovered a very rare ancient Roman artifact in a Lincolnshire field, UK. Experts say this beautiful and colorful horse brooch has rewritten the understandings of Roman brooches. Jason Price, from Grantham
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The smallest Homo erectus cranium in Africa and diverse stone tools found at Gona, Ethiopia, indicate that human ancestors were more varied, both physically and behaviorally, than previously known. The DAN5 cranium. Image credit: Dr. Michael
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Patara Lighthouse was found during the excavations carried out in Patara Antique city, and the structure is exactly 60 years older than the Tower of Hercules in Corunna, Spain. Built by the Roman Emperor Nero
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Sometimes archaeologists uncover evidence that confirms Biblical accounts, but not always. Ruins of a mysterious ancient temple in Jerusalem speak against certain Biblical stories. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) is currently excavating at the Biblical
