Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – To avoid persecution and hide valuable treasures the Knights Templar often used secrets passages and chambers where they met. Archaeologists have now discovered secret tunnels built by the Knights Templar 800 years ago to move
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Akkadian Empire reached its political peak between the 2400 BC and 2200 BC, following the conquests by its founder Sargon of Akkad. A catastrophic drought also occurred around this time (more exactly around 2000
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Will we ever learn the truth about the mysterious three-fingered mummies with elongated skulls discovered at Nazca in Peru? These ancient mummies have captivated the world for a long time, but we still don’t know
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Bayeux Tapestry is an exceptional example of Romanesque art depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 by William, Duke of Normandy, the historical event that culminated in the famous Battle of Hastings (Oct.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An impressive discovery in the form of an intact grave of a Scythian warrior has been reported from the excavation site at Mount Mamai burial grounds in Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Akinakes is a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Early Celts from the Heuneburg settlement may have enjoyed Mediterranean wine well before they began importing Mediterranean drinking vessels–and this special drink may have been available to all in the community, according to a study.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient Byzantine-era church, complete with a floor mosaic and Green inscriptions, was recently unearthed in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel. About 1,500 years ago, this church was dedicated to an unnamed “Glorious Martyr”. The church
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Is it possible that certain cosmic events have shaped human evolution? One of the most puzzling mysteries concerns what caused humans to start to walk upright 4.2 million, and possibly even 6 million years ago.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A spooky, ancient underwater graveyard located thousands of feet below the Black Sea may solve the mystery of the Biblical Great Flood and Noah’s ark. While conducting oceanographic research, using a pair of underwater remote
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India is of great value to anyone interested in Hinduism and ancient history. The age of the Mahabharata has been debated on several occasions
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Havering Hoard consists of more than 450 bronze objects dating between 900 and 800 B.C. These objects are ancient weapons, including axe heads, spearheads, fragments of swords, daggers, knives, and some unusual objects. Credit:
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient walkway most likely used by pilgrims as they made their way to worship at the Temple Mount has been uncovered in the “City of David” in the Jerusalem Walls National Park. Researchers at
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have found a marble slab, dating from the end of the second century CE, during excavations at the Roman Forum site in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv, reports The Sofia Globe. Representing part of an
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered a collection of 31 unusual objects that belonged to a Bronze Age warrior who died on the battlefield about 3,3000 years ago. The artifacts were found at the river Tollense in Northern
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In 1502 A.D., Sultan Bayezid II was seeking a design for a bridge to connect Istanbul with its neighbor city Galata. Leonardo da Vinci, already a well-known artist and inventor, came with an interesting idea, which
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Neanderthals and earlier humans inhabited Stelida, a prehistoric quarry on the northwest coast of Naxos, Greece at least 200,000 years ago – tens of thousands of years earlier than previously believed. Stelida, Naxos was first
