Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a Fifth Dynasty dignitary named Khuwy during an excavation and documentation survey carried out in south Saqqara, and the name of the queen identified as Setibhor to whom a

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An impressive statue of Trajan, one of the greatest Roman emperors, dating back to 113 AD has been unearthed in the ancient city of Laodicea, in western Anatolia, Turkey. Laodicea was a major hub of Christianity,

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Recently, archaeologists in Pompeii discovered yet another 2,000-year-old well-preserved frescoed fast food counter used by the Romans. In our earlier article on AncientPages we described ‘Thermopolium ‘, an ancient Roman restaurant (fast food counter) that offered warm

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A ship dating back some 3,600 years has been found off Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. The shipwreck, found by the Akdeniz University (AU) Underwater Research Center teams, is reported to be oldest in the world. “This discovery is the Göbeklitepe of

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Theologians, historians, scientists and ordinary people have always speculated about who the Anti-Christ is or will be. Now, an ancient history professor claims she has unraveled the identity of Anti-Christ and the meaning of number

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 3,000-year-old silver goblet has been discovered  during excavation work carried out in the Ardabil province of northwestern Iran. The ancient artifact may have belonged to the Mannaean kingdom that ruled the region between 850 and

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A rare bulla (seal impression) and a 2,600-year-old stamp bearing Hebrew names were uncovered in the City of David inside a public building that was destroyed during the destruction of the First Temple. The discovery was

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new temple palace belonging to the 19th Dynasty king  has been discovered in Abydos, Sohag reports Ahram Online. The discovery was made during excavations carried out in pharaoh Ramesses II’s temple by a team of

Conny Waters  – AncientPages.com Staff Writer – An artifact in form of a gunmetal disc excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship, was identified as a mariner’s astrolabe. It is the earliest known example of this kind of device,

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The analyses of the study of ancient DNA from the Iberian Peninsula suggest Iberian male lineages were almost completely replaced, between 4,500 and 4,000 years ago, by newcomers originating on the Russian steppe. Skeletons of a

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the University of Kerala in Kutch, Gujarat state in western India excavated a number of skeletal remains from a cemetery-like burial site dated to the early phase of the Harappan civilization from 3300 BC

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An anthropoid gilded coffin of Nedjemankh, priest of the ram-god Heryshef, previously smuggled out of the country, has been finally recovered by the Antiquities Repatriation Department at Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities. The coffin is carved in

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Very ancient tradition says that Talos, known as the most famous prehistoric robot constructed in Greece, was a gigantic mechanical device, used mainly to guard Crete. Talos was a giant bronze man built by Hephaestus, the

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The estate, discovered in a major Israel Antiquities Authority excavation ahead of new neighborhood construction initiated by the Israel Lands Authority, contains a rare inscription, adding to the evidence of once-extensive Samaritan settlement in the area. “Only God