AncientPages.com – There was no reason to think the mummified remains were anything but a bird. It was listed in Maidstone Museum’s inventory as EA 493 Mummified Hawk, Ptolemaic Period and stored with the animal mummies. A hawk face is gilt-painted on the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have identified three new genes that may explain why humans got such big brains. The evolution of larger brains in the last 3 million years played an important role in our ability as a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Starting about 7,000 years ago, something weird seems to have happened to men: Over the next two millennia, recent studies suggest, their genetic diversity –specifically, the diversity of their Y chromosomes – collapsed. So extreme
AncientPages.com – An intact mummy in especially good condition has been unearthed by a team of researchers from the Université libre de Bruxelles’s centre for archaeological research (CReA-Patrimoine), excavating an ancient Pachacamac site, Peru. ‘The deceased is still wrapped in the enormous
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating near the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, have discovered three extremely rare and tiny Biblical coins. The silver coins dating from the 4th century B.C. are only 7 millimeters wide and could easily have been missed by scientists working
AncientPages.com – The AFP reports that researchers Ricardo Fujita and Jose Sandoval of Lima’s University of San Martin de Porresit have been able to successfully trace the DNA of the Incan emperors to their modern-day descendants. The DNA study was inspired by
AncientPages.com – Egypt Today reports that an Egyptian archaeological team led by Saeed El-Asal of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has unearthed parts of a huge red brick building, dating back to the Greco-Roman era. The building, which is probably part
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists, geographers, historians and volunteers have significantly intensified their search for the 16th century royal dockyards in the vicinity of Clackmannanshire Bridge, a road bridge over the Firth of Forth, Scotland, reports The Falkirk Herald. Researchers say they have
AncientPages.com – Sometimes important clues regarding the rise and fall of ancient European civilizations can be found in strange places. Ice core records from the distant Greenland ice sheet have been used by a team of researchers from the Desert Research
AncientPages.com – There are hundreds of ancient mounds in coastal Louisiana, USA. Why our ancestors picked certain sites to construct their mounds, has been a subject of debate. What was special about these sites and why were they later abandoned? Now,
AncientPages.com – New details from the successful search for the three-century old San José ship, called the “holy grail of shipwrecks,” have been released by WHOI (the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. “We’ve been holding this under wraps out of respect for
AncientPages.com – Every ancient culture had some form of afterlife beliefs and these were reflected in their burial customs. As previously mentioned on Ancient Pages, Sumerians for example, respected death and when life came to an end, they took the burial
AncientPages.com – Cornwall Live reports that 4,000-year-old burnt human remains have been found on a farm in Cornwall in what is believed to be evidence of an unknown ritual dated back to the medieval period. A team of volunteers who investigated
AncientPages.com – Science in Poland reports that the oldest Polish mausoleum in the shape of a pyramid, the Arian Tower in Krynica (Lublin province), was built in the place of the early medieval hill fort from the period of early tribes. Scientists,
AncientPages.com – The Local reports that an alley of two-story houses, with balconies has been unearthed in the ancient city of Pompeii. Italy. “This type of find is a novelty for this area of Pompeii,” a spokesperson for the archaeological site said
AncientPages.com – Pharaoh Hatshepsut, whose name means “Foremost of Noble Ladies” was a unique individual in the ancient history of Egypt. Her skills, efficiency and personality made her one of the most intriguing and successful pharaohs that reigned in Egypt. She
