AncientPage.com – We posses plenty of information about the Vikings, but our knowledge of the first Scandinavians is still limited. Who were the first Scandinavians? Where did they come from and how did they get to the cold countries in Northern
AncientPages.com – Excavations near Old Deer have unearthed a hearth and a thick layer of charcoal, with carbon testing dating the objects to between 1147 and 1260, which chimes with the later monastic period. The discovery of a layer of stone
AncientPages.com – Several Greco-Roman tombs, including a tombstone, have been uncovered at the Al-Abd archaeological site, in the eastern cemetery of the ancient city of Alexandria, Egypt. Hellenistic tombs contain a collection of lamps and offerings vessels decorated with scenes of
AncientPages.com – Ancient musical instruments made of the splintered ribs of cows or horses and known as the Jew’s harps were discovered at archaeological sites Chultukov Log 9 and Cheremshanka in Altai Republic, located at the Altai Mountains. Altai Mountains are
A. Sutherland- AncientPages.com – A fascinating ancient rock carving in India depicts two very bright objects visible in the sky. When scientists examined the carving they soon understood our ancestors witnessed something extraordinary in the skies 5,000-years ago. What were
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient Metroplis and its treasures has been brought to the light of day thanks to the continuous excavations in the ancient city of Metropolis in Torbali district, about 40 km southeast of İzmir, Turkey that
AncientPages.com – As many as 16 tiny but very interesting scraps of paper have been discovered during conservation work on artifacts recovered from the wreckage of ‘Queen Anne’s Revenge’ — the flagship of the famous pirate Blackbeard. The Salisbury Post writes that
AncientPages.com – An ingenious irrigation system that allowed ancient Chinese farmers to raise livestock and cultivate crops in one of the world’s driest desert regions of China, has been located by scientists using satellites imaging and drone reconnaissance. This lost for
AncientPages.com – An ancient wooden board game discovered in the 1,600-year-old tomb of a Germanic prince, is a unique archaeological treasure. According to experts the board game is a unique artifact that has no parallel in Slovakia and Europe as well.
AncientPages.com – The Canterbury Roll is a magnificent and unique ancient manuscript that traces the history of England from its mythical origins until the Wars of the Roses. A section of the Canterbury Roll. University of Canterbury Being in the
AncientPages.com – While excavating a stone sanctuary in a pond on the side of a volcano east of Mexico City, archaeologists discovered what appears to be a 1,000-year-old mini model of the Universe. According to researchers, the remnants of the stone
AncientPages.com – Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed remains of mud-brick walls and several artefacts, probably dated to different periods of the ancient Egyptian era. Additionally, four furnaces (664-332 BC) have been revealed, during excavation work carried out in Tel Al-Pharaeen archeological site
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An 11,500-year-old skeleton discovered in Alaska raises new questions about who inhabited North America in the distant past. Examination of the skeleton shows North America was settled by previously unknown people who lived there, creating
AncientPages.com – For more than 18 years, an ancient site of the city of Hippos-Sussita, located at the top of a diamond-shaped mountain 1,000 feet above the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee, has been continuously excavated by archaeologists led
AncientPages.com – A 4,000-year-old circular, wooden henge have been discovered at the Little Catwick Quarry, situated near the North Sea coast. Archaeologists have been excavating the traces of the henge for the last three months, believe the structure could be the
AncientPages.com – Huge jars (in Greek, called ‘pithoi’) were large storage containers, widely used among the civilizations that inhabited the regions of the Mediterranean Sea in the Neolithic, the Bronze Age and the succeeding Iron Age. One such very large jar
