AncientPages.com – About 13,500 years after nomadic Clovis hunters crossed the frozen land bridge from Asia to North America. It was very long time ago but researchers are still focused on the subject to find clues as to how they not
AncientPages.com – The oldest aqueduct in Rome has been discovered during constructions works in the center of the city. The aqueduct dates back to the 3rd century BC and its unearthed section is of 32 meters long. Additionally, archaeologists also found
AncientPages.com – History books say that barbarian tribes of Huns, under their violent and cruel leader Attila, triggered the fall of one of history’s greatest empires: Rome. However, a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Cambridge brings some important results that
AncientPages.com – Queens College of the University of New York has received a gift in form of 85 beautiful Coptic textiles that will be part of the Godwin-Ternbach Museum. The textiles that date back from the 3rd to 7th century Egypt are decorated with
AncientPages.com – Several chamber-graves have been unearthed in the hamlet of Hørning near Skanderborg in Jutland, Denmark. “The artefacts that we’ve already found are exquisite gilded fittings from a horse bridle. This type of bridle would only be available to the
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists continue to analyze the old remains of the Danish medieval warship “Gribshunden” (Griffin-Hound), discovered at the bottom of the sea off the Swedish coast. In 2016, a group of divers transported parts of the ship, including the colorful figurehead, back
AncientPages.com – The remains of a 13th Dynasty pyramid have been unearthed by an Egyptian archaeological mission excavating in an area to the north of King Snefru’s Bent Pyramid in the Dahshur Necropolis. According to experts, a portion of the pyramid’s internal
AncientPages.com – On May 3, 752, Bird Jaguar IV (also called Yaxun B’alam IV) was a Mayan king from Yaxchilan (modern-day Chiapas), located on the banks of the river Usumacinta, in the west east of Mexico. Since 1882 there have been important
AncientPages.com – In the ancient city of Lyrboton Kome in Antalya, Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest olive oil press. However, the most interesting in this discovery is that many of the olive oil facilities and the town itself was founded by a
AncientPages.com – During diggings at ancient site of Tiel in Gelderland,i n the central eastern part of the Netherlands, archaeologists have discovered valuable Roman treasures, including a statue of the god Jupiter, a grave stone inscribed “DEAE” (to the goddess), 2,500 bronze
AncientPages.com – Charlemagne was born on April 2, 742, in Northern Europe. He was also known as Charles the Great (in English), Karl der Grosse (in German), and Carolus Magnus (in Latin). In the Cathedral of Moulins, France, end of the 15th century.
AncientPages.com – On April 1, 1826, American Samuel Morey patented his “Gas or Vapor Engine” — the first internal combustion engine patent in the United States. Morey was the son of a Revolutionary War officer interested in mechanical things. Morey secured several conventional
AncientPages.com – The vessel, which is believed to be the ceremonial boat of Pharaoh Cheops, known for building the largest of Egypt’s pyramids, will be restored by the largest on-site antiquities laboratory. The project, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency
AncientPages.com – A team of archaeologists from the Archaeological Survey of India, discovered about 25 caves located in the north-west of the forest, on the outskirts of Odisha’s capital. The caves were inhabited by humans approximately 4,000 years ago. During a
AncientPages.com – During the Second Jewish Revolt against Rome (132-135 CE), Jewish rebels used hiding places from the Romans in caves and underground complexes throughout Judea. One of such places was recently unearthed at a 2,000-year-old Jewish settlement in the neighborhood of Ramat Bet
AncientPages.com – Giant ancient palace unearthed in Mexico was the ruler’s home and the seat of government. Archaeologists say it is the oldest ever palace excavated in Mexico’s Valley of Oaxaca. “Recently completed excavations at the site of El Palenque in Mexico’s
