AncientPages.com – The well-preserved shipwrecks discovered at Yenikapı in Istanbul, Turkey are an important new source of information on the maritime commerce of Constantinople and the gradual shift from shell-based to skeleton-based shipbuilding in the Mediterranean during the second half of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A nearly millennium-old gilded Bible has been seized, during a police operation in the northern province of Tokat, Turkey. Also, ten people were taken into custody as part of the operation. A total of four operations were
AncientPages.com – A 1,200-year-old Viking sword was accidentally found by a hiker traveling the ancient route between western and eastern Norway. The sword was found at Haukeli located about250 km (150 miles) from Oslo, Norway and it will be sent
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists uncovered remains of stairs near the foundations of a grand building where emperors 1,300 years ago performed special rituals in Japan’s old capital Fujiwara-kyo. Researchers said the stairs confirm the long-presumed design of the Daigokuden hall, a
AncientPages.com – One of the major forces, which influenced the rise and fall of agrarian states in Mexico and Peru was climate variability, according to researchers a new study. “We are arguing that the climate information in both areas is
AncientPages.com – Does Celtic art have links into the wider Eurasian world? Now, researchers focus their attention onto the relationship between Celtic art and Iron Age art in the Eurasian steppe. They will be looking at a group of artefacts
AncientPages.com – Two ‘hero stones’ believed to be from the 13th century have been discovered by faculty members of the Department of Tamil, Sacred Heart College in Tirupattur, one of the oldest towns in Tamil Nadu, located in Vellore District,
AncientPages.com – The Battle of the Rhyndacus was fought on 15 October 1211 between the forces of two of the main successor states of the Byzantine Empire, the Latin Empire and the Byzantine Greek Empire of Nicaea, established following the
AncientPages.com – A discovery of human teeth in southern China has shaken the facts on the spread of modern humans, as it places Homo sapiens in Asia much earlier than previously thought. So far scientific evidence indicated that humans moved
AncientPages.com – In the history of Indian spirituality the most important scriptural sources are Vaishnava sacred texts – The Mahabharata (including Bhagavad-gita), The Ramayana, and the The Srimad Bhagavatam. There are several ancient, time-tested linages of Vaishnava saints that focus
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from Moesgaard Museum have discovered an unusually complete and well-preserved Iron Age find near Skødstrup just north of Aarhus. Several bogs containing sacrificial offerings have been found in the area, including the remains of one human and eight dogs
AncientPages.com – Evidence from settlement where Stonehenge builders lived suggests well-organised community feasting. Milk, yoghurt and cheeses could have been seen as “exclusive” foods or eaten predominantly in public ceremonies around the time Stonehenge was built, according to archaeologists using
AncientPages.com – Chester stash could have been savings hidden as 17th century battles loomed A Civil War stash and a previously unseen hoard of 23 thin Roman 4th century silver coins, purposely buried sometime after 383, have gone on show
AncientPages.com – At dawn on Friday, October 13, 1307, French king Philip IV the Fair ordered the mass arrest of Knights Templar in the Kingdom of France. Even the Grand Master of the order, the famed Jacqes de Molay, was
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists begin to uncover secrets of a Viking Age circular fortress discovered a year ago. It’s the first Viking Age fortress found in Denmark for the last 60 years and is considered an important archaeological discovery. Although, there
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the University of Reading have found a set of 12,000-year-old tools made by the Ahrensburgian culture, which flourished in mainland Europe towards the end of the last Ice Age. The tools – unearthed on the coastline of
