A marble block, considered the “water law” from 1,900 years ago, has been unearthed in the ancient city of Laodicea in the western province of Denizli and shows that the use of water in the city was managed by law
Glass-making furnaces dating back to the Roman Egypt period (30B.C.-395A.D.,) have been unearthed in Egypt’s Delta archaeological site of Tell Mutubis, the Antiquities Ministry stated Friday. The discovery was made during a magnetic gradient survey carried out by a joint
Ongoing excavations at a site in the southern Peloponnese are offering rare insight into the ancient past of Laconia, about which very little physical evidence exists, the state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency cited the Culture Ministry as saying on Tuesday. Covering
AncientPages.com – At one time, the 7,000-year-old Misis (Mopsuestia), located in the southern province of Adana,was known as the immortal city and had up to 100,000 inhabitants; now has a population of just a few thousand and it is not
The surviving recorded graffiti written on the walls of a cave in central Asia may tell a 500-year-old story of climate change. Scientists have found unique writings on the walls of a cave in central China, which describes the effects
AncientPages.com – When a farmer ploughing an Aberdeenshire field in 1978 uncovered a six-foot high Pictish stone carved with a distinctive figure carrying an axe, it quickly earned the name the ‘Rhynie Man’, coined from the village in which it
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists identified three archaeological sites in Llagaden community, Magdalena, Cajamarca, Peru. They also found archaeological evidence in the form of pottery remains, which date back to 2,000 years ago. The pottery could be linked to ancient Pre-Incan Cajamarca
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Keezhadi, a small hamlet in Sivaganga district, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is a special place, where an important part of Tamil history is being unearthed now by the Archaeological Survey of
Archaeologists of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) have discovered a one line inscription of as yet unknown Georgian writing, dating back 2700 years on the altar pedestal of the 7th century BC temple dedicated to a fertility goddess at
Farming started in Denmark and southern Sweden about 6,000 years ago, and early farmers were far more advanced than previously thought. Until now, most researchers believed that early farming was primitive but according to a new study, settlers from more
German researchers have discovered signs of what may be the earliest known case of leukemia on a 7,000 year old skeleton. The victim of the disease was a female individual who appears to have been in her 30’s when she
A large wooden chamber tomb has been brought to light by archaeologists during excavations near the Opatowska Gate in Sandomierz, Poland. Around the tomb archaeologists discovered pottery sherds and traces of fire, evidence of funeral rituals, as Dr. Marek Florek from the
A 3.2 wide, double-faced wall was revealed during the systematic excavation and extended clearance work in the framework of the five-year-old programme “Ancient Feneos”, conducted by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Corinth and the Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens and completed
During excavations at Mexico City’s Templo Mayor Aztec ruin site, archaeologists have discovered a massive tzompantli, or trophy skull rack of sacrificed human skulls. It was built between 1485 and 1502. ‘Racks known as “tzompantli” were where the Aztecs displayed
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A series of murals recently discovered in Shimao Ruins indicate that the basic production process and rendering techniques used to make Chinese murals might be more than 4,000 years old. Shimao ruins, Shaanxi Province. Photo credit:
AncientPages.com – The Natufians, who existed 15,000 – 11,500 years ago, represented a fascinating ancient culture. These people lived in there region known as the Levant (modern Palestine, Israel, Syria and Jordan). Earlier, the Natufians, roaming hunter gatherers, known as the
