Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The mystery surrounding the location of Alexander the Great’s tomb continues, but scientists have made significant progress by identifying his family’s burials at Vergina in northern Greece. They confirmed that the human skeletons found in
AncientPages.com – Twelve skeletons have been found in a large, 2,000-year-old tomb directly in front of the Khazneh (“Treasury”) in the city of Petra in Jordan. Alongside them, excavators have discovered grave goods made of pottery, bronze, iron and ceramics. There
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Europe has a long history of wars, and sometimes it’s unclear why the battles were fought. Archaeologists have uncovered a significant number of artifacts indicating that Europe’s oldest known battle occurred approximately 3,000 years ago
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A recent collaborative study involving archaeological groups from the Andes region of South America compellingly demonstrates that being part of a centrally organized state society is just one piece of the puzzle. A compositioin of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – During archaeological excavations in the Danube plain near Riedlingen, Germany, a burial chamber from the early Celtic period was uncovered. This chamber is centrally located within a substantial burial mound, measuring 65 meters in diameter
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Under the serpent emblem, known as “kaan” in the Mayan language, the Kaanu’l dynasty governed a dominant state with significant political influence across much of the Classic Maya Lowlands from 520 to 751 A.D. Credit: Gibrán
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The first-ever use of cutting-edge drone-based lidar in Central Asia allowed archaeologists to capture stunning details of two newly documented trade cities high in the mountains of Uzbekistan. Composite lidar view of Tugunbulak. Image credit: SAIElab/J.Berner/M.Frachetti
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Roman-era temple of Esna, located 60 kilometers south of Luxor in Egypt, is currently undergoing significant restoration as part of a collaborative project between Egyptian and German teams. The cartouches of Ptolemy VI on
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – LIDAR technology continues to prove its value in revealing what lies beneath dense vegetation. Recently, archaeologists have increasingly turned to LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) to locate ancient structures that are not easily visible from
AncientPages.com – The prevailing narrative of how humanity came about seemed straightforward enough: in Europe, the last Neanderthals bowed out as Homo sapiens began arriving on the continent around 40,000 to 45,000 years ago. Neanderthals were thought to be part of a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scattered throughout the Namib Desert is a significant collection of stone tools, largely unrecognized due to challenging access conditions. The region has scarce roads and restricted vehicular entry within this protected area of western Namibia’s desert.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An extraordinary archaeological discovery in southern Serbia offers valuable insights into the early history of settlement in Europe. In Svinjarička Čuka, researchers have uncovered an 8,000-year-old house that provides crucial evidence about the development of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – During an excavation in the small village of Tvååker in Halland County, Sweden, archaeologists made a significant discovery: a large Viking Age burial site! They uncovered 139 graves containing human and animal bones, costume jewelry,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia and the University of Münster have made a groundbreaking discovery of a previously unknown early Christian church in the ancient city of Artaxata. Armenian-German archaeologists working at
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A significant archaeological discovery has been made in the renowned lost city of Petra, Jordan. Researchers have uncovered a rare, ancient underground tomb that could provide new insights into the Nabatean Kingdom. This remarkable find was
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A joint research group led by Jonghyun Kim and Jun Ohashi of the University of Tokyo has demonstrated that the majority of immigration to the Japanese Archipelago in the Yayoi and Kofun periods (between 3000
