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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A research team led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) has identified the most widespread genetic contribution

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The world's oldest human statue has been unearthed in Karahan Tepe, Turkey. The 7.5-foot-tall statue is estimated to be about 11,000 years and

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A massive ancient statue of the Mesopotamian deity Lamassu has been unearthed at the Dur-Sharrukin archaeological site, Khorsabad, in Nineveh, Iraq. The Iraqi

Jan Bartek - AncientPages - During an archaeological survey in Pezinok, a town near Bratislava, Slovakia, scientists unearthed several remarkable objects. The territory is part of an important

AncientPages.com - Excavations on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi have uncovered two unique and deadly artifacts dating back some 7,000 years—tiger shark teeth that were used as blades.

AncientPages.com - About 400 years ago, the European witch hunts were at their peak. Between the 15th and 18th centuries, an estimated 50,000 people, mostly women, were executed

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com - Geologists have long known that around 155 million years ago, a 5000 km long piece of continent broke off western Australia and

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ancient people immigrated to Cancun Island and were treated just like locals, according to a study. The Late Postclassic (AD 1200-1500) in the

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egypt, various deities were portrayed as animals. Thoth, the god of learning and wisdom was represented by a hamadryas baboon. Baboons,

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com - Scientists used satellite data and radio-echo-sounding techniques to map a 32,000 km2 area of land underneath the vast ice sheet. They discovered

AncientPages.com - How much can the written records of ancient civilizations tell us about the animals they lived alongside? Published in Environmental Archaeology, Our latest research, based on the venomous

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Remarkable ancient engravings that have been submerged for a long time are now visible again at a site known as Praia das Lajes

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating at La Draga de Banyoles, an Early Neolithic lakeshore site in Spain, have uncovered well-preserved 7,300-year-old wooden cabins. The ancient structures

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It's a familiar story to many of us: In prehistoric times, men were hunters and women were gatherers. Women were not physically capable