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. Modified tiger shark teeth found in 7,000-year-old layers of Leang Panninge (top)
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have used declassified spy satellite imagery from the 1960s and 70s to reevaluate one of the first aerial archaeology surveys ever, revealing 396 previously undiscovered Roman forts in what is now Syria and Iraq.
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 for witchcraft across Europe. Witches on broomsticks, featured in The History of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Located on Mount Carmel in northern Israel, the prehistoric Kebara Cave is a tremendous paleoanthropological and archaeological site. Evidence shows that the cave was occupied by humans and animals as far back as 200,000 years
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 drifted away. They can see that by the ‘void’ it left behind:
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – As many as 25,000 statues of ancient Egyptian deities and Ushabti figurines crafted from faience have been revealed to the public for the first time. Credit: Supreme Council of Antiquities As explained earlier on Ancient
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 northern Maya lowlands was a period of major changes, including the development
AncientPages.com – The languages in the Indo-European family are spoken by almost half of the world’s population. This group includes a huge number of languages, ranging from English and Spanish to Russian, Kurdish and Persian. Family tree of Indo-European languages
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, probably held in captivity in Egypt, were mummified as votive offerings after
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Vindelev gold treasure is of great historical importance. Discovered in a field in Jelling, Denmark, the remarkable treasure has re-written ancient history. When scientists studied the beautiful artifacts that are part of the treasure,
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 a landscape that appears to have been formed by rivers at least
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – When the Great Heathen Army, also known as the Great Viking Army, crossed the sea in the year 865 A.D., a new chapter was opened in the history of Britain. Suddenly, East Anglia was invaded
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 snakes described in an ancient Egyptian papyrus, suggests more than you might
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A historical shipwreck has been successfully recovered from the seabed off the coast of Misiliscemi in the Trapani area, Sicily. The 11-meter-long Roman commercial transport ship was discovered in July 2020 after a diver reported
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 in Brazil. The rock carvings are not usually visible because they are
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – The fossils of a 170-million-year-old ancient marine reptile from the Age of Dinosaurs have been identified as the oldest-known mega-predatory pliosaur – a group of ocean-dwelling reptiles closely related to the famous long-necked plesiosaurs.
