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.
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 are in excellent condition and make it possible to gain knowledge about
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A metal detectorist has made an extraordinary discovery that re-writes the history of ancient Britain. In March this year, after receiving permission from the owner, Lewis Fudge was investigating a field in the Test Valley,
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 of hunting because their anatomy was different from men. And because men
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It’s said that a dog is a man’s best friend, but the wild dingo is much maligned in Australia. This may not always have been the case though, with new research led by experts at
