Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – “The loss of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia in 1629 on the Houtman Abrolhos off the west coast of Australia and subsequent mutiny is one of the most dramatic events in the history of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An old city of Stratonikeia Stratonicea) has rich historical records going back 3,000 years. The council building at the ancient city of Stratonicea, in Mugla, Türkiye, May 6, 2023. Image credit: AA Photo – via
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Even without body parts that allowed for movement, new research shows—for the first time—that some of Earth’s earliest animals managed to be picky about where they lived. Life restoration of Obamus coronatus, a tiny, toroidally
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have used mitochondrial DNA to trace a female lineage from northern coastal China to the Americas. By integrating contemporary and ancient mitochondrial DNA, the team found evidence of at least two migrations: one during
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Since autumn 2021, archaeologists of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe (LWL) have been excavating the area of the former Roman shore fort on the Lippe in Haltern am See. The ground marks show that two
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Last year, scientists reported sonar images revealed an intriguing shipwreck at the bottom of Lake Mjøsa in Norway. New video footage has caught a glimpse of the interesting shipwreck for the first time, and researchers have
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists at Flinders University have used sub-surface imaging and aerial surveys to see through floodplains in the Red Lily Lagoon area of West Arnhem Land in Northern Australia. These ground-breaking methods showed how this important
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Evidence from West Africa about human evolution remains scarce, but recent research has indicated unique patterns of cultural change in comparison to other regions of the continent. A core from the Middle Stone Age stone
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The first modern humans spread across Europe in three waves during the Paleolithic, according to a new study. The archaeological record of Paleolithic Europe leaves many open questions regarding the nature of the arrival of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Artifacts made of stone, bones or teeth provide important insights into the subsistence strategies of early humans, their behavior and culture. However, until now it has been difficult to attribute these artifacts to specific individuals,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com -Archaeologists have discovered one of the oldest Cyrillic inscriptions from the time of King Simeon the Great This important discovery was made in the “Balak Dere” fortress near the Ivaylovgrad village of Huhla (Khuhla), Bulgaria, dated
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An impressive discovery of the 2,000-year-old tomb with human remains that belong to a Roman physician, aged between 50 and 60 years, with no signs of disease or trauma, was made by archaeologists from ELTE
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In 2015, Gkuthaarn and Kukatj community members of Queensland’s Gulf Country invited us to excavate, analyze, and rebury the skeletal remains of eight young Indigenous people who died near the town of Normanton in the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Three new Roman fortified camps have been identified across northern Arabia by a remote sensing survey by the University of Oxford’s School of Archaeology. Oblique view of the western camp from the south-west. Possible rectilinear
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Persistent burial practices over many centuries challenge simplistic assumptions about ancient culture. View across Boquerón Bay, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, with the Ortiz site in the distance. Image credit: William J. Pestle, CC-BY 4.0 The
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Commercial production of luxury “Gaza wine” was long assumed to be the economic basis of Late Antique settlement in the Negev Desert. Scientists have long studied the subject. View of Ein Avdat in the Zin Valley
