Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating near Buckingham, UK, have found an interesting Mesolithic stone mace head. Mesolithic hunter-gather activity is believed to have focussed on resource-rich areas such as woodland and alongside watercourses, with recorded sites generally situated
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Gokstad ship was accidentally discovered by two curious young boys who began to dig into the mound to see if they could find anything interesting. What they found caused a sensation in Norway. Onboard
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly recorded some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions. An international team of researchers, led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), drew on readings of 12th and 13th century
AncientPages.com – Humans are an interesting mixture of altruism and competition. We work together well at times and at others we will fight to get our own way. To try to explain these conflicting tendencies, researchers have turned to the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An analysis of strands of human hair from a burial site in Menorca, Spain, indicates that ancient human civilizations used hallucinogenic drugs derived from plants, reports a new paper published in Scientific Reports. These findings are
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – New scientific research has revealed a piece of tartan found in a peat bog in Glen Affric around forty years ago can be dated to circa 1500-1600 AD, making it the oldest known surviving specimen
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The renowned Benin Bronzes are composed of metal sourced from Germany, according to a new study. The Benin Bronzes collectively refers to thousands of African artworks in the form of heads, plaques, figurines, and other
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A spectacular gold coin was discovered by a metal detectorist near Morston, Norfolk, in April 2021. It has been declared treasure by a coroner. According to Professor of Early Medieval English History at Cambridge University,
AncientPages.com – Religion is a human universal. For thousands of years, humans have held religious beliefs and participated in religious rituals. Throughout history, every human society has featured some kind of supernatural or religious belief. The story of Cain slaying
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Swiss scientists are reconstructing the climate of the ancient world using small wooden artifacts hung on mummified remains. Throughout history, the Earth’s climate has undergone natural fluctuations. Although insignificant compared with the current crisis, these fluctuations would
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Fairy circles – barren patches which make polka-dot patterns in dry and desert areas – were first described by scientists in Namibia in the 1970s, sparking global debate about the phenomenon. A paper published in Nature
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study of great importance sheds vivid light on pioneering female migrants who made their way to Orkney during the Bronze Age revolutionary investigation. Paired buildings at Noltland. Credit: EASE Archaeology via the Antiquity
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists investigating Exeter Cathedral’s historic Cloister Garden have uncovered clues to its Roman past. The archaeological investigation is part of the cathedral’s project to build a new Cloister Gallery, replacing medieval cloisters which were demolished in 1656.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – When the human remains found on board the Swedish warship Vasa were investigated, it was initially determined that the skeleton designated “G” was a man. New research now shows that the skeleton is actually from
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In a new study published in Hebrew University’s Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology, Dr. Daniel Vainstub deciphered a partially preserved inscription that was found on the neck of a large jar dated back to the time of
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Scientists used a new technique that examines temperature records stored in bacteria to better understand the environmental conditions that may have led to the earliest human migrations into the Americas. Scientists often look to the
