Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A previously unknown Crusades-era bird pendant found in Lappajärvi in the 1960s is now in the collection of the Finnish Heritage Agency. The late Iron Age pendant was initially found in a cow pasture in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A scientist has conducted a spatial analysis of the faunal remains and lithic tools for the Neanderthal occupation of level F at the Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter site (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid), which is about 76,000
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A metal detector has found an ancient Roman fragment made of silver in Norfolk. The piece was obviously part of something, but what exactly? Is it part of an ancient Roman inscription or some unknown
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ludwig van Beethoven’s genome has been sequenced for the first time by an international team of scientists using five genetically matching locks of the well-known composer’s hair. Painting of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Joseph Karl
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient mosaic floor adorned with colorful floral designs has been re-uncovered after 40 years, along the Israel National Trail. The mosaic floor of an ancient church was first discovered in the 1980s but was
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A unique 1,000-year-old medieval golden treasure was unearthed by a Dutch historian, who stumbled upon it while using a metal detector. Part of the 1000-year-old medieval treasure discovered in Hoogwoud, Netherlands, consisting of jewellery and silver
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com- When early Stone Age farmers first moved into Europe from the Near East about 8,000 years ago, they met and began mixing with the existing hunter-gatherer populations. Now genome-wide studies of hundreds of ancient genomes from
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Tomb and urn images shed light on the intricacies of Etruscan and Roman civilization at least 2,000 years ago, reviving it for modern times. A 2,500-year-old Etruscan tomb in the Italian city of Tarquinia has
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Stonehenge is an astonishingly complex monument, which attracts attention mostly for its spectacular megalithic circle and “horseshoe,” built around 2600 B.C. Over the years, several theories have been put forward about Stonehenge’s meaning and function.
Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com – The discovery was completely unexpected. The crew on board the Norwegian research ship G.O. Sars sent an unmanned remotely operated underwater vehicle – an ROV – with a camera down to the seabed in the middle
AncientPages.com – The knowledge and control of bronze gave some people who lived between 2200 BC and 700 BC enormous wealth and power. Their lives and deeds were immortalized by their burial mounds, known as barrows and cairns, which still
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Chemical and isotopic analysis of copper artifacts from southern Africa reveals new cultural connections among people living in the region between the 5th and 20th centuries according to a University of Missouri researcher and colleagues.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – One can imagine losing a wallet, suitcase, shoe, or even some clothes, but how can an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus end up abandoned on the street in London, UK? The baffling incident occurred late in the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It had been thought to date that the species Homo sapiens has disproportionately large temporal lobes compared to other anthropoid primates, the group including anthropomorphic monkeys and apes. A new study, one of whose authors
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – As the excavations at Pañamarca continue, archaeologists report many fascinating discoveries that help shed more light on the ancient history of Peru. Of special interest are several ancient murals depicting mysterious two-faced beings and supernatural
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Ashaninka are the most numerous Indigenous people living in the rainforests of Peru and Brazil where they inhabit a crucial area between the Andes and sources of the Amazon River. And yet, despite the
