Scripts, Paintings & Inscriptions Archive

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The five-meter-tall and solitary stone structure atop a hill near Kars, Turkey, has long caught people's attention. However, not for what is known

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Mongolian collection at the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin houses a distinctive Gungervaa shrine. Inside this shrine, researchers discovered three

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Joseph Mallord William Turner RA, commonly referred to as J. M. W. Turner or William Turner during his time, was an influential English

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Vitruvian Man is a renowned drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, created around 1490. The writings of Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect, inspired this

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - After months of examination, two University of Colorado Boulder scholars deciphered significant new fragments of works by Greek tragedian Euripides. In November 2022, Basem

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The discovery of the papyrus fragment P.Hamb.Graec. 1011 at the Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky State and University Library is a significant milestone in

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Preserving ancient documents from biodegradation has been a challenging task, but scientists have discovered that the Wasabi plant can protect papyrus from fungi

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com -  Most have heard of the great English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), but his sister Joan is much less known, but this

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A remarkable discovery was made using a metal detector during an archaeological expedition in Vilnius castle in Lithuania. The archaeologists unearthed a rectangular

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The creation of the decimal point was a game-changer. It paved the way for the decimal system, revolutionizing calculations across various fields. This

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A group of academic researchers from the University of Würzburg dedicated five years to examining "magical" texts from ancient Egypt. Their efforts have culminated

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A special find has been made in the Alkmaar Regional Archive: A number of 17th-century book bindings contained pieces of parchment from a

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A fiend, which has lurked unseen in a painting by Joshua Reynolds, has emerged following conservation work by the National Trust. The devil-like

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - After almost 2,000 years, the first full word from the Herculaneum scroll has been deciphered by a 21-year-old computer science student at the

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com -  Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa is an eternal masterpiece that has now given up a secret. Using X-rays and infrared spectroscopy to

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Translating ancient texts, filling in missing parts of clay tablets: articles are often popping up about the possibilities offered by artificial intelligence for

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A never-before seen manuscript by Scottish-based artisan Esther Inglis, dating back to the early 1600s, was unveiled at The University of St Andrews

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Kushan Empire in Central Asia was one of the most influential states of the ancient world. A research team at the University

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Worn as a note in an amulet around the neck, deposited in a grave, or found as a manual in a scholar's library:

Jan Bartek - AncienyPages.com - Measuring just 6 centimeters wide and 8 centimeters long, the magnitude and exceptionality of the discovery has left the European archaeological community flabbergasted.

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An unprecedented record of medieval live comedy performance has been identified in a 15th-century manuscript. Raucous texts—mocking kings, priests and peasants; encouraging audiences