Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – During the Renaissance great painters like Da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello, and many others produced extraordinary art. Their famous and beautiful paintings are as fascinating as their personality. These artists lived during one of the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – These paintings were not meant to bee seen for a long time. The world has waited 3,000 years to see the hidden ancient Egyptian images that were discovered inside the coffin of an Egyptian mummy.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The great Renaissance man Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 – 1519), had many secrets he was unwilling to share with the world. Modern scientists must work hard to uncover hidden drawings beneath his paintings. Leonardo da Vinci,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists are now able to shed more light on the mysterious orb depicted in Salvator Mundi, a painting created by Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. The painting Salvator Mundi, once time believed to have
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Have we misunderstood the contents of the famous epic poem Beowulf? According to one professor who spent eight years studying the poem, Beowulf is much older than previously thought, and it was not written in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A manuscript translation of Tacitus’s Annales, completed in the late sixteenth century and preserved at Lambeth Palace Library, was done by Queen Elizabeth I, according to a recent article in the Review of English Studies.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have discovered Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting Virgin of the Rocks contains some surprises. Using a technique called infrared reflectography (IRR) researchers found a hidden drawing beneath the painting. The Virgin of the Rocks,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – “Beowulf,” a famous epic poem about a Danish hero’s quest to kill Grendel was long debated by scholars. “Beowulf” represents a very complex example of Old English literature. Did one single author write it or was
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The first Cherokee inscriptions in Manitou Cave, Alabama, have been recorded and interpreted by researchers. Nestled in a forested hillside, Manitou Cave is a hidden treasure with a rich history. Beside Great Spirit Mountain, there is a
AncientPages.com – BreakingIsraelNews reports that the oldest – 2,000-year-old Aramaic stone inscription with the full spelling of Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, as it is written in Hebrew today – has been discovered workers during digging works in the vicinity of Binyanei Ha’Uma, the Jerusalem International Convention Center.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Since the 16th century, Basel has been home to a mysterious papyrus. With mirror writing on both sides, it has puzzled generations of researchers. A research team from the University of Basel has now discovered that
AncientPages.com – Hundreds of ancient rock paintings have been discovered in the Swaga Swag reserve in the Kondoa region in central Tanzania. Many of the rock art include depictions of animals, meteors and comets are several thousand years old, according to
AncientPages.com – A stone inscribed with Latin writing and Greek letters as well as Christian symbols – all dating from the 7th century has been excavated at Tintagel Castle, we read on English Heritage website. “The 1300-year-old letters, words and symbols appear
AncientPages.com – A 6th century hidden medical text from a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen, has been found with the help of X-ray technology. The words had been scraped off the parchment manuscript and written over with hymns in the
AncientPages.com – It has long been debated how the great English writer William Shakespeare came up with ideas and unique phrases for his great plays. Did Shakespeare have a source of inspiration? A new study shows Shakespeare was not entirely honest in
Thalia Lightbringer – AncientPages.com – You’ve heard of the da Vinci code, but what about the Michelangelo Code? Did this famous artist encode subversive messages in the work he did for the Church? Does the Sistine Chapel relate something other than the
