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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - New ancient DNA analysis has shed light on how the black rat, blamed for spreading Black Death, dispersed across Europe – revealing that
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The huge Neolithic necropolis in Fleury-sur-Orne, Normandy, France is the resting place for a group of selected individuals who were buried in impressively
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered pieces of the 12th century Apsara, or fairy carvings, in the Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeological excavations in Egypt are a continuing success. The Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Jabal Al-Haridi region of Sohag, a city on
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Since 1979, when the first cave art was documented in North America, dozens of other examples have come to light. Among these, the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Underwater archaeologists are exploring an ancient lost Maya city hidden inside a volcanic crater. Hundreds of years ago, in the middle of Lake
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Paleontologists at the San Diego Natural History Museum have discovered a rare and nearly complete fossilized skeleton of an ancient dog species that
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Fossils
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – The first study of leaf fossils conducted in the nation of Brunei on the island of Borneo has revealed that the current
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new Rice University-led analysis of the remains of ancient predators reveals new information about how prehistoric humans did—or didn't—find their food. "Sabertooth
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - INAH researchers have analyzed approximately 150 toothless skulls and other bones unearthed a decade ago in southeastern Mexico’s Comalapa Cave, in the town
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While upgrading water supplies in Andalucia, southern Spain, workers made an unexpected discovery when they came across a well-preserved necropolis of subterranean limestone
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in the UK have made many fascinating discoveries while excavating at a site known as Field 44 near the village of Tempsford
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Myths & Legends
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sirrush (Mushrush, Mushrushu) is a hybrid creature depicted on the Ishtar gate in Babylon. It resembles a dragon or a griffin, and it is the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - First appearing in the early 4th millennium BCE, copper-alloy daggers were widespread in Bronze Age Europe including Britain and Ireland. Yet archaeologists have long
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A historical treasure consisting of 19 cannons suspected to have been shot from British ships during the American Revolution is now being investigated
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The oldest house in North America is located in Ohio. The 12,500-year-old dwelling was used by Paleoindians during the Ice Age. Discovered in
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent study of an ancient silver bowl with Greek-style reliefs found in Tibet decades ago has revealed something surprising. It was long
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Hunter-gatherers made use of open woodland conditions in the millennia before Stonehenge monuments were built, according to a new study. Much research has
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - All ancient Egyptian tombs are unique, but some pose a greater mystery than others. In 1905, archaeologists excavating in the Egyptian necropolis of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have investigated whether Neanderthals were well adapted to life in the cold or preferred more temperate environmental conditions. Based on investigations in
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - New analysis into the residue inside ancient ceramic vessels from 11th–12th century Jerusalem has found that they were potentially used as hand grenades.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In a multidisciplinary project, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech-Lorraine used terahertz imaging and signal processing techniques to look
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - While working his land in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian farmer found a rare 4,500-year-old stone sculpture. According to the Ministry of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - While excavating in Tel Farama site in North Sinai, Egypt an archaeology team unearthed an ancient temple dedicated to God Zeus. "The remains,
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Prehistoric Cycladic figurines carved in marble are very ancient artifacts that appeared in the Cycladic society, many centuries before the rise of the famous Minoan
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have found as many as 64 dice pieces during the ongoing excavations in the heritage city of Vadnagar. The city’s ancient name
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - As most archaeological material is found in a fragmented state, the phenomenon has been considered a natural consequence of objects' having been long
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Archaeology
Conny Waters- AncientPages.com - While excavating in the ancient city of Mastaura in Turkey archaeologists have unearthed a huge, unique sewer system that was constructed 1,800 years ago.
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 we discussed some curious archaeological discoveries that according to some researchers may offer evidence of an unknown ancient mining civilization
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