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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Approximately 7,500 years ago, the last communities of hunter-gatherers in Western Europe came into contact with incoming Neolithic farmers. Over time, these hunter-gatherer
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Human Beginnings
Jan Bartek - Ancientpages.com - The question of when the genus Homo first migrated from Africa to Europe has been a subject of ongoing research. Previously, it was
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Paleontology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have unearthed remnants of what is believed to be the Earth's most ancient fossil forest on the northern coastline of Devon and Somerset
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Locals knew there was something strange about her as soon as she arrived. She behaved differently, and her odd behavior was one of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - According to recent research, the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), which produces beans used for products like chocolate, liquor, and cocoa butter, likely originated
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The term "pancake" may have emerged in the 15th century and became standard in 19th-century America, but the history of pancakes stretches much further
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Using a 'walkover survey,' a small team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester Archaeological Services surveyed and recorded visible archaeological remains of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Trevor Penny, an amateur fisherman from Oxfordshire, UK, had quite the surprise when he pulled up a rusty metal object from the River
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Historical and ethnographic sources have long highlighted the importance of tobacco in Mesoamerica, but finding actual physical evidence of this plant in archaeological digs
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Polish archaeologists operating in Oman have unearthed evidence of extensive copper ore processing activities, along with stone tools and remnants of copper smelting
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The identity of the first humans to arrive in America remains a subject of ongoing scientific debate. Periodically, new evidence emerges that compels
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - For the past two years, archaeologists have excavated in the Old Town of Kalmar, Sweden. Recently, at a press conference held at Kalmar
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Since the early Holocene period, people in northern Europe have enjoyed hazelnuts, a powerful and easy-to-obtain energy source. Now, archaeologists can recreate ancient
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A medieval pilgrim's badge depicting a basilisk dragon in a circle enclosed was found in Wólka Nieliska, Zamość district, in southeastern Poland. Image credit:
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During an excavation in Egypt's Minya Governorate, archaeologists discovered a massive statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II, who reigned during the 19th Dynasty of
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Scripts, Paintings & Inscriptions
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The discovery of an eleventh-century Islamic astrolabe, adorned with Arabic and Hebrew inscriptions, is truly extraordinary. The Verona astrolabe. Citation: Nuncius 39, 1 (2024)
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - Ancientpages.com - The discovery of the mysterious golden lords of Panama opened a new chapter in the world of archaeology. Some years ago, numerous artifacts
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are moments when people stumble upon discoveries so astounding that they compel us to question our understanding of the world beneath us.
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Throughout history, rain deities have inspired awe and reverence in cultures and religions around the globe. Their presence was especially powerful in the
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Artifacts
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
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - This modest chunk of obsidian, no more than 5 centimeters in length, was probably found on a rough patch of ranchland in the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In a recent environmental survey conducted before harvesting in Glen Brittle Forest on the Isle of Skye, remains of a post-medieval township were
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Myths & Legends
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Egyptians held a deeply intricate and intriguing perspective on life after death. They did not perceive death as a final stop
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The mysterious Philistine culture that thrived during the Iron Age (around 1200–604 BCE) significantly impacted the cultural history, farming practices, and eating habits
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our quest to uncover an old Cherokee mystery leads us to the stunning Great Smoky Mountains, a majestic mountain range on the Tennessee-North
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers have discovered stone tools bound together by a multi-component adhesive, providing further substantiation of the intellectual capacity of Neanderthals. These artifacts represent
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The island of San Fernando, Cadiz in Andalusia, was home to the first Neolithic farmers and shepherds who decided to permanently settle there
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Sometimes, when archaeologists look for one thing, they find something entirely different. This is exactly what happened in Switzerland when researchers were excavating,
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It was an ordinary day in a small, sleepy town in France. There were no indications anything strange was about to happen. Yet,
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