Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Rennes, France, have discovered many objects up to 1,800 years old. Among these precious ancient items are statuettes of the

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have reconstructed the face of a man who lived 35,000 years ago in Egypt. His remains, an almost complete skeleton, with the

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating near Buckingham, UK, have found an interesting Mesolithic stone mace head. Mesolithic hunter-gather activity is believed to have focussed on resource-rich

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly recorded some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions. An international team of researchers, led by the

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An analysis of strands of human hair from a burial site in Menorca, Spain, indicates that ancient human civilizations used hallucinogenic drugs derived

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The renowned Benin Bronzes are composed of metal sourced from Germany, according to a new study. The Benin Bronzes collectively refers to thousands

AncientPages.com - Religion is a human universal. For thousands of years, humans have held religious beliefs and participated in religious rituals. Throughout history, every human society has featured

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Fairy circles – barren patches which make polka-dot patterns in dry and desert areas – were first described by scientists in Namibia in

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists investigating Exeter Cathedral’s historic Cloister Garden have uncovered clues to its Roman past. The archaeological investigation is part of the cathedral’s project to build

Conny Waters -  AncientPages.com - In a new study published in Hebrew University’s Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology, Dr. Daniel Vainstub deciphered a partially preserved inscription that was found on

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Iceni people were British Celts who occupied the area of modern Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and northwest Suffolk. The tribe represented a significant power

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this series, we discussed an unusual birth and prophecy concerning an ancient Greek philosopher. Ancient scholars found the subject

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - 'Altar of Twelve Gods', also called the Sanctuary of the Twelve Gods, depicts the twelve gods, who correspond to the Dii Consentes ('The Harmonious

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Several severed hands have been discovered in three pits within a courtyard in front of the throne room of a 15th Dynasty (c.1640–1530 BC)

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com -  Simon Fraser University researchers are learning more about ancient graffiti—and their intriguing comparisons to modern graffiti—as they produce a state-of-the-art 3D recording of