Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - With the help of new archaeogenetic data, scientists have obtained exciting insights into the social order of the Aegean Bronze Age. Life picture:

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As a child, he was unlike his peers, and this made him a target for bullies. It was a long and lonely journey

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It has been decided the skeleton of the Irish Giant Charles Byrne will not be part of the controversial exhibition at the Hunterian

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Eight over-4,000-year-old, ostrich eggs were uncovered near an ancient fire pit in the Nitzana sand dunes in the Negev, in the south of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Slovakia have made an unusual find. The remains of 38 individuals were found in a ditch surrounding the settlement of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Europe's bog body phenomenon has long fascinated scientists. Many European countries have discovered countless bodies preserved by the bogs’ cool, acidic conditions and

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers have unraveled secrets from ancient Latin texts written on papyrus. This work could tell us a great deal about what Roman society

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Smallpox was once one of humanity's most devastating diseases, but its origin is shrouded in mystery. Scientific estimates of when the smallpox virus

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists excavating in the village of Overstone near Northampton, UK, has unearthed an unusual 4,000-year-old stone building. The purpose of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Most ancient civilizations studied celestial objects and were skilled astronomers. Countless archaeological examples have provided evidence ancient people were often more advanced than

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The beautiful Greek port city Thessaloniki was an important metropolis during the Roman period and the second largest and wealthiest city of the

AncientPages.com - Remarkably similar carvings and simple cross sculptures mark special sites or places once sacred, spanning a zone stretching from the Irish and Scottish coasts to Iceland.

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One of the mysteries scientists have long tried to solve is why Roman concrete often lasted thousands of years, but ours decays in

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - If you had the grooming habits of a Neanderthal, perhaps it's a good thing your nose wasn't as sensitive to urine and sweat

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new major study captures a genetic history across Scandinavia over 2,000 years, from the Iron Age to the present day. This look