Europe Archive

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Over time, concrete cracks and crumbles. Well, most concrete cracks and crumbles. Structures built in ancient Rome are still standing, exhibiting remarkable durability despite conditions

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A team of scholars at NC State University has recreated the sights and sounds of St. Paul's Cathedral and its environs in 1620s

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Like in most ancient cultures, dance was important to people in ancient Greece. Dance was a way to express emotions, tell stories, and

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An international group of scientists has studied a genome sequence of a unique individual known as the Segorbe giant and his DNA reveals

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com -"In Rodrigo Diaz's lifetime, there were in Spain and elsewhere many lords, commanders, or bosses. In his day, he was not unique but one

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During the middle of the sixth century CE a dramatic transformation began in how the people of western Europe buried their dead. The

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Understanding the environmental conditions under which early humans dispersed out of Africa is important for understanding the factors that affected human evolution. This

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeology students from the Uppsala University have uncovered the remains of an Iron Age warrior in Sweden. The find made during excavations in

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pillars of victory, also known as memorial columns, were occasionally erected to memorize the triumphs of victorious achievements of an emperor. They were

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In the middle of the sixth century AD, traditional furnished burial changed to (those with grave goods to include jewelry, dress accessories, tools,

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Anchor Church Caves in the United Kingdom have long held a secret, but no one knew it, at least not until now.

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Those who would like to visit Civita di Bagnoregio should be prepared to walk a lot. The only way to access the Italian

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The beauty of stargazing is that so many celestial objects are visible to the naked eye. Ancient people who did not have access

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Vikings left an everlasting legacy in Ireland. While you are in Ireland, you can visit archaeological places where battles between Vikings and the

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Destroyed by King Murdoch O'Brien of Munster in 1101, the little-known stone ringfort Grianán Of Aileach was once home to the Kingdom of

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Meteora, (means in Greek:" raised from the ground, hanging") and the ancient monasteries built atop the Meteora massif represent a magnificent place that does

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - What at first glance looked like garbage turned out to be a valuable Bronze Age treasure. Tommy Karlsson, an orienteering enthusiast, accidentally stumbled

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It has been assumed for some time the Caynton Caves were used by the Knights Templar, who held secret meetings in underground chambers

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Shortly before Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici died, he told his son Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici never to go against the will

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Shortly before 600 BC, the Naxos people dedicated the "Terrace of the Lions" to Apollo. Originally, marble guardian lions were erected north of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - This remarkable 5,00-year-old crystal dagger has been discovered in a megalithic tomb of Montelirio Tholos. It’s a rare dagger because crystal was only