Europe Archive

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists working in the western part of Racibórz, called Studzienna, Poland, have unearthed stone tools that are 130,000 years old, or possibly even

Jan Bartek - AncientPages - During an archaeological survey in Pezinok, a town near Bratislava, Slovakia, scientists unearthed several remarkable objects. The territory is part of an important

Ellen Lloyd -  AncientPages.com - When the Great Heathen Army, also known as the Great Viking Army, crossed the sea in the year 865 A.D., a new chapter

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating at La Draga de Banyoles, an Early Neolithic lakeshore site in Spain, have uncovered well-preserved 7,300-year-old wooden cabins. The ancient structures

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - About 2,000 years ago, a Roman man tried to clean a well and lost a sandal. The well-preserved ancient shoe was discovered during

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For many people, seaweed holds a reputation as a superfood, heralded for its health benefits and sustainability. Still, it appears our European ancestors

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An interesting archaeological discovery has been made in Finland. In Salo Perttel, near the Medieval stone church, scientists have discovered a previously unknown

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com -  Archaeologists have revealed that a hoard of coins buried in a small pot, just discovered in Glencoe, Scotland, paints a fascinating picture of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new decorated stela has been found in context, in the 3000-year-old funerary complex of Las Capellanías, in Cañaveral de León (Huelva, south-west of Spain).

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The remains of human bones with cutmarks, breaks and human chewing marks found across northern Europe show that some human groups living around

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Grettir's saga is considered one of the Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur) written down in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This literary work of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com -  Scientists have discovered and analyzed the first direct evidence of basketry among hunter-gatherer societies and early farmers in southern Europe (9,500 and 6,200

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It does not happen often archaeologists find an ancient unlooted Roman sarcophagus. When it happens, like it just did in France, it is

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists made a remarkable new find during an archaeological dig at Govan Old Churchyard in Glasgow, Scotland. Led by y the University of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Caves served as sites for burial and later modification of human remains for thousands of years in the Iberian Peninsula, according to a

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While both men and women have historically been accused of the malicious use of magic, only around 10–30% of suspected witches were men

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A rare and important find has been unearthed in the Cotswold District. Glenn Manning discovered two Roman cavalry swords, along with remnants of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - When Britannia Archaeology experts started excavating near Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK, they thought it would be a short project, but they were wrong. The

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com -  Scientists have created an impressive 3D reconstruction of Principia, the legionary fortress in Novae (Bulgaria). By restoring inscribed monuments from the site in

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - About 9,000 years ago, an influential and respected woman was put to rest in a burial in Bad Dürrenberg, Germany. She was buried

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Using geological samples from the Ythan Estuary in Scotland, scientists have identified a melting ice sheet as the probable trigger of a