Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Canadian and Chinese scientists have described an unusual fossil from around 125 million years ago that shows a dramatic moment in time when a carnivorous mammal attacked a larger plant-eating dinosaur. Fossil showing the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression and other complex behaviors originated around 650 million years ago. The findings led
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Researchers have identified marks carved intentionally on bay trees some five or ten years before the Neolithic settlement of La Draga was built in Banyoles 7,200 years ago. The discovery confirms the presence of human
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Celtiberian tribes of mixed Iberian and Celtic origin inhabited an area in the central-northeastern Iberian Peninsula during the final centuries B.C. In the last decade, archaeologists have made many interesting finds that provide a more
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – This summer, archaeologists have worked hard at the Vernon Parish site in the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana, United States. While digging through the first, the goal of the excavation has been to unearth and
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Benjamin Franklin may be best known as the creator of bifocals and the lightning rod, but a group of University of Notre Dame researchers suggest he should also be known for his innovative ways of
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Vikings were very superstitious and convinced higher powers guided their lives. Norse gods and goddesses, mysterious animals, and supernatural creatures played an essential role in the lives of the Vikings. Unique signs could be interpreted as advice
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Five treasure finds, including three hoards and two grave groups of Bronze Age and Roman date, were declared treasure on Tuesday 11th July 2023 by Area Coroner for South Wales Central, Patricia Morgan. A Bronze Age
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Butterflies and moths share “blocks” of DNA dating back more than 200 million years, new research shows. Scientists from the Universities of Exeter (UK), Lübeck (Germany) and Iwate (Japan) devised a tool to compare the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A large, complex karst cave known as the Te’omim Cave located in the Jerusalem Hills has been excavated since 2009 by a team of archaeologists from Bar-Ilan University and the Cave Research Center at the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A metal detectorist has discovered a part of a Bronze Age twisted gold torc in a field near Mistley, on the River Stour in Essex, UK. The gold torc has been examined by experts and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Who knows whom? Who has which desires and needs? The answers to these questions are worth a lot of money for the advertising industry today. With the help of immense amounts of data as well
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In Norse mythology, God Odin always has his two raven companions, Hugin (Huginn) and Munin (Munnin), on his shoulders. As explained earlier on AncientPages, “Hugin represents ‘memory,’ while Munin represents ‘thought.’ Norse God Odin with his
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A new 145-million-year-old pterosaur (extinct flying reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs) has been named by a team of British, American and German researchers. The animal was nicknamed “Elvis” when the fossil was first
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – As previously reported on Ancient Pages, the discovery of a mysterious Viking grave in the Swedish Mountains last year was hailed as one of the country’s greatest and most exciting archaeological finds. At the time
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In a new study, researchers and members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area are the first to publish evidence of wealth-driven patterns in maternal investment among ancient populations. Woman measuring
