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Ancient Greeks Had Knowledge Of Advanced Lifting Technology Long Before Modern Cranes Were Invented

AncientPages.com | August 29, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Many ancient civilizations constructed stunning buildings that still stand today. Modern scientists have long wondered how our ancestors were able to lift giant

Archaeology

Hasankeyf – 12,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian City Will Be Destroyed – Decision Sparks Outrage And Controversy

AncientPages.com | August 28, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A decision to deliberately destroy a 12,000-year-old Mesopotamian city has sparked outrage and controversy. Hasankeyf, located on the banks of the Tigris River

Archaeology

Stunning Spanish Stonehenge Built By The Celts Revealed By Drought

AncientPages.com | August 27, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - After being submerged for 50 years, the stunning Spanish Stonehenge can now be admired once again. The 5,000-year-old site believed to have been

Archaeology

Recreation Of Cleopatra’s Ancient Perfume

AncientPages.com | August 26, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have recreated Cleopatra’s ancient perfume, which will be showcased in a National Geographic exhibit. The ancient Egyptian city Thmuis (Tell Timai) in

CT scans of the so called circular-erect type cranial deformation. CREDIT M Kavka

Archaeology

Oldest Known Evidence Of Artificial Cranial Deformation Revealed In Croatia

AncientPages.com | August 26, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - People in Croatia during the 5th to 6th centuries may have used cranial modifications to indicate their cultural affiliations, researchers say. The latest

Viking ships painted by 19th century artist Rafael Monleón y Torres. Photo: Gianni Dagli Orti / REX

Archaeology

Ireland’s Population Was In Decline When Vikings Arrived To Settle

AncientPages.com | August 22, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - New research has found that the population of Ireland was in serious decline for almost 200 years before the Vikings settled. Previously it

A team of researchers examined an ancient papyrus with a supposed empty spot. With the help of several methods, they discovered which signs once stood in this place and which ink was used. © HZB

Archaeology

Invisible Ink On Antique Nile Papyrus From The Island Of Elephantine – Revealed

AncientPages.com | August 21, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A small piece of papyrus that was excavated on the island of Elephantine on the River Nile a little over 100 years ago,

Ancient tools were found in a site in the western flank of the Tolbor Valley. Credit: Courtesy photo

Archaeology

Modern Humans Traveled Across The Eurasian Steppe 45,000 Years Ago

AncientPages.com | August 20, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Modern humans traveled across the Eurasian steppe about 45,000 years ago, which means the date is about 10,000 years earlier than archaeologists previously

The face of an Iron Age woman has been brought back to life by Karen Fleming Credit: University of Dundee

Archaeology

Face Of Iron Age Female Druid Reconstructed

AncientPages.com | August 20, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The face of one of Scotland’s oldest druids, believed to have been more than 60 years old when she died during the Iron

Destruction of the Temple. Credit: Public relations: Machon Mikdash

Archaeology

Babylonian Conquest Of Jerusalem As Told In The Bible – Evidence Found In Mount Zion

AncientPages.com | August 16, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During excavations on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, archaeologists from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, have found evidence of the Babylonian conquest

One of the two 2,000-year-old marble eagles.

Archaeology

Two 2,000-Year-Old Marble Eagle Statues Found In Anatolian Hellenistic Temple

AncientPages.com | August 12, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Two 2,000-year-old marble eagle statues have been discovered in a Hellenistic temple at the Kınık Mound, located near the Yeşilyurt village in Niğde's Altunhisar

The Fincha Habera rock shelter in the Ethiopian Bale Mountains served as a residence for prehistoric hunter-gatherers. Foto: Götz Ossendorf

Archaeology

Humans In Africa Fled To The Mountains During The Last Ice Age

AncientPages.com | August 9, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - People in Ethiopia did not live in low valleys during the last ice age. Instead they lived high up in the inhospitable Bale

Stele with burn marks due to extreme fire in Witzna, in 697.

Archaeology

Extremely Brutal Conflicts Among Maya Broke Out Before Civilization’s Decline

AncientPages.com | August 8, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Even at the peak of their culture rival groups of the Maya acted with great brutality. Extreme conflicts broke out before the civilization’s

This is a shard of an ancient ceramic vessel from the insufficiently studied San Pedro complex found on Real Alto site, Ecuador. Credits: FEFU

Archaeology

6,500-Year-Old Pottery Belongs To Unknown Ancient Culture That Lived In Ecuador

AncientPages.com | August 7, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists found shards of ceramic vessels that date back to 4640 - 4460 BC, and are from an unknown ancient culture, probably related

The notches on the 10,000-year-old pebble may be based on the lunar cycle.

Archaeology

Oldest Lunar Calendar Engraved On A Pebble Dated To 10,000 Years Ago

AncientPages.com | August 5, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An enigmatic object in form of the earliest known lunar calendar, dating from the Upper Paleolithic, has been found on a pebble found

Skull found at ancient site in southern Turkey shows neurosurgery performed 2,200 years ago

Archaeology

Skull Discovered In Ancient City Of Euromus Shows Neurosurgery Performed 2,200 Years Ago

AncientPages.com | August 2, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A skull with marks indicating that neurosurgery existed 2,200 years ago, has been unearthed during excavations carried out in the ancient city of Euromus,

In this file photo taken on August 06, 2017, a general view of an archeological excavation site, believed to be the location of a biblical village that was home to Saint Peter, near the Sea of Galilee

Archaeology

Archaeologists Unearthed Shrine To Apostle Peter In Israel’s Galilee

AncientPages.com | August 2, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Israel's Galilee have unearthed remains of an ancient church said to mark the home of the apostles Peter and Andrew.

Excavations at Urartu fortress to unearth mysteries of ancient temple in Van,Turkey

Archaeology

Excavations At Urartu Fortress Will Shed Light On Mysteries Of Ancient Temple

AncientPages.com | July 31, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Excavations at the ancient Urartu fortress in eastern Turkey's Van province will help to solve the mysteries of a 2,700-year-old temple. For the

Archaeology

Almost 3,000 Year-Old Burial Site Of Urartian Royals Discovered In Turkey’s Famous Van

AncientPages.com | July 31, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com -The lost kingdom of Urartu is shrouded in mystery and still very little is known about this ancient place and the origin of its

Mysteries Of Ancient Magnetic Potbelly Statues In Mesoamerica Revealed – But Something Is Still Wrong

Archaeology

Mystery Of Ancient Magnetic Potbelly Statues In Mesoamerica Revealed – But Something Is Still Wrong

AncientPages.com | July 30, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have long tried to explain purpose of Mesoamerican potbelly statues. Are they depictions of the ruling elite? Perhaps they were made to honor

Granite columns and a Greek temple were found during recent dives and studies in the ancient sunken harbour city Heracleion, off Egypt 's north coast. Image credit: Ministry of Antiquities

Archaeology

New Discoveries In Underwater Excavations Of Sunken Cities Of Canopus and Heracleion

AncientPages.com | July 29, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ahram Online reports that underwater archaeologists discovered more secrets of the sunken cities of Heracleion and Canopus in Abu Qir Bay, in Alexandria. Archaeologists

Ancient Roman Joke Discovered Inscribed On A 2,000-Year-Old Pen

Archaeology

Ancient Roman Joke Inscribed On A 2,000-Year-Old Pen – Discovered

AncientPages.com | July 29, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient Romans had humor, no doubt about it. While vising London about 2,000 years ago they brought back a pen as a gift.

The finds also include inscribed clay tablets and unrolled seals. In this way the LMU archaeologists learn a lot about the lives of the residents of the house, such as what the landlord and mistress of the house were called and that they also taught reading and writing in their house. Credit: A. Otto/LMU; Berthold Einwag

Archaeology

Old Babylonian Residential Building In Ur Dated To 1835 BC – Investigated

AncientPages.com | July 24, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ur is one of the world’s oldest cities. What was life like for its inhabitants some 4000 years ago? During this year's season

Photogrammetric model of the ship's stern. Credit: Deep Sea Productions/MMT

Archaeology

Still Intact Renaissance Shipwreck Discovered On The Baltic Seabed

AncientPages.com | July 24, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international team of scientists report a discovery of the remains of an intact and astonishingly preserved Early Modern Period (Late 15th –

The fragment above an artist’s impression of how the fish bottle would have looked. Photograph: National Trust/Rod Kirkpatrick/F Stop Press

Archaeology

Rare 1,800-Year-Old Fragment From Fish-Shaped Roman Bottle Unearthed In Gloucestershire

AncientPages.com | July 23, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A fragment from 1,800 year-old glass fish at the National Trust’s Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire, has been discovered by archaeology student Peter

A new mosaic was found in Alexandria by Polish archaeologists

Archaeology

Beautiful Mosaic Dated To Graeco-Roman Times Discovered In Alexandria, Egypt

AncientPages.com | July 22, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient urban complex of Kom el-Dikka has been excavated by Poland’s Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology (CAS since 1960. Polish archaeologists work in

Archaeology

Oldest Footprints In Europe Belonged To A Mysterious 950,000-Year-Old Ancestor

AncientPages.com | July 22, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It’s the second time we encounter footprints in Europe of unknown beings who walked along the beach at Happisburgh, Norfolk, United. Kingdom. The

The gilded coffin of Tutankhamun is at the Grand Egyptian Museum for restoration for the first time ever. The coffin was transported from his tomb in Luxor

Archaeology

King Tutankhamun’s Large Golden Coffin Was Moved For Restoration

AncientPages.com | July 18, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Large coffin of King Tutankhamun is now under restoration for first time since 1922. Almost a century after its discovery, the largest gilded coffin

Archaeology

Portus: History Of Ancient Roman Hub Of Commerce – Reconstructed With New Methods

AncientPages.com | July 17, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international team of researchers for the first time applied marine geology techniques at an ancient harbor archaeological site to uncover ancient harbor

Aerial view of the huge settlement from the Neolithic Period that was discovered in the archaeological excavations. Copyright: Eyal Marco, Israel Antiquities Authority

Archaeology

9,000-Year-Old Settlement Unearthed Near Jerusalem Sheds New Light On Stone Age Civilization

AncientPages.com | July 17, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A huge prehistoric settlement was discovered on the banks of the Sorek stream, is located 5 km (three miles) west of Jerusalem, according

The 3rd century inscription, in Ancient Greek with the names of 44 members of the Dionysus religious society

Archaeology

Third-Century Inscription Related To Dionysus Cult – Discovered

AncientPages.com | July 16, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Sofia Globe reports that archaeologists working at the Episcopal Basilica site in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have found a large stone slab,

Archaeology

Aboriginal Australians Were World’s First Astronomers Who Discovered Variable Stars – Astrophysicist Says

AncientPages.com | July 16, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient civilizations have always been interested in watching the skies. Solar observatories were built world-wide and astronomy played an important role is humans’

The 40-meter-long looting tunnel from the time of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent inside the 3rd century AD Roman – Thracian tower tomb was wide and tall enough to fit hinnies and mules used for extracting the demolished construction materials. Photos: Photo: Plovdiv Museum of Archaeology/Plamen Kurtev via Plovdiv Time

Archaeology

Huge 40-Meter Long 16th Century Tunnel For Looting Was Exposed Inside Tower Tomb

AncientPages.com | July 15, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeology in Bulgaria reports that a huge 40-meter (130-foot) long tunnel for looting that fit large draft animals to pass through, was unearthed by a

Archaeology

Egypt Opens Two Ancient Pyramids And Unveils Newly Found Sarcophagi And Mummies

AncientPages.com | July 15, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A collection of newly found sarcophagi, some containing well-preserved mummies have been unveiled when Egypt opened two ancient pyramids located south of the capital

Archaeology

Subterranean Structure In Medieval Naryn-Kala Citadel: Was It The Christian Temple?

AncientPages.com | July 12, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Using non-invasively muon radiography, nuclear physicists in Russia may have just detected one of the oldest Christian churches in the world. This hidden subterranean structure

Mysterious 210,000-Year-Old Apidima Skull May Have Re-Written Human History

Archaeology

Mysterious 210,000-Year-Old Apidima Skull Could Re-Write Human History

AncientPages.com | July 11, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - When and where did the first human appear? For years, archaeologists and scientists have tried to answer this troublesome question and new discoveries

Airavatesvara Temple, a Hindu temple of Dravidian architecture located in the town of Darasuram, near Kumbakonam in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was built by Rajaraja Chola II in the 12th century CE.

Archaeology

Evidence Of Sangam Age Settlement Unearthed At Nangur, Tamil Nadu

AncientPages.com | July 11, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in the area of Nangur village in Nagapattinam district, located in southern India, found evidence indicating the existence of human settlement

Archaeology

Lagina Sanctuary Of Goddess Hekate: Archaeologists Found Ceremonial ‘Sacred Road’

AncientPages.com | July 10, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The so-called "Sacred Road" has been unearthed between two ancient cities Stratonikeia and Lagina, in what is today western Turkey’s Aegean Mugla province. Both

Archaeology

Thousands Of Roman Coins Found Across Europe Are Fake – Archaeologists Say

AncientPages.com | July 9, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Thousands of coins dating back to the Roman era could be the work of First Century counterfeiters, researchers say. Archaeologists suspect, that up

Arabic silver coins discovered in an old German cemetery near the Baltic coast.

Archaeology

Treasure Trove Of Arabic Coins Dated Back 1,000 Years Unearthed In Graveyard In Poland

AncientPages.com | July 9, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The First News reports that about seventy Arab coins have been discovered on the graveyard near the town of Kamień Pomorskie in the

Archaeology

Maize-Based Diet Of Ancient Maya, Vulnerability To Drought And Collapse Of Society

AncientPages.com | July 8, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers analyzed the role of diet in the ability of the ancient Maya to withstand periods of severe climatic stress. An increase in the

UNESCO Declares Ancient City Of Babylon A World Heritage Site

Archaeology

Ancient City Of Babylon Finally Declared A World Heritage Site By UNESCO

AncientPages.com | July 8, 2019

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – What many people think should have happened long ago, has now happened, but it's better late than never. The ancient city of Babylon