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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - As reported last week, a Norwegian couple was extending their home when they suddenly noticed something unusual sticking up from the earth. It
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Usually, the Sirens were considered daughters of the river god Achelous, either by the Muse Terpsichore, Melpomene, Calliope, or by Sterope, daughter of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - When Mount Vesuvius erupted on the morning of August 24, 79 A.D., life ended in the ancient city of Pompeii. A great cloud
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Fossils
Eddie Gonzales Jr. - AncientPages.com - Extinct dwarf hippos that once roamed Madagascar lived in forests rather than open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa, researchers
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DNA
AncientPages.com - The people known as the Picts have puzzled archaeologists and historians for centuries. They lived in Scotland during the early medieval period, from around AD 300 to
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Scripts, Paintings & Inscriptions
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Worn as a note in an amulet around the neck, deposited in a grave, or found as a manual in a scholar's library:
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our oceans hold many clues that could shed light on our ancient past. Beneath the waters are incredible prehistoric objects and ruins of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An archaeological expedition from the University of Gothenburg recently discovered tombs outside the Bronze Age trading metropolis Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus. Detail
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The highest status individual in ancient Copper Age society in Iberia, was a woman and not a man as previously thought, according to
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools in Britain have been discovered by researchers at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. ASE Senior
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Evolution
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new study has brought us one step closer to solving a mystery that has puzzled naturalists since Charles Darwin: when did animals
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Have you ever wanted to travel back in time and see what life was like in ancient Greece? We can do this by
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists report a rare discovery of late Roman pewter plates, platters, bowls, and a cup that has been made in Euston, in the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In this comprehensive study, Professor Garfinkel from the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem examines the earliest fortified sites in
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A 2,500-year-old Phoenician shipwreck has been discovered underwater in the southeastern Spanish region of Murcia. Spanish archaeologists are now working hard to recover
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A groundbreaking study conducted by a multidisciplinary team that include a computational archaeologist, artist, and computer programmer has revealed new insights into ancient
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Paleontology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Basel researcher stumbles across first real proof of monitor lizards in Switzerland, and this unexpected discovery was made in the Museum's collection storeroom.
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Showing your face at dinners and parties at court: it was the way to get noticed by the king in William I's time.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The fascinating ancient Hittite sanctuary of Yazilikaya ('rock with writing') lies between rock outcroppings at the foot of the high ridge east of
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Linguistic Discoveries
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Language can be a time machine—we can learn from ancient texts how our ancestors interacted with the world around them. But can language
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Linmere, Bedfordshire, UK, have discovered 25 monumental pits in what has become a nationally important prehistoric site. The site date
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A number of sophisticated non-invasive nuclear and accelerator techniques were used to provide information about the origin and age of an Australian Aboriginal
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A total of 80 bronze artifacts dated to the Late Bronze Age, with a total weight of around 20 kilograms were unearthed by
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Sometimes, you don't have to go far to make an incredible archeological discovery, but few of us expect to find something of historical
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Armenia have discovered ruins of a 3,000-year-old bakery. A Polish-American archaeology team made the find in Metsamor, where the researchers
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Evolution
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Fossil skeletons have long fascinated researchers as a window to prehistory. But so far, little is known about details of sexual development in
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Some admired and called him a hero, but some said he was a brutal bandit and cold-blooded murderer. His charisma, extraordinary leadership skills,
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Paleontology
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com - A Cretaceous origin for placental mammals, the group that includes humans, dogs and bats, has been revealed by in-depth analysis of the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Stone tools bear microscopic evidence of ancient plant technology, according to a study published June 30, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - A man digging in his garden was more than surprised when he discovered a skeleton. A human jawbone with several teeth left turned
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AncientPages.com - Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names – but it’s the Olmecs who are the ‘mother culture’ of ancient Mesoamerica. Jade Olmec warriors mask from Tabasco
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The El Gigante rockshelter in western Honduras is among only a handful of archaeological sites in the Americas that contain well-preserved botanical remains
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Long before the invention of agriculture, humans already knew how to process cereals and other wild plants into a flour suitable for food—and
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Analysis of data from dozens of foraging societies around the world shows that women hunt in at least 79% of these societies, opposing
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A 2,000-year-old fresco discovered on the wall of a house in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii depicts what could be described as
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For decades archaeology has been trying to explain how and why humans went from being exclusively hunter-gatherers to producing food, adopting agriculture and
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News
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers examined the Longquan celadon (high-quality glazed ceramic pottery) industry, located in Zhejiang province in China, which flourished mainly between the Southern Song
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A large Roman marble head has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Nemi in the Lazio region of Italy 30 km (19
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent expedition by an archaeology team from the Universities of Auckland and Canterbury to Enderby in the Auckland Island archipelago plans to
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In 1927, a team of archaeologists led by George A. Reisner excavated at Giza, Egypt, where they unearthed a remarkable ancient treasure. The
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Paleontology
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – How the megalodon, a shark that went extinct 3.6 million years ago, stayed warm was a matter of speculation among scientists. Using
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many have tried to find the legendary ancient golden city of Vineta, but the place's location remains an unsolved mystery. Did Vineta really
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