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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Prolonged drought likely helped to fuel civil conflict and the eventual political collapse of Mayapan, the ancient capital city of the Maya on
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Situated in Luxor, about 6 km from the Valley of the Kings, the Habu Temple is one of the most important Egyptian temples.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new analysis of remains from medieval Cambridge shows that local Augustinian friars were almost twice as likely as the city's general population
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A fascinating archaeological discovery has been reported from Spain, where scientists have come across a huge megalithic complex of 500 stones. Archaeologists say
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - El Nino has been a major driver of societal collapse, various catastrophes and cultural change in coastal Peru for millennia, but it isn't
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A shipwreck believed to be that of Captain James Cook's HMS Endeavour is being eaten by shipworms in its resting place off the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An international team of researchers has discovered that a mysterious microscopic creature from which humans were thought to descend is part of a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Now, there is archaeological evidence for the location of the Roman ballista firing machines and the intensity of the assault in the battles
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have been continuously involved in excavations in the ancient city of Assos for 42 years. Assos ancient site has much to offer.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers have discovered Homo sapiens did indeed live and survive in the Kalahari Desert more than 20,000 years ago. Griffith University archaeologist Dr.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - According to new research, the combined analysis of animal and plant remains, and written evidence leads to more precise dating of archaeological finds.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The archaeological site of the 8850-year-old Ulucak Mound, located in the Kemalpaşa district of the western province of Izmir, Turkey, has been excavated
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Surprisingly large collection of 530 “divination bones” has been unearthed by Dr. Ian Stern in the Maresha-Bet Guvrin National Park in southern Israel.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new study into the multipurpose uses of boomerangs has highlighted how the hardwood objects were used to shape the edges of stone
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists discovered gladiator tombs in the ancient city of Anavarza in southern Adana province, Turkey. Archaeologists discovered rare gladiator tombs at the ancient
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists' knowledge of the Parthian Empire has increased with the latest discovery at Al-Suwaira, about 60 km south of Baghdad. An archaeology team
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While excavating at the mysterious, ancient burial mound Laona in Cyprus, archaeologists discovered something quite extraordinary. The researchers say there is a mega-monument
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 was an archaeological sensation. When British archaeologist Howard Carter found King Tut's tomb in Luxor's
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Beowulf's name has a power because it belongs to one of the most revered heroes among English-speaking cultures, with his tale enduring through
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - When archaeologists excavated the necropolis of Saint-Pierre-l'Estrier, France, they unearthed more than 230 graves. Inside these tombs, Inrap archaeologists found many exceptional objects.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have unearthed an extraordinary treasure trove consisting of Etruscan and Roman artifacts in the village of San Casciano dei Bagni, Tuscany, Italy.
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Human Beginnings
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – New Curtin research has provided the strongest evidence yet that Earth's continents were formed by giant meteorite impacts that were particularly prevalent
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com -A unique discovery was made by archaeologists while excavating the ruins of a medieval wooden house in the town of Nový Jičín in the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Last month, scientists announced human footprints believed to date from the end of the last Ice Age had been discovered on the salt
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AncientPages.com - Every year I ask the college students in the course I teach about the 14th-century Black Death to imagine they are farmers or nuns or nobles in the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - While carrying out recent restoration works on the statues of Memnon and the "Temple of Millions of Years" on the western mainland in
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international collaboration of scientists has created and observed an entirely new class of vortices—the whirling masses of fluid or air. Led by
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Ancient Technology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers have identified the ingredients in chemistry formulas from a 2,300-year-old Chinese text, revealing ancient metallurgy was more complex than expected. The Kaogong
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Based on previous archaeological studies, researchers know that the Old Kingdom of Egypt and the Akkadian Empire, both Bronze Age civilizations, experienced sudden
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient burial place of a noble Mongol warrior has been unearthed in the vicinity of the village of Glinoe, Slobodzeya region, the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - After having received an anonymous tip, INAH scientists have been able to recover two precious and huge Olmec reliefs in Tenosique, a municipality
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In the year 865 A.D., the Great Heathen Army, also known as the Great Viking Army, crossed the sea and dramatically changed the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An extraordinary discovery is reported from the area of Mány, a town in Hungary located in the northeast of Fejér County, Hungary. Image credit:
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Celts are mysterious people who played a crucial role in the history of ancient Europe. In this article, we take an in-depth
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The oldest known seeds from a watermelon relative, dating back 6,000 years to the Neolithic period, were found during an archaeological dig in
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Human Beginnings
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Did the 12th century B.C.E.—a time when humans were forging great empires and developing new forms of written text—coincide with an evolutionary reduction
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A priceless 800-year-old pendant dating back to the 12th century was discovered on a site that was once an Iron Age or Romano
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A very unique 1,700-year-old amphora was unearthed by archaeologists conducting excavations at the Diyarbakir Fortress site, located in the historic Sur district in
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Khirbet Tibnah in the West Bank is a site of special interest to archaeologists, historians, and Biblical scholars. This region was populated from
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Locals in the village of Gudsathoo Budgam, Kashmir accidentally found a sculpture of the god Vishnu while digging the land. The idol of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Beer has been a popular beverage for thousands of years and will undoubtedly continue to be enjoyed in the future. Ecuadoran bioengineer Javier
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers from Western University have verified the authenticity of a South American tsantsa (shrunken head) as human remains, an important step in the
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