New Insight Into Genetic History And Social Structures In Neolithic and Bronze Age Croatia

New Insight Into Genetic History And Social Structures In Neolithic And Bronze Age Croatia

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – There are many ways to investigate the ancient history of a particular region and the migration of people. The field of archaeogenetics has substantially contributed to a better understanding of how the movement and admixture of people across Europe during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages shaped genetic ancestries. However, not […]

Unusual And Well-Preserved Skeleton Discovered In Ancient Pompeii Sheds New Light On The Cultural Life Of The City

Unusual And Well-Preserved Skeleton Discovered In Ancient Pompeii Sheds New Light On The Cultural Life Of The City

Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered an unusual and well-preserved skeleton of a man in the ancient city of Pompeii. The find was made during excavations of a tomb that also shed light on the city’s cultural life before a volcanic eruption in AD 79 destroyed it. The tomb of Marcus Venerius Secundio located […]

Thai lacquerwork painting of the Nariphon tree at Phra Pathom Chedi

Zawgyi – Demi-God And Alchemist With Miraculous Powers In Burmese Mythology And Folklore

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – Zawgyi is a semi-immortal human alchemist and mystic with supernatural powers. Traditionally he carries attributes like a red hat and magic, a three-pronged walking stick called Trituli (similar to ‘Trishula’ (Sanskrit for “triple-spear”), a mysterious symbol of great importance in India. Mysterious Nariphon tree – Thai lacquerwork painting of the […]

Excavations—Tel Tifdan/Wadi Fidan. Credit: Thomas E. Levy

Magnetic Field From 9,000 Years Ago Teach Us About The Magnetic Field Today

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – International research by Tel Aviv University, the Isтιтuto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, and the University of California San Diego uncovered findings regarding the magnetic field that prevailed in the Middle East between approximately 10,000 and 8,000 years ago. Researchers examined pottery and burnt flints from archeological sites […]

Mystery Of The Lost Continent Destroyed By An Ancient Cataclysm - Mysterious Islands - Part 2

Mystery Of The Lost Continent Destroyed By An Ancient Cataclysm – Mysterious Islands – Part 2

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In part 1 we discussed several ancient legends describing how a mᴀssive continent was destroyed by an ancient cataclysm several hundred thousand years ago. We also talked about how a dedicated explorer concluded that this giant ancient continent was much more than only a myth. Is it possible fragments of […]

Rare 1,600-Year-Old Wooden Pagan Idol Discovered In Ireland

Rare 1,600-Year-Old Wooden Pagan Idol Discovered In Ireland

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Ireland have retrieved a curious 1,600-year-old wooden Pagan idol from a bog in Gortnacrannagh, a few kilometers northeast of the prehistoric royal site of Rathcroghan. The Iron Age idol was made from a split trunk of an Oak tree. It is unknown in whose image the idol was […]

Nephthys Goddess

Nephthys – Egyptian Funerary Goddess Who Also Protected The Pharaohs While They Were Alive

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – Egyptian goddess Nephthys – primarily ᴀssociated with the myths of Heliopolis – was a funerary goddess and played a lesser role to her sister Isis. Otherwise, nothing is known about her before her appearance in these myths. Nephthys goddess on the sarcophagus of Ramses III. Credit: Tangopaso – Public Domain Her […]

Khanina - The Prophetic Berber Queen Who Resisted The Muslim Invasions Of The Numidia Kingdom

Kahina – The Prophetic Berber Queen Who Resisted The Muslim Invasions Of The Numidia Kingdom

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The legendary Berber Queen Kahina was a strong woman with the courage and will to resist the Muslims when her kingdom was invaded. The odds of succeeding were low, but being a great warrior and military leader, she did what was in her power to protect her people from a […]

A decorated copper-alloy key handle was recovered during excavation of a town house in Roman Leicester (Ratae Corieltavorum). The decoration comprises two groups of figures modelled in high relief: a bearded, unarmed man fighting with a lion, arranged above four naked male youths embracing one another in a protective manner. Credit: University of Leicester Archaeological Services

Roman Britain Executions Revealed – New Evidence

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – King’s research has helped uncover new evidence showing the portrayal of the execution of captives in the arena by throwing them to lions. The evidence follows the discovery of an elaborately decorated Roman bronze key handle. A decorated copper-alloy key handle was recovered during the excavation of a townhouse in […]

nicholas of cusa

Nicholas Of Cusa – A Medieval Scholar And Mystic With Highly Unorthodox Ideas

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Nicholas of Cusa, also known as Nicolaus Cusanus, Nicholas of Kues, and Nicolaus Krebs, was a man who wasn’t afraid of speaking his mind and voice opinions that were unorthodox at that time. Not only did he opposed Aristotle’s views that Earth was the center of the Universe, but he […]