290-Million-Year-Old Bird-Like Footprints Left By Unknown Animals Found In Africa
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago, according to a new study. Numerous fossil sites in southern Africa preserve distinctive three-toed footprints that have been named Trisauropodiscus. For many years, researchers have debated what animals might have left these tracks, as well as precisely how […]
73 Intriguing Burial Bundles And Carved Masks Placed On False Heads Discovered In Peru
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Polish archaeologists excavating at Pachacámac, (Pachakamak, in Quechua), which means ‘one who gives life to the earth’, an archaeological site south-east of Lima in Peru, have found 72 intriguing burial bundles. Inside some of the burials, the research team uncovered curious carved masks placed on false heads. Containing people of both […]
DNA Study Sheds New Light On The Mysterious 9,000-Year-Old Shaman Burial In Bad Dürrenberg
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The 9,000-year-old shaman burial in Bad Dürrenberg, Germany, is one of Central Europe’s most spectacular discoveries. Discovered in 1934 during construction works, the double burial of an adult woman and an infant has long fascinated scientists and the public. Who was this woman, and what was her relation to the […]
Early Humans In The Paleolithic Age Had A More Varied Diet Than Previously ᴀssumed
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of researchers can now show that early humans of the Middle Paleolithic had a more varied diet than previously ᴀssumed. The analysis of a site in the Zagros Mountains in Iran reveals that about 81,000 to 45,000 years ago, the local hominins hunted ungulates as well as tortoises […]
Ancient DNA Reveals Hunter-Gatherers From Mexico Moved To California 5,200 Years Ago
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new genetic study reveals indigenous Mexicans migrated to California 5,200 years ago. Researchers have found evidence hunter-gatherers who came from Mexico spread unique languages from the south about 1,000 years earlier than previously thought. This new discovery questions the belief that Uto-Aztecan languages, like Nahuatl, (spoken by Aztecs and […]
Museum Classifies Roman Emperor Elagabalus As Trans – But Modern Labels Oversimplify Ancient Gender Idenтιтies
AncientPages.com – Elagabalus ruled as Roman emperor for just four years before being murdered in AD 222. He was still a teenager when he died. Despite his short reign, Elagabalus is counted among the most infamous of Roman emperors, often listed alongside Caligula and Nero. His indiscretions, recorded by the Roman chroniclers, include: marrying a vestal virgin, the most chaste of […]
Large 4th Century Mosaic Floor Unearthed In İncesu, Kayseri Province, Turkey
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have unearthed the largest floor mosaic in İncesu district, Örenşehir District, Köy İçi locality, in the Cappadocia region. Archaeological excavations in İncesu district, Örenşehir District, Köy İçi locality, under the supervision of Kayseri Museum Directorate with the support of the Metropolitan Municipality, have completed their work this season. Image […]
Archaeological Enigma On The Træna Islands – What Happened To The Local Community?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Something strange and unexplained happened on the Træna islands in Nordland county, Norway. Why was the entire local community wiped out? One would suspect war and violence led to the death of those people, but there are no signs of weapon injuries on the skeletons. Could it have been a […]
Hidden Story Of The Sacred Wiradjuri Carved Trees Revealed
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In a landmark collaboration between Wiradjuri people, NSW State government and archaeologists, new research has revealed the deep-time hidden story of Wiradjuri carved trees (marara) and burials (dhabuganha) in Southeast Australia. Led by a collaborative effort between Central Tablelands Local Land Services, Gaanha-bula Action Group, Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council, Yarrawula Ngullubul […]
Why Did Sages And Shamans Repeatedly Visit The Mysterious Finnish Pirunkirkko Cave (Devil’s Church)?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In folklore, the famous 34-meter-long crevice cave known as Pirunkirkko, or Devil’s Church in English, was known as a place where local sages would meet to contact the spirit world. The national park of Koli in eastern Finland, the Pirunkirkko cave, is sometimes used by shamanic pracтιтioners, who hold drumming […]