Hidden Carving Of Stonemason Never Meant To Be Seen Discovered In Cathedral Santiago De Compostela
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Sometimes you can stare at something without noticing it all. This carving has been hiding in plain sight for 900 years and millions of people who visited the beautiful Cathedral Santiago De Compostela haven’t seen it. The carving of this important man was there all along, but it was never […]
Mystery Of The Scientist Who ‘Saw’ A Fire From Miles Away
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – He had no access to any form of modern communication like television, radio, or telephone, and yet he was fully aware of a raging fire that took place some hundred miles away from his own location. He could describe in detail the entire event without being at the scene. He […]
10 Spooky Ancient Places That Are Home To The Feared Living ᴅᴇᴀᴅ
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – No matter what culture or place many are convinced some places are either cursed or still visited by those who died long ago. In this top list, we look at some truly spooky ancient places where the living ᴅᴇᴀᴅ are said to frighten residents. Haunted places are often ᴀssociated with […]
Christian Church And Large House Unearthed In Ancient Laodicea, A Major Hub Of Christianity
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 20-room peristyle (an open interior space surrounded by columns) with a church inside has been discovered during the excavation and restoration works in the ancient city of Laodicea, in southwestern Turkey. Laodicea – one of Asia Minor’s most flourishing cities – was built upon seven hills. The city minted […]
DNA Sheds Light On Ancient History Of Dogs All The Way To The Ice Age
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Dogs are our beloved pets, and they have been our companions for a very long time, or maybe even longer than we previously thought. In the Chauvet Cave in France, there are extraordinary paintings that are between 20,000 and 30,000 thousand years old. Here we find what some consider to […]
Ancient Tell-Tayinat Inhabitants And Climate Change Resilience – New Study
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An examination of two documented periods of climate change in the greater Middle East, between approximately 4,500 and 3,000 years ago, reveals local evidence of resilience and even of a flourishing ancient society despite the changes in climate seen in the larger region. Microscope image of Iron Age oak twig […]
Denisovan DNA Found In The Genome Of Oldest Human Fossil Discovered In Mongolia
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers have analyzed the genome of the oldest human fossil found in Mongolia to date and show that the 34,000-year-old woman inherited around 25 percent of her DNA from western Eurasians. The skullcap found in the Salkhit Valley in eastern Mongolia belonged to a woman who lived 34,000 years ago. […]
King Alaric’s Strange Dream, Sack Of Rome And Forever Hidden Grave
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The year was 395, and Alaric had just become the King of the Visigoths. A few days later, he had a strange dream that made an impression on him. What did it mean? Was he destined to accomplish something extraordinary, or was it a bad omen? Deep in his heart, […]
Unusual Stone Carvings And Medieval ‘Witching’ Marks To Ward Off Evil Spirits Discovered In England
Jan Bartek -AncientPages.com – Belief in and practice of witchcraft in Europe goes far back in time. Witches were considered evil by Medieval people and the belief in the powers of evil spirits was also widespread. During the Middle Ages, people did all they could to protects themselves from what they considered to be “evil […]
Unique Codex Cospi: Pre-Columbian Manuscript Will Soon Reveal Some Of Its Secrets
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – On December 26, 1665, the Codex Cospi (or Codex Bologna) was given as a Christmas gift to the Italian nobleman Ferdinando Cospi (1606 – 1686). It is one of the few Aztec ‘books’ in the world. Codex Cospi is a beautiful illuminated manuscript, protected by two covers made in the […]