Neanderthal Intelligence Revealed By Their Use Of Fire For Cooking
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The fact that Neanderthals were able to make a fire and use it, among other things, for cooking, demonstrates their intelligence. “This confirms our observations and theories from previous studies,” explains Diego Angelucci, archaeologist at the University of Trento and co-author of the study. Neanderthal reconstruction made by brother Kennis […]
Extremely Rare Medieval Folding Chair Reveals Its Secrets
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In 2022, archaeologists made a very unusual find. A Medieval folding chair was discovered in a woman’s grave in Steinsfeld in Central Franconia in the Ansbach district, Germany. Examinations of the woman’s skeleton showed she was around 40 to 50 when she died. The ᴅᴇᴀᴅ woman had a necklace of colored […]
Coin Hoard Paints A Fascinating Picture Of Life Of Highland Clan Chief And His Household
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have revealed that a hoard of coins buried in a small pot, just discovered in Glencoe, Scotland, paints a fascinating picture of life for one Highland clan chief and his household. The coins were hidden for safekeeping underneath a stone fireplace. Robert Ronald McIan (1803-1856). – The Clans of […]
Neanderthals Hunted Dangerous Cave Lions In Eurasia – New Study Shows
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Neanderthals hunted cave lions and used the skin of this dangerous carnivore, a new study has shown for the first time. Excavations at Einhornhöhle (Unicorn Cave) in the Harz Mountains (Lower Saxony, Germany) in 2019 uncovered abundant Ice Age animals, among which were a few bones of the extinct cave […]
Artificial Intelligence And Clay Tablets: Not Yet A Perfect Match
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Translating ancient texts, filling in missing parts of clay tablets: articles are often popping up about the possibilities offered by artificial intelligence for researching documents in the oldest scripts. Credit: Trustees of the British Museum Are we better off leaving the deciphering of ancient texts to computers from now on? […]
Remarkably Well-Preserved 2,000-Year-Old ‘Tomb Of Cerberus’ With Amazing Frescoes Discovered In Italy
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Italy could hardly believe their eyes when they opened a mysterious ancient chamber tomb in the municipality of Giugliano in Campania, near Naples. An exterior sH๏τ of the recently-discovered chamber tomb near Naples. Credit: EBU The tomb was sealed with a tuff slab, a light, porous rock created […]
True Colors Of The Parthenon Sculptures Revealed In New Study
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – New imaging and scientific investigations by a team including a King’s College London academic has found traces of the original paint used to decorate the Parthenon Sculptures, revealing they were once in fact brightly colored. Exhibited at the British Museum, the Parthenon Sculptures, originally from ancient Greece, have for centuries […]
2,000-Year-Old Celtic Dice Discovered In Poland
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have been excavating at the Celtic settlement in Samborowice (Silesia) for a significant number of years, This year, a number of intriguing finds were made, and one of the most special ones is a 2,000-year-old dice that is the oldest one found so far in Poland. 2,000-year-old Celtic dice […]
Evidence Vikings Had Windows With Glᴀss Panes Already Between 800 And 1100
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Vikings are often depicted as crude barbarians running around yelling and waving with swords, but there are many reasons we should reconsider whether this is an accurate picture. We have heard it all before. The image of a brutal Viking king sitting on his throne in a gloomy room, surrounded […]
People Who Carry Neanderthal Gene Variants Have Greater Pain Sensitivity
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – People who carry three gene variants inherited from Neanderthals are more sensitive to some types of pain, according to a new study co-led by UCL researchers. The findings, published in Communications Biology, are the latest findings to show how past interbreeding with Neanderthals has influenced the genetics of modern humans. The […]