Neanderthals Vanishing When Homo Sapiens Emerged In Europe Was Coincidental – Are Herbivores The Answer?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of evolutionary scientists has presented evidence the Neanderthals vanishing when Homo sapiens emerged in Europe may have been coincidental. In a new study, scientists examined how the co-existence between the two species was affected by herbivore carrying capacity about 60,00 years ago. Credit: Adobe Stock – Bartek In […]
Roman Cosmetics Shop Discovered In The Ancient City Of Aizanoi, Turkey
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman cosmetics shop in the marketplace in the ancient city of Aizanoi, Turkey. Famous for its well-preserved temple of Zeus, the city of Aizanoi was part of the Roman province of Phrygia Pacatiana. Nicknamed the Second Ephesus, Aizanoi was once an ancient Greek city and an […]
Viking Age Horse Bridle Found Under The Ice 2,000 Meters Above Sea Level
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Glacial archaeologists working in Norway have once again discovered fascinating ancient artifacts under the ice. Near a mountain pᴀss, not far from Norway’s highest mountain Galdhøpiggen, archaeologists have found traces of horse travel. Galdhøpiggen is the tallest mountain in Norway. Credit: Håvard Berland – CC BY 2.5 A metal bit […]
Why Did Students Turn Medieval Oxford Into A Murder Capital?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A project mapping medieval England’s known murder cases has now added Oxford and York to its street plan of London’s 14th-century slayings, and found that Oxford’s student population was by far the most lethally violent of all social or professional groups in any of the three cities. Campus, Oxford University […]
9,500-Year-Old Baskets And 6,200-Year-Old Sandals Found In Spanish Cave
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have discovered and analyzed the first direct evidence of basketry among hunter-gatherer societies and early farmers in southern Europe (9,500 and 6,200 years ago), in the Cueva de los Murciélagos of Albuñol (Granada, Spain). This site is one of the most emblematic archaeological sites of prehistoric times in the […]
Rare 2,300-Year-Old Tomb Of Greek Courtesan Found In Jerusalem Burial Cave
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have found a 2,300-year-old tomb of a Greek courtesan (hetaira – in Ancient Greek) in a burial cave in Jerusalem. The cremated remains of a young woman were discovered alongside a rare box mirror in a perfect state of preservation. Work in the burial cave. PH๏τo: Shai Halevi, Israel […]
Excavation And Restoration Of New Rooms In The Pyramid Of Sahura In Abusir
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A remarkable archaeological breakthrough has been made with excavating and restoring rooms in the pyramid of Sahura, which is located in Abusir. The discovered chambers are probably storage rooms intended to hold the royal burial objects. A pᴀssage secured with steel beams. One of the discovered storage rooms. Image: Mohamed […]
5 Surprising Things DNA Has Revealed About Our Ancestors
AncientPages.com – When researchers used DNA from the 10,000-year-old “Cheddar Man”, one of Britain’s oldest skeletons, they unveiled what the first inhabitants of what now is Britain actually looked like. But this isn’t the first time DNA from old skeletons has provided intriguing findings about our ancestors. Rapid advances in genetic sequencing over the past […]
Evidence Of Neolithic Bird Hunting In Upper Mesopotamia
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Birds were an important source of food for hunter-gatherer communities in Upper Mesopotamia at the beginning of the Neolithic period, around 9,000 years BCE. This is shown in a new study by SNSB and LMU archaeozoologists Dr. Nadja Pöllath and Prof. Dr. Joris Peters. Pillar 43 from Göbekli Tepe depicting […]
Evidence Of Camelids On The Iberian Peninsula During The Roman And Al-Andalus Eras Found
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A research team has found the remains of nine different camelids, making Córdoba one of the main sites featuring this animal on the Iberian Peninsula. Although different sources spoke of the presence of camelids in the province of Córdoba during the al-Andalus period, skeletal remains of this species had never […]