Intact 1,800-Year-Old Roman Sarcophagus With Unexpected Treasures Found In France
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It does not happen often archaeologists find an ancient unlooted Roman sarcophagus. When it happens, like it just did in France, it is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the past. “It’s quite exceptional, it’s the first time that we have found a tomb intact and which has not […]
Impressive Textile Reconstruction Shows What Viking Age People Dressed Like
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Those of us interested in ancient history enjoy learning as much as possible about the daily life of our ancestors. What food did people in the past eat? What did their homes look like? How did they spend their free time? How did they dress? These are just some of […]
Birch Bark Tar Production Techniques Offer Evidence Neanderthals Had Cognitive Skills Similar To Modern Thinking
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Previous studies show Neanderthals invented or developed birch tar making technique independently from Homo sapiens. Studying prehistoric production processes of birch bark tar using computational modeling reveals the kinds of cognition that were required for the materials produced by Neanderthal and early modern humans. Credit: Adobe Stock – Karrrtinki Researchers […]
Excavations In Ancient City Of Cremna – One Of The Five Colonial Cities In Pisidia
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For two years, archaeologists have been excavating Kremna, an ancient city located in the province of Burdur (Taurus mountains)a city located on the shore of Lake Burdur, in southwestern Turkey. Cremna, Pisidia in Burdur, Turkey. Image credit: Basak – CC BY-SA 4.0 Kremna was once an important settlement and had […]
Unusual 455-Million-Year-Old Fossil Fish Can Reveal How Our Skulls Evolved
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A 455-million-year-old fossil fish provides a new perspective on how vertebrates evolved to protect their brains, a study has found. In a paper published in Nature researchers from the University of Birmingham, Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands, and the Natural History Museum have pieced together the skull of Eriptychius americanus. Image of work […]
Scientific Disagreement Over The Bronze Age Tin Ingots From The Uluburun Shipwreck
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – About 2,000 years ago, a ship wrecked in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern shores of Uluburun—in present-day Turkey— carrying tons of rare metal. Since its discovery in 1982, scientists have been studying the Uluburun shipwreck’s contents to understand better the people and political organizations that dominated the period known […]
Large Roman Public Latrine With 60 Wooden Seats Discovered In Bet Shean, Israel
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeological excavations have revealed large Roman latrines located in Bet Shean, Israel. These latrines are the largest in the country, with 60 wooden seats available to the public. Being built in an open communal area, many people obviously used the latrines. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority “In each of the four […]
Buried Ancient Roman Glᴀss Has Formed PH๏τonic Crystals – Extraordinary Discovery – Scientists Say
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have discovered that ancient Roman glᴀss, known as “wow glᴀss,” has formed a strange type of crystal that refracts light in surprising ways. After analyzing archaeological glᴀss fragments from Roman times, scientists realized they were observing naturally-formed pH๏τonic crystals – periodic optical structures that can control the flow of […]
Ancient Maya Nose Ornament Made Of Human Bone Discovered In Palenque
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating at the Archaeological Zone of Palenque in southern Mexico report they have found an ancient Maya nose ornament made of human bone. It is the first time scientists have come across an artifact like this one in the ancient city of Palenque. Archaeological Zone of Palenque. Credit: INAH […]
Minoans: Highly Advanced Bronze Age Civilization Of Europe
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Minoan society developed at the end of the third millennium BC on the largest island of the Aegean Sea – Crete, which was ruled by the legendary king Minos, a son of Zeus and Europa. They also inhabited many other small islands within the Aegean Sea. A depiction of elite […]