Sea Sequin ‘Bling’ Links Indonesian Islands’ Ancient Communities
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of researchers have found a shared penchant for sewing reflective shell beds onto clothing and other items across three Indonesian islands that dates back to at least 12,000 years ago. Nautilus pompilius shell reaches to around 200mm in length, providing a large quanтιтy of nacreous shell for material […]
Hunter-Gatherer Metallurgy In The Early Iron Age Of Northern Fennoscandia Was Integrated And Advanced
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The theory that iron technology was a late introduction, pᴀssively received by the population in communities of the Circumpolar North, was finally challenged. Bronze buckle (F1784) from the Sangis smithing site (Sangis 730). Charred organic material (resin?) was found next to the bronze buckle, radiocarbon-dated to c. 50 BC–AD 115 […]
2,300-Year-Old Roman Lead Weight In ᴀssos Is The Largest Ever Discovered
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavated at ᴀssos, an ancient Greek city located on the Aegean coast in the Ayvacık district of Çanakkale province, Turkey, discovered a 2,300-year-old Roman lead weight. Archaeologists have found a 2,300-year-olf Roman lead weight. PH๏τo credit: IHA The ancient lead weight found near the site of a Roman fountain […]
1,200-Year-Old Human Skeleton With A Jade Ring Unearthed In El Tigre Archaeological Zone
Jan Bartek – Ancient Pages.com – Jade was held sacred by many ancient civilizations. The green stone has been found in many ancient tombs and placed there as a valuable burial item. In the religious beliefs of Mesoamerican people, jade was symbolically ᴀssociated with life and death and therefore possessed high spiritual importance. Archeologists from […]
China’s Ancient Water Pipes Show People Mastered Complex Engineering Without The Need For A Centralized State Authority
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A system of ancient ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that neolithic people were capable of complex engineering feats without the need for a centralized state authority, finds a new study by University College London researchers. PH๏τo of in situ water pipes leading to a drainage […]
Stunning Ancient Lod Mosaic With Message Of Approaching Danger To The Ship At Sea
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com -During a rescue excavation in 1996 in the town of Lod, one of the most impressive mosaic floors in Israel was discovered! Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority The mosaic contains various stunningly naturalistic depictions of animals, birds, hunting scenes, and boats. Amidst all this beauty, one fascinating scene depicting the unusual sight […]
Secret Behind Ancient Ammonoids’ Elaborate Shells With Fractal-Like Geometry Revealed
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusk animals that are now an iconic fossil group often collected by amateurs. Over 350 million years of evolution, ammonoids developed increasingly elaborate shells with fractal-like geometry. For nearly 200 years, scientists have debated the reason why these animals show a trend […]
Ancient European Languages Shed Light On A Great Migration And Weather Vocabulary
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Painstaking archaeological exploration is a familiar, often widely admired, method of unearthing history. Less celebrated, but also invaluable, is the piecing together of fragments of ancient languages and analyzing how they changed over thousands of years. Eastern Iranian KH๏τanese is among the languages that influenced ancient Tocharian. Credit: CC0 via […]
Large Anglo-Saxon Burial With Bodies And Roman Artifacts Found At Bicker Fen, Lincolnshire, UK
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A large Anglo-Saxon burial has been unearthed at Bicker Fen, Lincolnshire, UK. The discovery was part of Viking Link’s construction. A project team worked with archaeology experts who carried out a number of detailed surveys along the planned cable route and converter site location. A number of Anglo-Saxon and Roman […]
Has The Mysterious Ancient Underground Labyrinth Of Mitla Finally Been Found?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Zapotec civilization was by no means primitive. On the contrary, when investigating archaeological sites in the Valley of Oaxaca in Mesoamerica, scientists found evidence the history of the Zapotec civilization goes back at least 2,500 years, if not more. Monte Albán (in Spanish: White Mountain) was the first capital of […]