Secrets Behind 2,000-Year-Old Roman Water Management Revealed
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While 21st-century water companies struggle to maintain clean, fresh supplies, a new study reveals that, some 2,000 years ago, Roman water engineers were keeping up a regular program of managing and maintaining the ancient water systems. According to the research published in Scientific Reports, ancient water management traces are captured […]
Entrance To An Unexplored Ice Age Cave Discovered Near Engen!
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Hailed as a sensation find, researchers report they have discovered the official entrance to an Ice Age cave near Engen, Germany, that nobody has entered for 16,000 years! Archaeologists are naturally very excited about the discovery as it offers a unique opportunity to gain knowledge into the life of late […]
Medieval Sword Found In The Sea Off The Carmel Coast Was Probably Used In Combat 800 Years Ago
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Medieval sword was found in the sea off the Carmel coast, and it probably fell into the water during a naval battle approximately 800 years ago. Swimmer Shlomi Katzin with the sword from the sea. PH๏τo by Nir Distelfeld, Israel Antiquities Authority A paper published by researchers from the […]
500-Million-Year-Old Sea Worm Named After ‘Dune’ Monster Was Unknown To Science Until Now
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Excavations by a University of Kansas paleontologist working in a treasure trove of fossils called the “Spence Shale Lagerstätte” have revealed an ancient sea worm unknown to science until now. When she found the fossil, Rhiannon LaVine, a research ᴀssociate with the KU Biodiversity Insтιтute and Natural History Museum, was […]
DNA Study Of Remains At Delaware Site Find Kinship Among European Settlers, African Slaves
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Early colonial settlers likely survived the harsh frontier conditions of 17th-century Delaware because they banded as family units to work alongside enslaved African descendants and European indentured servants, a new study says. Achaeologists have uncovered a 17th-century burial site west of Rehoboth Beach, and the earliest African-American gravesites known in […]
Vikings Cared Deeply For Their Animal Companions – Shared Human And Horse Burials Reveal
AncientPages.com – Is your pet part of the family? That’s nothing new. Archeological evidence exists to suggest that the Vikings held their own animals in high – even intimate – regard, taking them with them on voyages. Earlier this year, scientific evidence found for the first time that – as early as the ninth century […]
Beautiful Neolithic Ornate Necklace With Over 2,500 Stones Found In A Child’s Grave
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have discovered a Neolithic ornate necklace in a child’s grave in Jordan. According to a new study, this single accessory provides new insights into the social complexity of Neolithic culture. Body adornments are powerful symbols that communicate cultural values and personal idenтιтies, and they are, therefore highly valuable in […]
Ancient Pathogens Released From Melting Ice Could Wreak Havoc On The World – New Analysis Reveals
AncientPages.com – Science fiction is rife with fanciful tales of ᴅᴇᴀᴅly organisms emerging from the ice and wreaking havoc on unsuspecting human victims. From shape-shifting aliens in Antarctica, to super-parasites emerging from a thawing woolly mammoth in Siberia, to exposed permafrost in Greenland causing a viral pandemic – the concept is marvellous plot fodder. Ice cave, Lake Baikal. Credit: Adobe Stock […]
Earliest Systematic Coal Exploitation For Fuel Goes Back To ~3600 B.P.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Coal has long played a crucial role in the life of human civilizations. Records of systematic coal fuel exploitation date back to the late third millennium B. P., and there is no evidence the systematic exploitation of coal for fuel before 2500 B.P. Fig. 1. Geographic setting of the archaeological […]
Oral Stories Of Australia’s First Nations Might Be 10,000 Years Old – Evidence Found
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In 1970, Lardil man Goobalathaldin (or Dick Roughsey) completed his autobiography “Moon and Rainbow” in which he recounted his ancestors’ stories. Among them was a story telling of a time when the North Wellesley Islands were connected to the Australian mainland. Modern estimates put the last time the North Wellesley […]