St. Swithin’s Day And The 40 Days’ Weather Prophecy
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – July 15 is the feast day of St. Swithin, an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester who died in 862 A.D. His name is ᴀssociated with a weather prophecy lasting 40 days. According to folklore, weather for a subsequent period is dictated. Most think it will rain for the next 40 days, starting […]
3,000-Year-Old Twisted Gold Torc Discovered In EsSєx
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A metal detectorist has discovered a part of a Bronze Age twisted gold torc in a field near Mistley, on the River Stour in EsSєx, UK. The gold torc has been examined by experts and declared a treasure by a coroner. The artifact is estimated to be about 3,000-year-old and […]
Arizona’s Enigmatic Beehive-Shaped Stone Coke Ovens
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Along the prominent Gila River at ʙuттe, Arizona, lies Cochran Ghost Town and there are five very well-preserved beehive-shaped ovens standing in a row. The structures are referred to as the Coke Ovens. These baffling structures stand 32 feet tall and 72 feet around and are made from stone granite blocks […]
Tracking Prehistoric Relations With AI From The Middle Stone Age To Antiquity
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Who knows whom? Who has which desires and needs? The answers to these questions are worth a lot of money for the advertising industry today. With the help of immense amounts of data as well as artificial intelligence, internet companies can answer them ever more precisely. Obsidian artifacts found in […]
Evidence Ravens Share A 30,000-Year-Old Relationship With Humans
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In Norse mythology, God Odin always has his two raven companions, Hugin (Huginn) and Munin (Munnin), on his shoulders. As explained earlier on Ancient pages, “Hugin represents ‘memory,’ while Munin – represents ‘thought.’ Norse God Odin with his ravens Huginn, Muninn. Credit: Adobe Stock – Karrrtinki Hugin and Munin, “Thought” and […]
New Fossil Of 145-Million-Year-Old Pterosaur Nicknamed Elvis
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A new 145-million-year-old pterosaur (extinct flying reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs) has been named by a team of British, American and German researchers. The animal was nicknamed “Elvis” when the fossil was first unearthed in Bavaria, Germany because of the giant pompadour-like bony crest on its skull. Credit: […]
Unique Female Viking Grave In Swedish Mountains Reveals Its Secrets
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – As previously reported on Ancient Pages, the discovery of a mysterious Viking grave in the Swedish Mountains last year was hailed as one of the country’s greatest and most exciting archaeological finds. At the time of the discovery, scientists knew little about the content of the grave. The story began […]
In Ancient California Matriarchal Society, Daughters Breastfed Longer And Women Accumulated Greater Wealth
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In a new study, researchers and members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area are the first to publish evidence of wealth-driven patterns in maternal investment among ancient populations. Woman measuring a strand of shell beads in a pH๏τo taken in 1918. Credit: JOHN P. HARRINGTON/ […]
Enigmatic Ancient ‘Unknown Kushan Script’ Deciphered By Scientists
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Kushan Empire in Central Asia was one of the most influential states of the ancient world. A research team at the University of Cologne’s Department of Linguistics has now deciphered a writing system that sheds new light on its history. A team of early career researchers at the University […]
Secrets Of Egyptian Painters Revealed By Chemistry
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The language of ancient Egypt has no known word for ‘art’. Its civilization is often perceived as having been extremely formal in its creative expression, the works completed by the painters of its funerary chapels being no exception. Still, within the scope of a vast research program undertaken in coordination […]