Archaeologists Make An Unusual Find In A 2,000-Year-Old Romanian Burial Mound
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – When archaeologists excavate, they make the most curious discoveries possible. What was perfectly natural to our ancient ancestors is regarded as unusual today. During excavation in the town of Cheia, Romania, scientists found a wolf skull that was supposed to protect robbers from the revenge of the spirit of the […]
18,000-Year-Old Relics Discovered In Oregon – Oldest Home In North America?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Where and when the first people appeared in North America is a debated subject many cannot agree on. It has previously been said the oldest house in North America is located in Ohio. Paleoindians used the 12,500-year-old dwelling during the Ice Age. However, a new discovery made in Oregon gives […]
Rare Bronze Hand Found At Roman Vindolanda
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The fort of Vindolanda, one of the earliest Roman garrisons, built by the Roman army in England, is one of Europe’s most important Roman archeological sites. It guarded the Stanegate, the Roman road from the River Tyne to the Solway Firth. It was situated behind Hadrian’s Wall, near the modern village of Bardon […]
A Magical Handbook For The Afterlife – Insights To Ancient Egyptian Religion, Magic And Secret Knowledge
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Egyptian Book of the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ provides unique insights into the religious life of ancient Egypt. A new handbook presents the current state of research. Co-editor is the Würzburg Egyptologist Martin Andreas Stadler. This small part from a fragment of a Book of the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ from the Martin von Wagner […]
Is Mysterious Herlaugshaugen The Ship Burial Of Viking King Herlaug?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In late June, archaeologists conducted what they thought would be a minor investigation of Herlaugshaugen, a burial mound on the island of Leka in north-central Norway. Herlaugshaugen is mentioned in Snorre’s sagas as the final resting place of King Herlaug. He chose to be buried in this burial mound instead […]
Why Ancestors Of Modern Birds Survived When All The Dinosaurs Died
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Fossils reveal how ancient birds molted their feathers. Every bird you’ve ever seen— every robin, every pigeon, every penguin at the zoo— is a living dinosaur. Birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the asteroid-induced mᴀss extinction 66 million years ago. Illustration of what a newly hatched […]
150-Million-Year-Old Stomach Stone Found In The UK The Oldest Discovered Fossil Of Its Kind
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A 150-million-year-old stomach stone has been found in the UK, making it the oldest discovered fossil of its kind. Found by renowned paleontologist Dr. Steve Etches MBE, in Kimmeridge, Dorset, the fist-shaped fossil originates from the Jurᴀssic era. The relic is 59 million years older than the oldest known […]
Large Roman Mosaic Of Samson Unearthed In Galilee
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have uncovered a spectacular mosaic panel in the late Roman (ca. 400 C.E.) synagogue at Huqoq, an ancient Jewish village in Israel’s Lower Galilee. The panel, which identifies the mosaic donors or artists, decorates the floor just inside the main entrance. The discovery was made by a team of […]
Bronze Age Human Remains Uncovered In Dorset During Excavation Of Iron Age Settlement
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeology students from Bournemouth University have discovered a Bronze Age burial site during an excavation of a prehistoric settlement in Dorset. It is the first time Bronze Age bones have been discovered on the site in Winterborne Kingston, where the university’s Department of Archaeology and Anthropology has been excavating settlements […]
Is Huge New Ichthyosaur, One Of The Largest Animals Ever Uncovered?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Paleontologists have discovered sets of fossils representing three new ichthyosaurs that may have been among the largest animals to have ever lived. Unearthed in the Swiss Alps between 1976 and 1990, the discovery includes the largest ichthyosaur tooth ever found. The width of the tooth root is twice as large […]