4,000-Year-Old Tomb Altóir Na Gréine Rediscovered By Folklorist In County Kerry, Ireland
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Can a tomb that has stood in the same spot for thousands of years suddenly vanish? That is a question many pondered when trying to locate Altóir na Gréine, as the tomb is locally known. Billy Mag Fhloinn with the remnants of the tomb. Credit: Seán Mac an tSíthigh/RTÉ News […]
Mysterious Code Hidden In Antique Silk Dress Bought In Maine Finally Deciphered!
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Long considered impossible to decipher, we can now finally learn the truth about the mysterious code found hidden in an old silk dress in Maine, USA. The intriguing story started when Sara Rivers Cofield spotted a silk dress in an antique mall in Maine. Being an archaeologist who also also […]
Well-Preserved 1,000-Year-Old Ulfberht Sword Found In The Wisla River, Poland
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ulfberht swords were famous for their strength, flexibility, and high-tech blades. Viking warriors highly prized these weapons, which were extraordinarily valuable because of their properties. This well-preserved Ulfbrecht sword was found in the Wisla River in Poland. Credit: Wojewódzki Urzad Ochrony Zabytków w Toruniu – O. Popkiewicz “Ulfberht blades were […]
Burnt Food Remains In Neolithic Cooking Pot Sheds Light On 5,000-Year-Old Food Preparation
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – There have always been several ways to prepare meals. Food can be cooked in different pots depending on the meal. Ancient people realized this a long time ago. Studies show Neolithic people had a highly differentiated sense of taste and attached great importance to good flavor. Researchers from the Collaborative […]
2,000-Year-Old Knife With Denmark’s Oldest Runes Found On Funen
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – When museum inspector and archaeologist Jakob Bonde dug up a 2,000-year-old knife with a runic inscription from a burial ground near Odense on the island of Funen, he did not know the find’s significance. Of course, Bonde was aware the ancient knife was valuable, but who would have thought that […]
Why Is The Oseberg Ship Burial A Great Viking Mystery?
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Oseberg Ship burial is one of the greatest Viking mysteries. The individuals buried together with the ship are a riddle, and the fact something very strange occurred before the burial was sealed gives scientists reason to say the ship took a mystery with it to the grave. Will we […]
Extremely Unique Ancient Roman Arm Guard Found At Trimontium Fort – Restored And On Display For The First Time Ever
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For the first time in almost 2,000 years, the public will have an opportunity to see an incredible Roman arm guard. This ancient arm guard is truly unique because it is one of only three known from the whole Roman Empire. Found in 1906 at the Trimontium fort site near […]
DNA From 10,000-Year-Old Scandinavian Chewing Gum Reveals Stone Age Diet
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the early 1990s, excavations took place at Huseby-Klev, an early Mesolithic hunter-fisher site on the Swedish west coast, where a piece of ancient chewing gum was found. The masticates were made out of birch bark tar and used as glue in tool production and other types of technology during […]
Why Is This Centaur Head A Scientific Mystery?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The centaur head was given to the Danish King Christian V as a gift in 1688. The Danish Captain who served in the Venetian fleet and was present during the bombardment of the Acropolis in Athens in 1687 brought the head along with another one from the Parthenon temple to […]
Surprising Time Capsule In Antarctica – Evidence Of Toxic Heavy Metal Pollution 800 Years Ago
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While examining ice cores from Antarctica, scientists found evidence of toxic heavy metal pollution caused by humans, predating the Industrial Revolution by centuries. This surprising time capsule allows scientists and historians to link Earth’s history with that of human societies. Antarctica. Credit: Adobe Stock – Goinyk Human activity, from burning […]