Why Did Archaeologists Destroy Medieval King’s Wharf After Excavations?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While excavating at Bjørvika, east of Oslo’s center in Norway, scientists discovered the remains of an ancient structure. It turned out that these remains were a mᴀssive foundation for a wharf. It might have been the King’s Wharf during medieval times. Unfortunately, soon after the wharf was found, it was […]
Unique Statue Of Mayan God K’awiil ᴀssociated With Lightning, Serpents, Fertility, Maize, Royal Lineage Found On Maya Train Route
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists performing rescue work on section 7 of the Maya Train route have accidentally discovered a unique stone sculpture of the Mayan god K’awil. This deity is ᴀssociated with lightning, serpents, fertility, maize, abundance, and royal lineage. The three-dimensional depiction of the Mayan god K’awiil, uncovered during an archeological rescue […]
Bronze Age Long-Distance Connections: Baltic Amber In Aššur
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In 1914, two beads were found under the great ziggurat of Aššur in Iraq, in a foundation deposit dating from around 1800-1750 BC. Their material has now been identified as amber using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR). The beads represent some of the earliest amber specimens in southwest Asia and […]
Predatory Dinosaur Irritator From Brazil Had Surprising Anatomy
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Irritator challengeri was a two-legged, meat-eating dinosaur, or more precisely—a spinosaurid. The knowledge of the species is based on the most complete fossil skull known from this group. With the aid of X-ray computed tomographs usually used in the context of medicine or material science, paleontologists from Greifswald, Munich […]
6,000-Year-Old Vast Settlement With Tools And Granite Structures Unearthed In Sotta, Corsica In France
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of archaeologists from INRAP (French National Insтιтute for Preventive Archaeological Research) recently unearthed two Neolithic settlements of which one has well-preserved structures. The excavataed arc was the best preserved of its kind at the site, experts said. Image credit: Florian Soula INRAP INRAP researchers inform that the remains […]
Extraordinary Fossil Evidence Human Hand Evolved From Fish Fins
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – What can human hands possibly have in common with fish fins? Not much, most would say. However, according to scientists, fossil evidence offers remarkable insight into how the human hand evolved from fish fins. The study is based on examining an ancient Elpistostege fish fossil found in Miguasha, Canada. Complete […]
Smuggled Ancient Egyptian Artefacts Finally Arrive Home From Italy
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Four ancient Egyptian artefacts that were illegally smuggled to Italy have found their way home. The artefacts were handed over to the Egyptian Embᴀssy in Rome some time ago and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in Egypt received them from the foreign ministry. Image credit: Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism […]
Relics Dated To Byzantine And Late Period Unearthed In Meir Necropolis In ᴀssiut, Upper Egypt
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An Egyptian team of archaeologists has discovered a collection of structure relics dated to the Byzantine and Late Period in Meir Necropolis in the ᴀssiut governorate. Image credit: Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities – via Ahram Online The remains of the structures were found on two levels, with the […]
DNA Reveals Surprising Migration Patterns Of Ancient Mexican Civilizations
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have analyzed ancient DNA from pre-Hispanic individuals in northern and central Mexico, revealing contributions from an unknown “ghost” population. The result of the study provides surprising information about the migration patterns of ancient Mexican civilizations. As explained in the study published in the journal Science, ancient DNA has revealed […]
Rare 518-Million-Year-Old Fossils Of An Unusual-Looking Animal Fill A Gap In The Evolution Of Major Animal Groups
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Half a billion years ago, an unusual-looking animal crawled over the sea floor, using tentacles to pick up food particles along the way. Known as Rotadiscus grandis, this animal lived during the Cambrian period, when a burst of evolutionary activity is thought to have given rise to many of the major […]