Huge Phitos (Jar) Unearthed In Ancient City Of Prusias ad Hypium, Turkey
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Large jars (in Greek, called ‘pithoi’) were vast storage containers, widely used among the civilizations that inhabited the regions of the Mediterranean Sea in the Neolithic, the Bronze Age, and the succeeding Iron Age. A view of the pithos found in the ancient city of Prusias ad Hypium, Düzce, northwestern Turkey, […]
Large Ancient Roman Necropolis Is Buried Beneath The Gaza Strip – Can It And Other Ancient Treasures Be Saved?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While workers labored on a large construction site in the Gaza Strip, a security guard noticed a strange piece of stone sticking out of the earth. “I thought it was a tunnel,” said Ahmad, the young guard and a Palestinian who preferred not to give his full name, referring to […]
This Is The World’s First Image of Light as Both a Particle And a Wave
For the first time, scientists have captured both the particle and wave natures of light in a single electron microscope picture. Fabrizio Carbone/EPFL Until recently, scientists have…
2,550 Submerged Wooden Objects Recovered From The Templo Mayor Of Tenochтιтlan
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have recovered as many as 2,550 wooden objects from the Templo Mayor in the Aztec city of Tenochтιтlan in Mexico City. The rescued objects have survived more than 500 years submerged in water, some completely flooded. As explained on AncientPages.com earlier, the “most important sacred temple complex of the Aztecs – […]
Unique Bronze Age Fortress Discovered In Galway, Ireland
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While carrying out fieldwork in the Burren lowlands east of Gort in Co Galway, Ireland archaeologist Michael Gibbons discovered a remarkable Bronze Age Fortress. Gibbons says the ancient fortress he stumbles upon in the rural Galway park is one of the most extraordinary monuments of probable Bronze Age in Ireland. […]
Comet With 500,000 Miles Long Tail Will Fly By Earth And You Will Be Able To See It
Amateur astronomers may soon be able to see a comet that was initially spotted back in 2017. Artist’s Impression of a comet pᴀssing through our solar system…
Long-Standing Mystery Of What May Have Triggered Ice Age Solved – New Study
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A new study led by University of Arizona researchers may have solved two mysteries that have long puzzled paleo-climate experts: Where did the ice sheets that rang in the last ice age more than 100,000 years ago come from, and how could they grow so quickly? Understanding what drives […]
This Is The Mysterious Hilltop Where Civilization Began Scientists Say
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Where exactly did our civilization emerge? Some will say our modern civilization emerged in Mesopotamia. Others will say there are underwater ruins much older and predate the Sumerian civilizations. Yet, another group will argue the first traces of civilization can be found in entirely different places. Göbekli Tepe. Credit: Teomancimit […]
Five Planets Align Perfectly, Until The End Of This Month
This week, the Earth will be able to see a rare alignment of five planets. Since December 2004, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are aligning in…
Fascinating 3,000-Year-Old Artifacts Found At Herne Bay, Kent, UK
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Kent, UK have made some interesting finds, and the oldest of them date back to the Bronze Age. The discovery was made at Hillborough on the outskirts of Herne Bay, where according to lead archaeologist Richard Greatorex the presence of a medieval whistle suggests people in 1000 […]