Remains of Maurya-Era Wall Discovered In Tilaurakot, Kapilvastu, Nepal
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeological excavation is still going on at Tilaurakot, Kapilvastu of southern Nepal. According to archaeologists involved in the excavation, the recent discovery of ruins of a wall dating to the Mauryan Empire has archaeological significance. Maurya era bricks measuring 47 cm long, 26 to 28 cm wide and 7 cm […]
Unique Viking Age Shipyard Discovered At Birka Challenges Maritime Activities Of The Viking Age
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have located a unique Viking Age shipyard site at Birka on Björkö in Lake Mälaren. The discovery challenges previous theories about how the maritime activities of the Viking Age were organized. A replica of the Viking Age ship at Birka. Credit: Sven Isaksson “A site like this has never […]
Old Norse Settlers Traded Walrus Ivory With Kyiv – Spectacular Archaeological Finds Reveal
Jan Barterk – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists had low expectations when excavations started at 35 Spaska Street in Kyiv in 2007. Two earlier archaeological surveys had been carried out here, with meager results. But now a new building was to be erected, and the site first had to be examined by archaeologists since the area is […]
BREAKING: NASA Records Mᴀssive Solar Flare That Lasted For Three Hours; Geomagnetic Storm and Radio Blackout Expected to Hit Earth Today
On Monday, June 13, a three-hour-long solar flare erupted from the Sun, releasing a tremendous quanтιтy of charged particles in the form of solar radiation. As a…
Did Democracy Have A Separate Origin In The Americas?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Democracy is widely understood to have arisen in the Mediterranean world about 2,500 years ago before spreading through cultural contact to other parts of the globe. But new research from the University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology, together with its partners in the Muscogee Nation, indicates that inhabitants of the […]
Ancient DNA And Tombstones Lead Scientists To Black Death’s Source Strain
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In 1347, the plague first entered the Mediterranean via trade ships transporting goods from the territories of the Golden Horde in the Black Sea. The disease then disseminated across Europe, the Middle East, and northern Africa claiming up to 60% of the population in a large-scale outbreak known as the […]
Evidence Humans Used Fire 1 Million Years Ago In Israel Discovered By Artificial Intelligence
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An artificial intelligence tool has spotted changes in flints from a 1-million-year-old ancient human site called Evron Quarry in Israel. A closer examination reveals this is a significant discovery showing ancient humans used fire almost 1 million years ago. The study conducted by scientists from the Weizmann Insтιтute of Science gives […]
Brian Boru – Famous And Brave Irish Hero Who Dared To Chase Off The Vikings
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – On April 23, people in Ireland celebrate Brian Boru, one of their greatest heroes who became famous for chasing off the Vikings. Brian Boru was an Irish Christian king who died on Good Friday at the Battle of Clontarf. He dreamt of a free, united Ireland; his greatest goal was […]
‘Homo Erectus’ From Gongwangling Could Have Been One Of The First Human Beings 1,6 Million Years Ago
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have just published a study of what may prove to be China’s most ancient human fossil. Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), as part of a team of Chinese, Spanish, and French scientists employed microCT, geometric morphometry, and classical morphology techniques to investigate […]
BREAKING: Astronomers Just Discovered A Black Hole Unlike Any Other
Astronomers discovered a black hole concealed inside a huge star cluster, B023-G078, in the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest neighboring galaxy. With a mᴀss of one hundred thousand…