Tooth Analysis Reveal Nebraska Resembled A Dry Savanna 18 Million Years Ago
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Between 18 million and 12 million years ago, the Great Plains supported an unprecedented variety of hooved mammal species that browsed on leafy vegetation—up to three times more than in any modern ecosystem, including the densest rainforests. That diversity, ecologists figured, could only have emerged in a landscape similarly blanketed […]
BREAKING: Mystery ‘Structure’ Shooting From Black Hole Spotted In Giant Galaxy
Radio signals from a faraway galaxy containing a black hole at its core were detected by a Japanese astronomy team. This finding is unusual because of difficulties…
Ancient DNA Helps Reveal Social Changes In Africa 50,000 Years Ago That Shaped The Human Story
AncientPages.com – Every person alive on the planet today is descended from people who lived as hunter-gatherers in Africa. The continent is the cradle of human origins and ingenuity, and with each new fossil and archaeological discovery, we learn more about our shared African past. Such research tends to focus on when our species, Homo sapiens, spread out to […]
Arslantepe Mound – Home To The Oldest City-State Of Anatolia
Inonu University, Science Teaching Department – AncientPages.com – At the 44th UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting held online on July 26, 2021, it was decided to record Arslantepe Mound, where the oldest city-state of Anatolia was founded, on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Arslantepe Mound. Image provided by Inonu University, Science Teaching Department Arslantepe Mound, […]
Why Did People Start Eating Egyptian Mummies? The Weird And Wild Ways Mummy Fever Swept Through Europe
AncientPages.com – Why did people think cannibalism was good for their health? The answer offers a glimpse into the zaniest crannies of European history, at a time when Europeans were obsessed with Egyptian mummies. Credit: Wikimedia Driven first by the belief that ground-up and tinctured human remains could cure anything from bubonic plague to a […]
Hopes of Alien Life on Mars Increase After New Satellite Images Reveal Network of Hidden Lakes
Scientists confirmed the discovery of a mᴀssive lake of liquid water 20 kilometers in diameter, and reported the discovery of three new saltwater lakes beneath the Martian…
Tile Tomb Dated To The Late Hellenistic Era – Discovered In Surroundings Of Istanbul, Turkey
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A burial monument from the late Hellenistic period, which is a first for Istanbul, has been unearthed during the excavations in the Haydarpasa Train Station in Istanbul’s Kadıköy neighborhood. The discovery of this tile tomb, dated to Hellenistic era 3th century BC, is considered by archaeologists as important. A burial […]
Unique Ancient Half-Mummy Unearthed In Luxor, Egypt Mystifies Archaeologists
Conny Waters – AncientPAges.com – Archaeologists excavating in Egypt are used to finding ancient mummies, but this discovery is different. An odd, half-mummy unearthed in the necropolis in the Al-Asasif area in Luxor has confused scientists. The half-mummy was found in the tomb of Karabasken (TT 391) where scientists also came across four canopic jars […]
Race To Save Magnificent Underwater Stone Age Paintings Hidden In The Cosquer Cave
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists admit it’s a race against time if we want to save the precious and submerged Stone Age cave art few have ever seen. Climate change and water and plastic pollution are threatening to wash away the art prehistoric men and women created over 15 millennia. To reach the only […]
Unexplained Mystery Of The Glowing Woman Who Baffled Scientists
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Those who knew her said she was an ordinary who never sought any attention. Her unusual condition and perplexing abilities caused a sensation worldwide. Despite being examined by experts on countless occasions, no one could offer a satisfactory explanation of the baffling luminous phenomenon that surrounded her. One should perhaps […]