Ancient Egyptian Temple, 30 Mummy Cards, 85 Tombs And Surveillance Points From The Era Of Ptolemy IIIs Discovered In Sohag
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeological excavations in Egypt are a continuing success. The Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Jabal Al-Haridi region of Sohag, a city on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt has unearthed remains of an ancient Egyptian temple dedicated to Pharaoh Ptolemy III Euergetes, and 85 graves dating to […]
3D Scans Reveal Thousands Of Never-Before-Seen Ancient American Rock Art Images In Alabama Cave
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Since 1979, when the first cave art was documented in North America, dozens of other examples have come to light. Among these, the 19th Unnamed Cave in Alabama contains hundreds of pre-contact Native American mud glyph drawings. An anthropomorph with a square head and two tapered lines extending from the […]
The Brujo De Chiloé – The Wild Warlocks Of The Chiloé Archipelago
Zteve T Evans – AncientPages.com – The Brujo de Chiloé, or the Warlocks of Chiloé, were a secretive coven of male witches allegedly involved in witchcraft and crime on the islands of the Chiloé Archipelago off the coast of southern Chile. It should be emphasised that not all witches on Chiloe were males or belonged […]
Lost Maya City Hidden In The Volcanic Lake Aтιтlán Explored By Underwater Archaeologists
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Underwater archaeologists are exploring an ancient lost Maya city hidden inside a volcanic crater. Hundreds of years ago, in the middle of Lake Aтιтlán, situated in the highlands of Guatemala, about 5,000 feet above sea level, a complex Mayan city was established. People who lived in this thriving Maya city […]
Rare Fossil Of Ancient Dog Species That Lived In Modern-Day San Diego 28 Million Years Ago Discovered By Palentologists
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Paleontologists at the San Diego Natural History Museum have discovered a rare and nearly complete fossilized skeleton of an ancient dog species that roamed the region long before the arrival of the first humans. The fossil dates to the late Oligocene epoch and is believed to be 24 million to […]
First Leaf Fossils Study Reveals An Ancient 4 Million-Year-Old Forest In Borneo
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – The first study of leaf fossils conducted in the nation of Brunei on the island of Borneo has revealed that the current dominant tree group, the dipterocarps, has dominated the rainforests for at least four million years, according to an international research team led by Penn State in partnership […]
Remains Of Ancient Predators Shed Light On How Humans Did Or Didn’t Find Food
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new Rice University-led analysis of the remains of ancient predators reveals new information about how prehistoric humans did—or didn’t—find their food. “Sabertooth carcᴀss consumption behavior and the dynamics of Pleistocene large carnivoran guilds” was published today in Scientific Reports. Credit: Chris Hunkeler from Carlsbad, California, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 For […]
Mexico’s Comalapa Cave With Toothless Skulls – Investigation By INAH
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – INAH researchers have analyzed approximately 150 toothless skulls and other bones unearthed a decade ago in southeastern Mexico’s Comalapa Cave, in the town of Carrizal, near the border with Guatemala. These human remains are not related to people killed in recent incidents of violence but correspond to individuals decapitated between […]
Rare Phoenician Necropolis Discovered In Andalucia, Spain Is Extraordinary, Scientists Say
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While upgrading water supplies in Andalucia, southern Spain, workers made an unexpected discovery when they came across a well-preserved necropolis of subterranean limestone vaults used by the Phoenicians. The latter lived on the Iberian peninsula 2,500 years ago. The necropolis is extraordinary, scientists say. The newly uncovered Phoenician necropolis in […]
Unearthing history A Gaza farmer discovers a remarkable 4500yearold statue of the Canaanite goddess. History never ceases to amaze.
Gaza farmer finds a 4,500-year-old statue of the Canaanite goddess A farmer in the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, found a rare 4,500-year-old…