The Colored Skeletons Of 9000-Year-Old Çatalhöyük (Catalhoyuk), Turkey – New Examination
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An international team with the participation of the University of Bern provides new insights into how the inhabitants of the “oldest city in the world” in Çatalhöyük (Turkey) are buried their ᴅᴇᴀᴅ. Their bones were partially painted, excavated several times, and reburied. The findings provide insight into the burial rituals of […]
Rare 13,000-Year-Old Artifacts And Paleoindian Camp Uncovered in Connecticut Shed New Light On The First Ancient People In America
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While excavating in south-central Connecticut, USA, archaeologists uncovered rare artifacts and a PaleoIndina camp offering vital clues that may shed new light on the first ancient people of the Americas. It is estimated that 6,000 to 7,000 Indians existed in what is now Connecticut before the Europeans came. They comprised […]
Still Intact 460-Year-Old Bow Found Underwater In Alaska Baffles Scientists – Where Did It Come From?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists are baffled because they cannot explain how this bow ended up underwater in Alaska. Where did it come from? Who used it? These are some of the questions that need answers. The well-crafted wooden hunting bow measures 54 inches from tip to tip and is in a good state […]
TB Was Transmitted in South America – DNA Study Shows How It Happened
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – New details about tuberculosis’ evolutionary history in ancient South America point to a complex web of disease transmission in the pre-colonial period, researchers say. Now, researchers at the Max Planck Insтιтute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and Arizona State University in Tempe, USA, focus their work on the second […]
Prehistoric Humans Recycled Old Stone Tools To Preserve The Memory Of Their Ancestors
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A recent study shows preserving the memory of our ancestors has always been important to prehistoric humans. A first-of-its-kind study at Tel Aviv University asks what drove prehistoric humans to collect and recycle flint tools that had been made, used, and discarded by their predecessors. After examining flint tools from […]
1.5-Million-Year-Old Hominin Fossil Reveals Missing Link In Human Evolution
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient history of human evolution just got a bit more complicated, or perhaps the answers are there but scientists must still put together the jigsaw puzzle. Researchers say a 1.5-million-year-old hominin fossil points to a previously unknown chapter in our history books and reveals a missing link in human […]
Archaeologists Encounter A 1,500-Year-Old Mystery In Kent, UK
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An abandoned mausoleum and silver extraction taking place on an industrial scale at a Roman site in rural Kent have left archaeologists with a 1500-year-old mystery. Silver extraction on an industrial scale Archaeologists working on an excavation at Grange Farm, near Gillingham, discovered 15 kilograms of litharge—a material ᴀssociated with […]
Surprising Discovery Of Ancient Sarcophagus At Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A surprising discovery of an ancient sarcophagus and several tombs at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France has been described as a great finding of historical value. The French Ministry of Culture said that during the preparatory work to rebuild the spire of the temple, several tombs and a “completely […]
Ancient People In Chaco Canyon Who Had Six Fingers And Six Toes Were Special – Researchers Say
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A person living in ancient Chaco Canyon who had six fingers or six toes was considered special among the Pueblo people. Having an extra toe or finger was one way to gather plenty of respect. Polydactyly, a condition in which a person or animal has more than five fingers or toes […]
New Images From The Magnificent Dendera Temple Where Restoration Works Continue
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Dedicated to the goddess Hathor the Dendera Temple is one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt. Famous for its magnificent astronomical ceiling and huge pillars the temple of Dendera was excavated by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette in the mid-19th century. The Dendera Temple, one of the best-preserved ancient Egyptian temples, was […]