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 […]
Cueva de Ardales – Rock Art Cave In Spain Was Used By Ancient Humans For More Than 50,000 Years
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A cave known as Cueva de Ardales or the so-called Trinidad Grund and located in southern Spain was used by ancient humans as a canvas for artwork. It is also a burial place for over 50,000 years, according to a new study. It was discovered in 1821 when an earthquake […]
Prehistoric Humans Adapted To Intense Climate Change – New Study
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Current global climatic warming is having, and will continue to have, widespread consequences for human history, in the same way, that environmental fluctuations had significant consequences for human populations in the past. Cantabrian coast (N Iberian Peninsula) . Credit: Asier García Escárzaga. The so-called “8.2 ka event” has been identified as […]
Our Early Ancestors Probably Created Intricate Artwork By Firelight
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Our early ancestors probably created intricate artwork by firelight, an examination of 50 engraved stones unearthed in France has revealed. The stones were incised with artistic designs around 15,000 years ago and have patterns of heat damage which suggests they were carved close to the flickering light of a fire, […]
First European Farmers’ Heights Did Not Meet Expectations
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A combined study of genetics and skeletal remains shows that the switch from primarily hunting, gathering, and foraging to farming about 12,000 years ago in Europe may have had negative health effects as indicated by shorter than expected heights in the earliest farmers, according to an international team of researchers. […]
Unique 1,300-Year-Old Pala Period Idol Of Snake Goddess, Nag Devi Discovered Near Nalanda University, India
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A unique and completely intact 1,300-year-old Pala period idol has been found in a pond close to the ancient Nalanda University ruins, once a renowned Buddhist monastic center of science in ancient Magadha, (modern-day Bihar), in eastern India. This archaeological find gives researchers a great opportunity to start intensive exploration in […]
Olduvai Gorge: Direct Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating Of Olduvai Lithic Industry
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers published a paper with the results of burial dating using the cosmogenic nuclide isochron method, applied for the first time directly to the lithic industry of the Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). Olduvai Gorge. Image credit: Noel Feans – CC BY 2.0 Olduvai Gorge is one of the most important paleoanthropological localities in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hybrid Camels Revealed In Ancient Arab Temple Art At Hatra, Northern Iraq
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists found evidence of ancient hybrid camels during the restoration of the so-called Temple of Allat at Hatra (second century AD). The temple “City of the Sun” (139 BC – 226 AD), located in the city of Hatra, northern Iraq was earlier damaged by ISIS. In a sculpted frieze on […]