Artifacts And Long History Of Unguja Island – Ancient Humans Impact Island’s Environment
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Unguja Ukuu is a small settlement on Unguja island (Zanzibar Island), in Zanzibar, Tanzania. It is an archaeological site that has yielded abundant artifacts and evidence of the long history of Unguja Ukuu. Artifacts unearthed at Unguja Ukuu came from many places all over the world: pottery from the Far East, Near East, India, […]
Mummification In Europe May Be Older Than Previously Known – 8,000-Year-Old Evidence Presented
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Mummification of the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ probably was more common in prehistory than previously known. This discovery was made at the hunter-gatherer burial sites in the Sado Valley in Portugal, dating to 8,000 years ago. View from the archaeological site Arapouco towards the Sado Valley, Portugal. Credit: Rita Peyroteo-Stjerna A new study, […]
Indus Civilization And Complex Patterns Of Urbanity – New Study
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Mesopotamia and the Indus civilization were both urban civilizations with large, densely populated and planned cities, 6000–1990 BCE. A new thesis in archaeology points out that the ancient Indus society showed complex patterns of urbanity that were rare in other ancient societies. “The biggest problem in understanding the development of urban […]
Baroque-Period Marble Skull Analyzed With Standard Forensic Anthropological Techniques
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – How did Baroque period artists/sculptors go about their craft? For the first time, researchers have performed a forensic anthropological analysis of a marble skull carved by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The analysis of this re-discovered sculpture in Dresden, Germany, may help capture details of the working methods of great artists of […]
5000-Year-Old Cold Case: Neolithic Fisherman Died By Drowning – Forensic Study Shows
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study has confirmed saltwater drowning as the cause of death for a Neolithic man whose remains were found in a mᴀss grave on the coast of Northern Chile. The method developed to solve the 5000-year-old cold case opens up new possibilities for ᴀssessing the remains of our prehistoric […]
Ancient Maya Sacred Groves Of Cacao Trees – Located
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – This important discovery sheds much light on cacao cultivation, religion, power in the region. For as much as modern society worships chocolate, cacao — the plant chocolate comes from — was believed to be even more divine to ancient Mayas. The fermented, roasted, and ground beans of the Theobroma cacao, […]
What Happened To Mimbres People – Recently Examined Puzzle Gives Some Clues
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For the past century, Southwestern archaeologists have debated what happened to the Mimbres people of southwestern New Mexico after AD 1150, a group known for their vibrant pottery with its distinctive geometric and animal designs. Mimbres bowl from Maxwell collection. Credit: University of New Mexico Starting in the 1970s, several […]
Ancient DNA Reveals The World’s Oldest Family Tree
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Analysis of ancient DNA from one of the best-preserved Neolithic tombs in Britain has revealed that most of the people buried there were from five continuous generations of a single extended family. By analyzing DNA extracted from the bones and teeth of 35 individuals entombed at Hazleton North long cairn in […]
Cache Of 13,000 Ostraca Unearthed In Upper Egypt’s Sohag
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A German-Egyptian mission at Al-Sheikh Hamad archaeological site in Tel Atribis in Sohag has unearthed a collection of 13,000 ostraca (clay vessel fragments) which bear engraved text in demotic, hieratic, Coptic, Greek and Arabic, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism said on Wednesday. Image credit: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and […]
Neanderthals Changed Ecosystems 125,000 Years Ago
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Hunter-gathers caused ecosystems to change 125,000 years ago. These are the findings of an interdisciplinary study by archeologists from Leiden University in collaboration with other researchers. Neanderthals used fire to keep the landscape open and thus had a big impact on their local environment. Image credit: Pixabay “Archeologists have long […]