Denisovans Or Homo Sapiens: Who Were The First To Settle Permanently On The Tibetan Plateau?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Tibetan Plateau has long been considered one of the last places to be populated by people in their migration around the globe. A new paper by archeologists at the University of California, Davis, highlights that our extinct cousins, the Denisovans, reached the “roof of the world” about 160,000 years […]
Mysterious Footprints In Tanzania Made By Early Humans Not Bears
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The oldest unequivocal evidence of upright walking in the human lineage are footprints discovered at Laetoli, Tanzania, in 1978, by paleontologist Mary Leakey and her team, dated to 3.7 million years ago. Another set of mysterious footprints was partially excavated at a nearby location, known as site A, in 1976 […]
The ᴀssyrian Siege Ramp And Breached Walls At Canaanite City Of Lachish – Studied
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In ancient times, the ᴀssyrians were one of the Near East’s superpowers, controlling a landmᴀss that stretched from Iran to Egypt. They accomplished this feat with military technologies that helped them win any open-air battle or penetrate any fortified city. While today, airpower and bunker busters help win the war, […]
Impressive And Rare Hoard Of Silver Coins Dated To The Hasmonean Period (126 BC) – Studied
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An impressive hoard of silver coins dating to the Hasmonean period (126 BCE) was unearthed several years ago during archaeological excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the city of Modiin-Maccabim-Reut. The treasure was found hidden in a rock crevice near a wall of an impressive agricultural estate. A hoard […]
Gate of Zeus Temple Is A New Discovery In Western Turkey
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Magnesia, located in the western province of Aydın’s Germencik district, have brought to light the entrance gate of the Temple of Magnesia Zeus, the replica of which is on display at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Magnesia on the Meander. Image source Excavations in the ancient city […]
Population Pressure And Prehistoric Violence In The Yayoi Period Of Japan
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A continuous rise in the global population has led to fears that conflicts and war will become more frequent as resources dwindle. But this widespread belief has not been quantified based on actual Japanese archaeological data, until now. Researchers from Okayama University have now examined the skeletal remains of people […]
Neanderthal Hunting Camp Discovered In The Center Of The Iberian Peninsula
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com -Researchers undertook a zooarchaeological and taphonomic study of the Neanderthal Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter site (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid), some 76,000 years old, whose results indicate that these Neanderthals mainly hunted large bovids and cervids. Fauna remains. Credit: Abel Moclán Thanks to the taphonomic study, it has been possible to characterize the […]
Central European Prehistory Was Highly Dynamic – New Study Shows
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Recent archaeogenetic studies have shown that human movements like migrations and expansions played a major role in driving the spread of cultures and genes in ancient Europe. However, it is only now with detailed regional studies and dense sampling that researchers start to better understand the magnitude, rate, and social implications […]
Roman Herculaneum: Men And Women Had Different Diets – New Study
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists examining the Herculaneum skeletal remains of the victims of Vesuvius that erupted on the morning of August 24, 79 AD, and broke its centuries-long silence. Now, researchers say their study has helped shed new light on the eating habits of ancient Romans – with food differentiated along gender lines and revealing […]
Roman Britain Executions Revealed – New Evidence
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – King’s research has helped uncover new evidence showing the portrayal of the execution of captives in the arena by throwing them to lions. The evidence follows the discovery of an elaborately decorated Roman bronze key handle. A decorated copper-alloy key handle was recovered during the excavation of a townhouse in […]