Research Reveals A 3,500-Year History Of Dairy Consumption On The Tibetan Plateau
AncientPages.com – It’s not called the Third Pole for nothing. The Tibetan Plateau forms the major portion of a vast upland area of ice and glaciers that covers some 100,000 square kilometres of Earth’s surface. Modern pastures on the highland Tibetan Plateau. Credit: Li Tang, Author provided It is a cold, arid and unforgiving landscape that couldn’t […]
Impressive Study Highlights Female-Led Migration Into Bronze Age Orkney And Wins Prestigious Award For 2023
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study of great importance sheds vivid light on pioneering female migrants who made their way to Orkney during the Bronze Age revolutionary investigation. Paired buildings at Noltland. Credit: EASE Archaeology via the Antiquity A team of researchers, including Maeve McCormick and Máiréad Ni Challanáin, both of EASE Archaeology, […]
Researchers Use 21st Century Methods To Record 2,000 Years Of Ancient Graffiti In Egypt
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Simon Fraser University researchers are learning more about ancient graffiti—and their intriguing comparisons to modern graffiti—as they produce a state-of-the-art 3D recording of the Temple of Isis in Philae, Egypt. Temple of Isis in Philae, Aswan, Egypt. First pylon and colonnade. Image credit: Diego Delso – CC BY-SA 4.0 Working […]
Ancient Mosaic Floor Decorated With Colorful Floral Designs Re-Uncovered After 40 Years
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient mosaic floor adorned with colorful floral designs has been re-uncovered after 40 years, along the Israel National Trail. The mosaic floor of an ancient church was first discovered in the 1980s but was since covered over and not accessible. Credit: PH๏τographer: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority Now the […]
Cyprus’s Copper Deposits Created One Of The Most Important Trade Hubs Of The Bronze Age
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Excavations led by researchers from the University of Gothenburg show that the coveted metal copper and a sheltered location turned the Cypriot village of Hala Sultan Tekke into one of the most important trade hubs of the Late Bronze Age. Imported goods from Sardinia (1), Italy (2), Crete (3), Greece […]
Hieroglyphs Discovered In Sudan’s Old Dongola – Once Important City Of Nubia
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Old Dongola is today a deserted town in what is now Northern State, Sudan, located on the east bank of the Nile opposite the Wadi Howar. Close-up of a block inscribed with Napatan hieroglyphs found in Old Dongola, Sudan. (PH๏τo: Dawid F. Wieczorek / PCMA UW) Once, it was an […]
Nottingham Scientists Investigate An Ancient Boat Buried Under A Pub Car Park
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Nottingham scientists are co-leading a team investigating an ancient boat buried under a pub car park to find out where it came from and exactly how old it is. The boat is buried underneath the Railway Inn on the Wirral and an archaeological investigation is taking place later this month. […]
Drought Accelerated Hitтιтe Empire Collapse – New Study Suggests
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The collapse of the Hitтιтe Empire in the Late Bronze Age has been blamed on various factors, from war with other territories to internal strife. Now, an interdisciplinary collaboration used tree ring and isotope records to pinpoint a more likely – and prescient – culprit: three straight years of severe […]
Neanderthals Lived Much Longer In Gipuzkoa Than Previously Thought
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new analysis of the teeth remains found at the Lezetxiki site confirm that they belonged to Neanderthal individuals. Dental remains from Lezetxiki. On the left, the teeth are shown in occlusal, mesial, lingual (top row), distal and buccal views (bottom row). The dentine model is shown in occlusal view, […]
Archaeologists Shed Light On The Lives Of Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers In Britain
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of archaeologists from the Universities of Chester and Manchester has made discoveries which shed new light on the communities who inhabited Britain after the end of the last Ice Age. Image credit: University of Manchester Excavations carried out by the team at a site in North Yorkshire have […]