Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A man-made square burial cave dated to the time of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II and ᴀssociated with the Biblical Exodus from Egypt was accidentally discovered during a mechanical digger working at the Palmahim Beach National Park in Israel. The vessels were burial offerings that accompanied the deceased in the […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An extraordinary discovery was made in the city of Jerusalem. A team of archaeologists unearthed an ᴀssemblage of ivory plaques from the First Temple period, among the few found anywhere in the world, and the first of their kind to be found in Jerusalem. Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority The […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Recent discoveries in Bergama (Pergamon), the ancient city in West Anatolia are fascinating. Excavations in the ancient city of Pergamon (Pergamum of Mysia in West Anatolia about 100 km north of Turkey’s Izmir have already revealed many fascinating discoveries in the form of spectacular ruins and artifacts that shed light […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of Israeli archaeologists unearthed the gigantic tusk of a prehistoric elephant near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel.  These enormous animals once roamed the prehistoric landscape of the coastal region of Israel half a million years ago. Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority This evidence was obtained based on an […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The oldest human settlement in Iran discovered so far is announced by the team co-led by Iranian archaeologist Hamed Vahdati and French paleoanthropologist Gilles Berillon. The site Qal-e Kord Caves is located in Avaj county of Qazvin province. As the cave’s culture materials are so old, it was not possible to […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While excavating the synagogue in the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq, on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists discovered a beautiful mosaic floor, which dates from the late fourth—early fifth century C.E., and depicts fragments showing Jael and the prophetess Deborah. BYU students working on the Huqoq […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Leiden archaeologist Wei Chu and colleagues report on recent excavations in Western Romania at the site of Românesti, one of the most important sites in southeastern Europe ᴀssociated with the earliest Homo sapiens. The site gives an important glimpse in how modern humans adapted to their new European environment. Source […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Now, there is archaeological evidence for the location of the Roman ballista firing machines and the intensity of the ᴀssault in the battles that led to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. Huge catapult arrowheads that were launched from ballista firing machines in the Roman conquest of […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com -A unique discovery was made by archaeologists while excavating the ruins of a medieval wooden house in the town of Nový Jičín in the Moravian-Silesian region located on the Czech/Polish/Slovak borderlands. In the underground segments of this ancient house, the team unearthed a well-preserved kitchen that likely dates back to the […]