Mighty King Harald Hardrarda - The Last Great Viking And Most Feared Warrior Of His Time

Rare Byzantine Gold Coin Discovered In Norway – Was It Brought By Harald Hardrada From Constantinople

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com -A metal detectorist found a rare gold coin in the mountains in Vestre Slidre municipality depicting two emperors and Jesus Christ. Archaeologists are now trying to determine how this 1,000-year-old Byzantine gold coin ended up in the Norwegian mountains. Could it have been part of the great treasure that Harald Hardrada […]

Byzantine Greek Inscription Of Psalms 86 Found In Hyrcania

Byzantine Greek Inscription Of Psalms 86 Found In Hyrcania

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Koine Greek inscription paraphrasing Psalms 86 was discovered by archaeologists at the site of Hyrcania Fortress in the Judean Desert. Adorned with a cross, the Byzantine-era inscription was likely made by a knowledgeable monk and holds significance as a well-known prayer in the Masoretic text and Christian liturgy. Aerial […]

The 5,500-Year-Old Underground Rock Settlement With Illuminated Galleries In Ancient City Of Hadrianopolis, Türkiye

The 5,500-Year-Old Underground Rock Settlement With Illuminated Galleries In Ancient City Of Hadrianopolis, Turkey

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – This year, excavations carried out in the ancient city of Hadrianapolis revealed remains of galleries and halls with traces of life dated to Byzantine and Roman times. Image credit: Karabük – Anadolu Agency The discovery was made in the 5,500-year-old underground rock settlement. The city of Hadrianopolis – located in […]

Byzantine Sandals With A Nice Message From The Harbor Of Eleutherios (Theodosius) - Now On Display

Byzantine Sandals With A Nice Message Found In The Harbor Of Eleutherios (Theodosius) – Now On Display

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A pair of nice sandals were discovered during excavation works at the Harbor of Eleutherios (Theodosius), one of the ports of ancient Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, located beneath the modern Yenikapi neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. The 1,500-year-old sandals belonged to a Greek woman and have a message in […]

Gold stater. Lydia. ca. 560–546 B.C.

Our Lives Have Always Been Manipulated By Money – Part 2

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Even ordinary people were involved in the flourishing trade, and soon Lydia became one of antiquity’s most prosperous kingdoms. Gold stater of Croesus. Sardis. Middle Lydian, ca. 560-546. (1 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm). Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926. source. Public Domain A constant stream […]