Incredible Roman Necropolis With Dressed Skeletons Buried In Ornate Tombs Discovered Close To The Ancient City Of Tarquinia
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists were baffled, to say the least, when they discovered an ancient Roman necropolis containing 67 dressed skeletons buried in 57 ornate tombs. Unearthing ancient Roman tombs is not remarkable, but this particular find is extraordinary. Several intriguing ancient tombs were unearthed near the ancient city of Tarquinia. Credit: Soprintendenza […]
Rollo: Viking Sea Lord, Chieftain, Lone Wolf And The First Ruler Of Normandy
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – At the height of their glory, the Vikings formed many new Scandinavian dynasties. At first, they were considered foreigners, but they eventually integrated with local communities, even religiously. One of them was Rollo (also known as Gånge-Rolf), an ancestor of the famous William the Conqueror, who led the conquest of Normans […]
‘Completely Unique’ Seal Matrix Found Near Norwich, UK
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Found in a field, near Horsham St Faith north of Norwich, UK, by a metal detectorist this beautiful seal matrix has been hailed as “completely unique” by experts. Most likely, the Medieval seal matrix belonged to a monk. This beautiful and rare artifact is “a window into someone’s spiritual world […]
Archaeological Enigma On The Træna Islands – What Happened To The Local Community?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Something strange and unexplained happened on the Træna islands in Nordland county, Norway. Why was the entire local community wiped out? One would suspect war and violence led to the death of those people, but there are no signs of weapon injuries on the skeletons. Could it have been a […]
Mysterious History Of Fenland: The UK’s Possible Link To A Megadrought That Led To The Collapse Of Civilisations Around The World
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Fens of eastern England, a low-lying, extremely flat landscape dominated by agricultural fields, was once a vast woodland filled with huge yew trees, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Cambridge studied hundreds of tree trunks, dug up by Fenland farmers while ploughing their fields. The team […]
3,000-Year-Old Stela Challenges ᴀssumptions Of Gender And Social Roles In Prehistoric Times
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For a team of archaeologists digging in southwest Spain, the discovery of a Bronze/Iron Age stela—a funerary stone slab with carvings depicting an important individual—would have been exciting enough. But to find a stela that challenges longstanding interpretations of how the carvings represent gender and social roles in prehistoric times […]
Most Important Road In Scottish History Found In The Garden Of The Old Inn Cottage Near Stirling
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The most important road in the history of Scotland has been found in the garden of the Old Inn Cottage, next to the 18th century Old Drip Bridge, a few miles west of Stirling city center. The Roman road, discovered during an archaeological dig, is 2,000 years old and was […]
Unusual Mini Temples Discovered In Ancient Roman Camp In Haltern, Germany
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Haltern, a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, say they have made a “sensational” discovery. On the former Roman campsite, they found remains of the foundations of two mini Roman temples and a sacrificial pit. The building floor plans formerly belonged to rectangular cult buildings made of clay […]
Oldest Scandinavian Ship-Burial Identified Re-Writes History – Amazing Find That Predates The Viking Age
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An amazing find has been made in central Norway. While investigating a burial mound at Leka in Trøndelag they made a discovery that caused great excitement and re-writes history. The research team unearthed Scandinavia’s oldest known ship burial, dating back to around 700 C.E. Under this mound at Leka in […]
Face Of Neanderthal Who Lived 56,000 Years Ago Reconstructed
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – We may never know the thoughts and emotions of our long-gone ancestors. Still, we can gain plenty of other valuable information based on archaeological discoveries and DNA studies. It is also fascinating to see what the ancient human species may have looked like. Has evolution changed us much? Facial reconstruction […]