Strange Medieval Figurine With A Crown On The Head And A Falcon On The Arm – Is It A King Or A Queen?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A small carved figure was recently unearthed during the excavation of the medieval town of Oslo, Norway. The figure depicts a person in robes and crown with a falcon perched on his arm. But is it a king or a queen? A small but significant figure from the 13th century. […]
60-Meter Longhouse Discovered Near Viking Ship At Gjellestad, Norway
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – At Gjellestad in Norway, archaeologists from the Norwegian Insтιтute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) have found a 60-meter longhouse. There is no longer a doubt that Gjellestad, where the same team discovered a Viking ship in 2018, has been a central place in the late Nordic Iron Age. In the […]
Rare Roman Mosaic Depicting The Adventures Of Greek Hero Achilles Discovered In Rutland, UK
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have unearthed the first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK. A rare Roman mosaic and surrounding villa complex have been protected as a Scheduled Monument by DCMS on the advice of Historic England. The decision follows archaeological work undertaken by a team from University of Leicester Archaeological […]
Ancient Road Used By The Teutonic Knights Discovered In A Lake In Poland
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Anyone traveling from the German city of Brandenburg via Berlin to Frankfurt an der Oder at the Polish-German border does so along an ancient route that reaches far into Poland. German and Polish researchers have now documented the influence of this East-West connection on the history of the landscape by […]
New Light On Prehistoric Chalk Plaques From Stonehenge Using Innovative Technology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Four rare Late Neolithic chalk plaques from the Stonehenge region have been subjected to non-invasive Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) technology in a new study by experts from WesSєx Archaeology, which has shed light on previously unseen artistic elements used during the ‘golden age’ of Neolithic chalk art. Credit: Public Domain […]
Dramatic Life Story Of Queen Marie Antoinette Executed By Guillotine During The French Revolution
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Marie Antoinette is today known as the French Queen, executed by the guillotine during the French Revolution. Much has been said and written about her, and modern historians agree her life was a mixture of pleasure and genuine horror. There is no doubt Marie Antoinette was beautiful when she was […]
A Glimpse Into The Past – Sights And Sounds Of St. Paul’s Cathedral Recreated
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of scholars at NC State University has recreated the sights and sounds of St. Paul’s Cathedral and its environs in 1620s London, offering anyone who is interested a glimpse of daily life four centuries ago. “It’s not time travel, but we’re modeling the past in a way that gives […]
Mystery Of The Tomb Of Nestor’s Cup Unraveled
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Tomb of Nestor’s Cup, a famous burial in Italy, contains not one deceased individual, but several, according to a new study. The Tomb of Nestor’s Cup is considered one of the most intriguing discoveries in Mediterranean pre-classic archaeology. Formally designated Cremation 168 and dating to the 8th century BCE, […]
Hispano-Visigothic Grave At Ojo Guareña – Resting Place Of A Hermit Who Sought Isolation When The Moors Arrived?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – This summer, a tomb embedded in the rock by the main entrance to the San Tirso and San Bernabé Hermitage situated in the karst complex of Ojo Guareña (Merindad de Sotoscueva, Burgos) was excavated; its structure of slabs holds the skeleton of an adult individual in the supine position, with […]
Almost Unknown Ancient Greek Text Rewrites History Of Poetry And Song
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – New research into a little-known text written in ancient Greek shows that “stressed poetry,” the ancestor of all modern poetry and song, was already in use in the 2nd Century CE, 300 years earlier than previously thought. In its shortest version, the anonymous four-line poem reads “they say what they like; let […]