Neanderthals In Swabian Jura Used Complex Tool-Making Techniques 45,000 Years Ago
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It is still difficult to determine just how advanced the Neanderthals were but our extinct causing were much more sophisticated than previously thought. A recent study of the Heidenschmiede site has yielded many stone tools and by-products of the toolmaking process offering evidence the Neanderthals who lived in the region […]
Unusual Iron Age Burial With Warrior And Sword Discovered On Gotland, Sweden – Was He From The Roman Empire?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeology students from the Uppsala University have uncovered the remains of an Iron Age warrior in Sweden. The find made during excavations in ʙuттle Änge on the Swedish island Gotland has been described as “rather unusual” and the deceased may not have been from Scandinavia. Iron Age warrior discovered on […]
Ancient Secrets Of The Ukrainian Stonehenge That Is Older Than The Giza Pyramids Of Egypt
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – This mᴀssive ancient structure, nicknamed the Ukrainian Stonehenge, has many secrets to tell. According to researchers, this kurgan (burial mound, sacred hill) located near the village of Novooleksandrivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in Ukraine, is more than 5,300-5,500 years old, dating back to the Bronze Age. It is amazing because it means […]
Llyn Y Dywarchen – Enigmatic Lake Shrouded In Myth And Legend
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The world is full of wonderful, beautiful, and mysterious places. One of them is a lake called Llyn Y Dywarchen. Located in Gwynedd, at the top of a valley in Snowdonia, Northern Wales, the lake is shrouded in myth and legend. Riddle Of The Floating Island It has long been […]
Magnificent Meteora And ‘Suspended In The Air’ Greek Monasteries
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Meteora, (means in Greek:” raised from the ground, hanging”) and the ancient monasteries built atop the Meteora mᴀssif represent a magnificent place that does seem to hang in the sky. Meteora in Greece. Credit: Adobe Stock – Romy The Meteora mᴀssif, located on the northwest edge of the Thessaly Plain near […]
Knights Templar’s Legendary Sword In Stone In Terminillo Mysteriously Disappeared – Where Is It Hidden?
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – From once being one of the most wealthy and powerful Western Christian military orders, life changed dramatically for the Knights Templar in 1307. Suddenly, members of the Brotherhood realized they were accused of terrible crimes and must hide their possessions and seek refuge in safe lands. There are many historical […]
Archaic Marble Lions On The Sacred Island Of Delos
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Shortly before 600 BC, the Naxos people dedicated the “Terrace of the Lions” to Apollo. Originally, marble guardian lions were erected north of the sanctuary of Apollo overlooking the Sacred Lake. They still represent one of the most eye-catching landmarks of the island of Delos. The island is one of […]
Norse Religion Was Different Than Previously Thought – New Study Reveals
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For the first time ever archaeologists, religious historians, folklorists and literary scholars have worked together and produced a unique book that sheds new light on Norse religion. It’s a remarkable and important study because this comprehensive work presents a new interpretation of Scandinavian religion. Before the arrival of Christianity, people […]
Ship-Shaped Burial Of Tjelvar – Legendary First Man Who Brought Fire To Gotland
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Tjelvar’s tomb is a ship set from the Bronze Age located near the east coast of Gotland and almost directly east of Visby, in the parish of Boge on the island. Tjelvar’s burial site is 18 meters long and 5 meters wide. In the Late Bronze Age, around 1100 – […]
Remarkable 5,000-Year-Old Crystal Dagger Discovered In Megalithic Tomb Of Montelirio Tholos
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – This remarkable 5,00-year-old crystal dagger has been discovered in a megalithic tomb of Montelirio Tholos. It’s a rare dagger because crystal was only available outside of the region and only rich people could possess such a weapon. According to scientists this translucent weapon the “most technically sophisticated weapon” ever to […]