Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A few years back, Rosh Ha‘ayin unveiled some remarkable historical treasures. Photo credit: Assaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority, and Griffin Higher Photography. An imposing farmstead from First Temple era, a monastery, and a church adorned with
AncientPages.com – An impressive 2,700 year old farmhouse and a 1,500 year old church with colorful mosaics and inscriptions in it were uncovered in the excavations in Rosh Ha-Ayin, the Israel Antiquities Authority spokesperson, informed. The farmhouse (30 × 50 meters had
AncientPages.com – The wreck of an ancient ship has been discovered off the coast of Salento. It is believed the wreck dates back to either the 12th or 13th century. The sunken ship, made almost entirely of wood and measuring 18 metres by
AncientPages.com – A team of geneticists from Trinity College Dublin and archaeologists from Queen’s University Belfast have sequenced the genomes of an early farmer woman, who lived near Belfast some 5,200 years ago, and three men from a later period, around
AncientPages.com – An impressive marble statue of a ram, an ancient Christian symbol for Jesus, was discovered on Christmas Eve during the excavation of a Byzantine-period church in Caesarea, the Israel Antiquities Authority spokesperson, informed. The discovery was made last Thursday morning
AncientPages.com – Mosaics were a common feature of private homes and public buildings across the Roman empire. They were beautiful works of art depicting food, tools they used, clothes, animals and flowers. They also constitute invaluable records of the Romans daily
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists discovered two niches with six figures cut in rock inside two New Kingdom chapels in the Gebel Al-Silsila area, Egypt’s largest sandstone quarries located to the north of Aswan. The discovery was made during a survey carried out by
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists of the University of West Florida recently identified the archaeological site of the Luna settlement – the first multi-year European settlement in the United States – in a developed neighborhood in Pensacola. The artifacts discovered
AncientPages.com – A team of archaeologists led by professor Rubina Raja at Aarhus University, Denmark, have used CT scanning and advanced 3D-modelling to virtually ‘unfold’ the silver plate found in Jerash. “It’s the first time that it’s ever been done
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AncientPages.com – Chinese archaeologists on Sunday opened the lid of the external coffin of a 2,000-year-old tomb, which they believe belong to a marquis of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – 24 AD). They found a large number of gold
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have been unable to determine the use or purpose of an 8.5 kilogram gold tool discovered in a Jerusalem cemetery. The Antiquities Authority turned to the public Tuesday to understand the purpose for a mysterious artifact that was
AncientPages.com – In Greece, underwater excavations of Lechaion, ancient Corinth’s partially submerged harbour town, reveal the infrastructure of more than a thousand years of flourishing maritime trade. Researchers from the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports and the University of
