Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a table-like structure, dating back about 4,000 years in the Galilee Hills, Israel. A huge Bronze Age dolmen is inscribed with unique mysterious art and according to Uri Berger, an archaeologist
AncientPages.com – Ferdinand Magellan landed in Guam on March 6, 1521, during his fateful trip worldwide. It was the first contact Europeans made with the islands and an important stop during the expedition in Spain in 1519. Victoria, the sole
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered16 engraved limestone blocks, created 38,000 years ago, during an expedition in France’s Vézère Valley, Vézère Valley was used as a shelter by the Aurignacian people who are considered Europe’s earliest human culture. The discovery gives evidence
AncientPages.com – A team of international archaeologists has just begun exploring a mysterious ancient staircase in the Phnom Kulen in Siem Reap province, near the Angkor World Heritage Site in northwestern Cambodia. Phnom Kulen (its name means “mountain of the lychees”) is
AncientPages.com – On March 5, 1616, the Catholic Church banned Nicolaus Copernicus’s book “On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres” (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium). Copernicus’s conversation with God. Painting by Jan Matejko. Credit: Public Domain In the book, first published in
AncientPages.com – Excavation of the royal tombs of the Marquis of Haihun State of China’s Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD) revealed many relics and among them, there is the earliest portrait of Chinese philosopher Confucius, found in a tomb that
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The catastrophic Minoan eruption – one of the largest volcanic outbreaks in recorded history of mankind and known as the ‘Thera eruption’ – took place around 1650 BC. It buried the major port city of
AncientPages.com – On March 4, 1852, the prominent Russian writer, playwright, poet, critic, and publicist of the 19th century, Nikolay Gogol, died. The story of Nikolay Gogol’s death has always been shrouded in mystery. Monument of young Gogol on Andreevsky
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Two amateur treasure hunters have discovered remarkable gold artifacts decorated with ancient Celtic art. It is an incredible discovery because examination revealed the precious artifacts are the earliest example of Iron Age gold ever found in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A shipwreck sunk 2,600 years ago, off the coast of Gela in southern Sicily and the story of this ship is still fascinating today. The ship – dated to the first half of the sixth
AncientPages.com – New discoveries made by archaeologists in Timna Valley, Israel shed light on complexity of Iron Age copper production. Recent excavations At Timna revealed the astonishing well-preserved of 3,000-year-old remains of advanced military fortification and a gatehouse complex including donkey
AncientPages.com – On Mar 3, 1847, Alexander Graham Bell was born. Bell was an eminent Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator credited with inventing the first practical telephone. Bell had long been fascinated by the idea of transmitting speech and by
