Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – When scientists examined a mysterious ancient jade artifact it quickly became clear that the object didn’t match anything that anyone knew about jadeite jade. The artifact was found at the “wrong” place. It simply didn’t belong
AncientPages.com – Two months ago, a “huge void,” at least 30 meters long, within the Pyramid of Cheops was discovered according to the results of the Scan Pyramids project, led by Mehdi Tayoubi (Hip Institute, Paris) and Kunihiro Morishima (University of
AncientPages.com – A team of researchers from the Royal Tombs Museum of Sipan unearthed a pre-Hispanic Mochica site, alongside artifacts and human remains in the ruins of the Limon archaeological complex in the region of Lambayeque, about 30 kilometres (18 miles) south
AncientPages.com – Two years ago, researchers from Japan discovered pillars of an underwater structure in Japan’s largest freshwater lake – Lake Biwako. Now, an ancient, almost intact pottery urn has been discovered by an underwater robot used by researchers led
AncientPage.com – We posses plenty of information about the Vikings, but our knowledge of the first Scandinavians is still limited. Who were the first Scandinavians? Where did they come from and how did they get to the cold countries in Northern
AncientPages.com – Excavations near Old Deer have unearthed a hearth and a thick layer of charcoal, with carbon testing dating the objects to between 1147 and 1260, which chimes with the later monastic period. The discovery of a layer of stone
AncientPages.com – Several Greco-Roman tombs, including a tombstone, have been uncovered at the Al-Abd archaeological site, in the eastern cemetery of the ancient city of Alexandria, Egypt. Hellenistic tombs contain a collection of lamps and offerings vessels decorated with scenes of
AncientPages.com – Ancient musical instruments made of the splintered ribs of cows or horses and known as the Jew’s harps were discovered at archaeological sites Chultukov Log 9 and Cheremshanka in Altai Republic, located at the Altai Mountains. Altai Mountains are
A. Sutherland- AncientPages.com – A fascinating ancient rock carving in India depicts two very bright objects visible in the sky. When scientists examined the carving they soon understood our ancestors witnessed something extraordinary in the skies 5,000-years ago. What were
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient Metroplis and its treasures has been brought to the light of day thanks to the continuous excavations in the ancient city of Metropolis in Torbali district, about 40 km southeast of İzmir, Turkey that
AncientPages.com – As many as 16 tiny but very interesting scraps of paper have been discovered during conservation work on artifacts recovered from the wreckage of ‘Queen Anne’s Revenge’ — the flagship of the famous pirate Blackbeard. The Salisbury Post writes that
AncientPages.com – An ingenious irrigation system that allowed ancient Chinese farmers to raise livestock and cultivate crops in one of the world’s driest desert regions of China, has been located by scientists using satellites imaging and drone reconnaissance. This lost for
