Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Like in any other ancient society, Norse people had to follow laws and rules, but there were often disputes, and sometimes people decided it was better to solve a matter through a challenge. It was
AncientPages.com – Ancient remains of Roman aqueduct dating back to the first century have been surprisingly revealed after storm at Cortadura beach, Cádiz, a city and port in southwestern Spain. The storm also revealed parts of a stone road dated back
AncientPages.com – Every now and then scientists discover something that forces them to re-write history. This has just happened in the case of Middle Ages altarpieces. It has long been assumed that altarpieces from the late Middle Ages were made in
AncientPages.com – It has long been debated how the great English writer William Shakespeare came up with ideas and unique phrases for his great plays. Did Shakespeare have a source of inspiration? A new study shows Shakespeare was not entirely honest in
AncientPages.com – About 60 years ago, archaeologists excavating in Czermno, Poland discovered a unique spindle whorl. At the time scientists did not notice the object was covered with seemingly chaotic lines forming an inscription. Now, the artifact has been examined and
Thalia Lightbringer – AncientPages.com – Many people recognize the Seal of Solomon or Star of David, and may have some vague idea of what it might mean. Some may think of it alternatively as like a pentagram and associate it with
AncientPages.com – A 132-year-old message in a bottle was discovered on a remote Australian beach, Wedge Island and turned out to be part of an important worldwide experiment, reports Deutsche Welle. An Australian family discovered a bottle half-buried in the sand
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating at the Margate Caves site in Kent, UK have made an unusual discovery. They uncovered an Iron Age skeleton in the bottom of a bell-shaped chalk pit. The skeleton was found to be a rare crouch burial,
AncientPages.com – Thousands of years ago, our ancestors came up with efficient farming techniques that modern scientists are now investigating to mitigate climate change. Using high technology researchers are uncovering long-forgotten irrigation systems and other features concealed in landscapes that farmers
AncientPages.com – A pot containing some 500 silver and gold coins was found during water works conducted near the city of Vianen, in the province of Utrecht, central Netherlands. Most of the coins seem to date from the 1470’s and 1480’s. Some
AncientPages.com – A rare, intact 700-year-old bronze ring bearing the image of St. Nicholas was accidentally discovered work in the garden of a home in the Jezreel Valley, Israel. St. Nicholas is best known as the source of the beloved,
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Hopi await the return of Pahana, their lost white brother, who will come back dressed in red and bring with him a missing section of a sacred Hopi tablet. Pahana will come from the
