Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 30 workshops in the industrial area. At the site, there are houses for storage and the cleaning of the funerary furniture and many potteries dated to the 18th Dynasty. Artifacts are
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – There is a mysterious ancient carving on a jade cylinder kept in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in the city of Hangzhou. The strange figure is incised on a jade cong, one of the most perplexing
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Renaissance period that spanned between the 14th century and 17th centuries changed Europe in many ways. It was a remarkable time that inspired people to admire and appreciate the beauty of art, literature, architecture,
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – As discussed in part 1 of this series, a researcher who decided to investigate a strange carving made by Knights Templar in France found some peculiar details that are hard to explain. We have talked
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered an incredible 5,000-year-old metropolis near the new city of Harish in Israel. The 160-acre city dubbed “Early Bronze Age New York” was once home to 6,000 people. Archaeologists are now
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists at Britain’s national synchrotron facility have harnessed powerful light beams to virtually unwrap and decipher fragile scrolls dating back some 2,000 years in a process they hope will provide new insights into the ancient
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Three 400-year-old shipwrecks have been found during building work in central Gothenburg, Sweden. The wrecks were found during archaeological diggings in connection with building work for Gothenburg’s new railway line Västlänken, and the finds were
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Knights Templar had many secrets and we have successfully unraveled some of them, but certainly not all. Many historians will admit that mystery surrounds virtually every aspect of the Christian military order. Following their
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Located in the Baltic Sea, Saaremaa is the largest Estonian island. Archaeologists can now investigate two large hoards of silver coin that will offer new light on Vikings’ presence on the island. The archaeological discovery was
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Fragments of some 100 Viking swords (and a few spearheads), have been unearthed in two closely located sites in a coastal area of northern Estonia, in the territory of the ancient Estonian county of Ravala,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – School children in Sweden have accomplished what adults failed to do. A group of fifth-grade students deciphered runes that were previously impossible to read. The information we now gain from these mysterious runes can contribute
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The origin of the tin used in the Bronze Age has long been one of the greatest enigmas in archaeological research. Now researchers have solved part of the mystery. They were able to prove that
