Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Following the destruction of sacred caves in Western Australia, three heavy bosses are leaving the mining giant Rio Tinto. The company’s board has agreed with CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques and directors Chris Salisbury and Simone Niven
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Two pieces of a six-foot-tall statue of a lion have been accidentally found by a team of experts who were excavating and clearing mines for a planned groundwater reservoir. The place is located along the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For some unknown reason, a woman crossed at least 2,000 miles (3,200 km) about 4,000 years ago. We may never know what prompted the decision to start this long and dangerous journey. West Asia, which includes
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A 3,000-year-old hill fort built by the mysterious Votadini tribe has been unearthed on top of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh, Scotland. Today, Arthur’s Seat, which is an extinct volcano is not much to look at,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have analyzed 18 ancient texts dating back to around 600 BCE from the Tel Arad military post using state-of-the-art image processing, machine learning technologies, and the expertise of a
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In part 1 we discussed why these ancient buildings are unusual, and what experts had to say about the puzzling architecture that sometimes doesn’t make any sense. We investigated several ancient places in Europe and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – About 3,500 years ago, the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete developed a writing system composed of syllabic signs, called Linear A, which they sometimes used to inscribe offerings at sanctuaries and adorn their
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The oldest mitochondrial genome of a Neanderthal found in Central-Eastern Europe is reported by a team of researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, Wroclaw University, Institute of Systematics and Evolution
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A grave belonging to a noble Urartian woman buried with her jewelry was found at the Çavuştepe Castle in the Gürpınar district of the eastern province of Van. Since 2017, excavation works have continued at
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 5,000-year-old stone paint palette believed to be used for painting bowls was unearthed in excavations conducted at Küllüoba settlement mound located in the Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir. An aerial view of the excavation site
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Africa contains many nationalities and a large variety of legends. Every nation has had many beliefs handed down from one generation to the next in the distant past. A fascinating character in Zulu mythology is
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Additional finds were recovered from a small 1,500-year-old tomb in eastern South Korea by a team of researchers from South Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA). In May, the researchers found the gilt-bronze shoes and coin-shaped
