Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Until now the Nebra sky disk was deemed to be from the Early Bronze Age and therefore the world’s oldest depiction of the cosmos. Archaeologists from Goethe University Frankfurt and Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich have
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The population on Rapa Nui didn’t crash because the Europeans came. Nor did they live in idyllic equilibrium with nature for centuries. Image source Rapa Nui—also known as Easter Island—is one of the most remote
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Hidden among the ruins of a Neolithic house, archaeologists in Poland found a very unusual 7,000-year-old jar shaped like a horned face. While excavating in Biskupice, Małopolska, and investigating the houses of prehistoric farmers, scientists
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A three-chambered rock-cut temple, believed to be 1,200 years old, has been identified on the banks of the Arjuna River at Sivakasi’s M Pudhupatti village. Sivakasi was established during the early 15th century and an
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Sogdian temple of Jartepa II is located in the countryside, on the caravan route from Samarkand to Penjikent, in the area that in ancient times was called Rustak Varagsar. Sogdian Temple of Jartepa (ruins).
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Chinese text of the Mawangdui medical manuscripts found in is the earliest surviving anatomical description of the human body. “We have demonstrated that the 300–200 BCE Mawangdui medical texts represent the oldest surviving anatomical atlas in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During the excavation and restoration work at Ekşi Höyük, Denizli in Western Anatolia, archaeologists have discovered 8,600-year-old bone needles and round stones for spinning thread. These ancient textile tools are almost twice as old as
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Romans were skilled builders, and throughout their vast empire, we find their impressive, massive, and long-lasting structures. “The most impressive Roman remains in Britain today are military. Foremost amongst them are the fortifications of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For years, the former Roman auxiliary fort, located just south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, has yielded a number of rare finds associated with the site and to the former Roman empire. The fort
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Two battle axes used in hand-to-hand fighting at the Battle of Grunwald over 600 years ago have been found by detectorists during a sweep of the famous battle site in northern Poland. The Battle of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Bethsaida is frequently mentioned in the Gospel, and archaeologists have long tried to locate this Biblical place. It was not really a city, but more like a village or small town. The Biblical story dealing
