Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 20-room peristyle (an open interior space surrounded by columns) with a church inside has been discovered during the excavation and restoration works in the ancient city of Laodicea, in southwestern Turkey. Laodicea – one of Asia Minor’s most flourishing cities – was built upon seven hills. The city minted […]
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Dogs are our beloved pets, and they have been our companions for a very long time, or maybe even longer than we previously thought. In the Chauvet Cave in France, there are extraordinary paintings that are between 20,000 and 30,000 thousand years old. Here we find what some consider to
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An examination of two documented periods of climate change in the greater Middle East, between approximately 4,500 and 3,000 years ago, reveals local evidence of resilience and even of a flourishing ancient society despite the changes in climate seen in the larger region. Microscope image of Iron Age oak twig
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers have analyzed the genome of the oldest human fossil found in Mongolia to date and show that the 34,000-year-old woman inherited around 25 percent of her DNA from western Eurasians. The skullcap found in the Salkhit Valley in eastern Mongolia belonged to a woman who lived 34,000 years ago.
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Jan Bartek -AncientPages.com – Belief in and practice of witchcraft in Europe goes far back in time. Witches were considered evil by Medieval people and the belief in the powers of evil spirits was also widespread. During the Middle Ages, people did all they could to protects themselves from what they considered to be “evil
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – On December 26, 1665, the Codex Cospi (or Codex Bologna) was given as a Christmas gift to the Italian nobleman Ferdinando Cospi (1606 – 1686). It is one of the few Aztec ‘books’ in the world. Codex Cospi is a beautiful illuminated manuscript, protected by two covers made in the
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An attempt to smuggle three artifacts made of porcelain and glass at Alexandria port – failed, according to the authorities. The head of the Central Administration for Archaeological Ports and Units informed that an archaeological committee examined the objects and proved their authenticity. Hamdy Hammam, head of the Central Administration
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It’s not unusual to find ancient silver or gold coins in Europe. Often related to a turbulent year of civil war, or escape from the approaching enemy, the coins are the most common artifacts found on this continent. Silver coins found in Piešťany, Slovakia. Image source Among others, many such
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – There seems to be no end to archaeological findings in Egypt. Archaeologists announced they have found hundreds of marvelous ancient Egyptian treasures when they opened the tombs in Minya. The Ancient Tomb Of Royal Supervisor Badi Est One of the tombs belonged to a royal supervisor named Badi Est. While
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The composition of red and black inks in ancient Egyptian papyri from circa 100-200 AD, has been discovered by a team of researchers led by the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, Grenoble, France and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The analysis shows that lead was probably used as a dryer rather
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