A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – There are many interesting stories of people who experienced something unexplained, but few incidents are, as out of the ordinary as the accounts we discuss today. When we come across such stories we have reasons to ponder whether we are really in charge of our fate. These mysterious books from […]
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The two-meter-long Roman mosaic dating back to the city’s Roman occupation between 60 BC. and AD 300 was uncovered under a municipality building by a team of workers who were carrying out excavations to extend a drainage network within an area of a commercial market in Baalbek, northeast of Beirut.
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A total of 49 works of ancient art that had been looted and smuggled out of Iran some four decades ago have recently been returned home with the aid of Swiss officials. One the glazed bricks that returned home to Iran. Image credit: CHTN via Tehran Times “A collection of
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of researchers led by Harvard Medical School’s David Reich analyzed the genomes of 263 individuals in the largest study of ancient human DNA in the Americas to date. Some archaeologists pointed to dramatic shifts in Caribbean pottery styles as evidence of new migrations. But genetics show all of
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Excavations in Pompeii have never ended and for the first time ever archaeologists can report they have discovered an entire thermopolium. Thermopolium, the word comes from the Greek “thermos” for hot and “poleo” to sell was an ancient Roman restaurant that offered its customers fast food. One could get warm
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An ancient tomb site on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has been excavated by Chinese archaeologists. Wooden figurines discovered at the tomb site may provide evidence of early exchanges between Tibet and surrounding areas, according to researchers. Face mask found at the tomb site. Image credit: Xinhua Chinese archaeologists found the wooden
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Was there once an advanced Polar civilization that suddenly vanished without a trace millions of years ago? Can some perplexing anomalies clearly contradicting traditional theories of humanity’s beginnings offer evidence an unknown culture lived in the coldest parts of the world in remote times when the climatic conditions were different?
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Remote sensing technology has revealed more about one of the Roman Empire’s most infamous conflicts. The discovery of dozens of new Roman Army sites shows the Roman army had a larger presence in the region than previously thought during the 200-year battle to conquer the Iberian Peninsula. Roman military presence
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Considered as the symbol and protector of fertility and abundance in pre-historic times, Cybele statue is now displayed in an Istanbul museum. The goddess Cybele, a Phrygian goddess originating in the mythology of ancient Anatolia, Turkey whose worship spread to the cities of ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. Image
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists are attempting to unravel the mystery of a Roman noblewoman who was buried in a sarcophagus under London’s Spitalfields market. Who was this woman? Why did she come to London? Her silk clothes, interwoven with fine gold thread made of 97 percent pure gold and coffin suggest she must
