Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Keeladi (also Keezhadi) is today an important archaeological site, located on the banks of the Vaigai River, near the southern tip of India. Digging ring wells at the Keezhadi excavation site. Image credit: EPS Once in the past, Keezhadi was an urban settlement of Sangam Age on the Banks of River […]
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In archaeometallurgy, the study of ancient metal, archaeologists have historically taken a top-down approach, meaning that the jewelry, tools, weapons, and other artifacts they discover have come to signify a dominant ruling group that exerted overarching control over how to use such resources. An individual can create a stone tool
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers analyzed human tissues of 29 individuals (26 urn cremations and 3 inhumations) from Szigetszentmiklós-Ürgehegy, one of the largest Middle Bronze Age urn cemeteries in Hungary. The site is located in the northern part of the Csepel Island (a few kilometers south of Budapest) and was in use between c.
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered North Africa’s oldest Stone Age hand-axe dating back 1.3-million years. The find made during excavations at a quarry on the outskirts of the country’s economic capital Casablanca is a made major discovery shedding new light on the history of Acheulian technology. Acheulian tools were produced during the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A missing section of Jerusalem’s walls, destroyed by the Babylonians on Tisha B’Av (the ninth of the Hebrew month Av), 2600 years ago have been now unearthed during excavations in the City of David National Park. Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority During the time of the kings of Judah, Jerusalem’s
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In 1968, a weapon grave with brooches was found at Suontaka Vesitorninmäki, in the south of Finland. Suontaka village is located in a historical province of Häme, known for its numerous sword-findings and archaeological sites. The time during which the sword was in use was a prosperous yet violent time
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered a beautiful and huge 2,000-year-old Roman basilica that many have been built by Herod the Great mentioned in the Bible. The basilica was unearthed during renovations to Tel Ashkelon National Park, Israel’s oldest national park. The Roman basilica in Tel Ashkelon National Park, Israel. Credit: Israel Antiquities
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have unearthed the remains of a 2,000-year-old building in Jerusalem. The lavish Second Temple was destroyed by Romans, but the public has now been granted a unique opportunity to explore the magnificent building that is of great historical value. Remains of the magnificent 2000-year-old building recently excavated and due
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Today, all we know about the ancient city of Ur comes from the written documents unearthed at Ur. Since Ur was part of Mesopotamia, it is important to note that its people used cuneiform, written on clay tablets that were often broken and unreadable. As a result, scholars have worked
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Mangar Bani, a sacred ancient forest grove located in the Faridabad district in the Indian state of Haryana is not only home to beautiful trees, plants, birds, and animals. Here we also find the intriguing Haryana caves that hide an ancient secret. This prehistoric site is of course of great
