Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – It does not happen often, but scientists stumble upon something that is almost stranger than fiction every now and then. Many years ago, researchers excavating in Brazil discovered mysterious, ancient underground ruins. When they entered
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – King Amenhotep III, also known as Amenhotep the Great, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. During his reign, Egypt successfully managed to keep peaceful relationships with other nations and forge vital alliances. King Amenhotep
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of archaeologists excavating in Aswan, Egypt has unearthed 20 mummies in ancient burial chambers. According to Ahram Online, “The first part is a rectangular building containing the entrance built above ground from sandstone
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Why the mysterious Stone of Brutus was brought to London, UK, remains unknown. Several theories attempt to explain the Stone’s enigmatic past, but even today, this mysterious Stone refuses to yield its secrets. It is
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In Japan there are several interesting megalithic tombs that have long interested scientists. Known as Kofun (“ancient grave”), the structures were “constructed between the early 3rd century and the early 7th century AD. The kofun
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Bronze Age Maikop kurgan is one of the most richly furnished prehistoric burial mounds in the northern Caucasus. Excavations conducted in the area in 1897, revealed a set of gold and silver tubes with
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – One of the most famous swords in the history of humanity is the legendary Durendal, which belonged to Roland, Charlemagne’s knightly champion and the hero of many French ballads, legends, and songs. Charlemagne’s mysterious sword,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A unique 4,000-year-old board game made of stone has been unearthed by archaeologists in Oman. Marked with ‘playing fields and cup holes’ the discovery was made during excavations of settlements near the village of Ayn Bani
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It’s a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon: would you rather be running after tasteless wild berries, or curled up on your couch with fuzzy socks and a good book? You might not have had that
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – As we discussed in part 1, everything the man witnessed that morning indicated the mysterious creatures were no ordinary human beings. Something was wrong with them, and he decided to learn more by attempting to
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, in co-operation with colleagues from Goethe University, Frankfurt, has uncovered the first insights into the origins of West African plant-based cuisine, locked inside pottery fragments
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Rutgers researchers have unearthed the earliest definitive evidence of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) in ancient Iraq, challenging our understanding of humanity’s earliest agricultural practices. Their findings appear in the journal Scientific Reports. “Overall, the presence of millet in
