Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists and paleontologists have recently unearthed an intriguing 1-million-year-old human skull fossil that gives scientists a remarkable opportunity to get more insight into the complex history of human evolution. At a news conference of the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the University of Bristol have suggested that mysterious stone spheres found at various ancient settlements across the Aegean and Mediterranean could be playing pieces from one of the earliest ever board games. Groups
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Pacific island nations suffered severe depopulation from introduced diseases as a consequence of contact with European vessels, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. An engraving by Louie-Auguste de Sainson depicting a
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Every modern mammal, from a platypus to a blue whale, is descended from a common ancestor that lived about 180 million years ago. We don’t know much about this animal, but an international team
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Northern Spain have made an extraordinary discovery that they define as a breakthrough capable of rewriting the history of human evolution in Europe. At the caves of the Sierra de Atapuerca near
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Early Bronze Age village of Afragola on the Campania Plain of Southern Italy was buried under nearly a meter of volcanic ash deposited by the Avellino eruption of Vesuvius ca. 4,000 years ago. The
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists are optimistic and think the mystery of Nefertiti’s tomb may soon be solved. Egypt is a land where archaeologists regularly find ancient treasures, but the location of her tomb has so far remained an
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The quest to identify humans’ oldest continues. As scientists explore the realm of animals that lived on this planet millions of years ago, the evolution picture becomes more complete. Life reconstruction of Fanjingshania renovata. Credit:
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient city of Hadrianopolis was an important site of pilgrimage for early Christians until the city lost its importance in the 8th century AD. Traces of the Asclepius cult were found during the studies carried
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Researchers from the University of Barcelona have analyzed settlement dynamics of the communities of the central-eastern Iberian Peninsula that existed 4,000 years ago. The fortified settlement of La Bastida (Totana, Murcia). This is one of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study shows that the area close to the modern shoreline of ancient Britain was a hub of human and animal activity in the first few thousand years after the last glacial period. Recreation
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ship that sent an iceberg warning to the RMS Titanic before the ocean-liner sank has been identified lying in the Irish Sea. In 1912 the merchant steamship SS Mesaba was crossing the Atlantic and
