Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An international team of archaeologists study 3,000 years old settlement in Cyprus, one of the most important Bronze Age settlements in the region. The site studied by Polish archaeologists, view from a drone. Photo from
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – One of Britain’s most impressive ancient Roman ruins is Hadrian’s Wall. Also known as the Picts’ Wall, the massive structure prevented raiders from the north from destroying the strategic Roman base at Corbridge in Northumberland.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – We stand in the open fields of Spanish Lookout, a modernized Mennonite farming community in Central Belize, looking at what remains of ancestral Maya homes. White mounds, the remnants of these houses, pock the landscape
AncientPages.com – When Columbus landed in 1492, the Americas had been settled for tens of thousands of years. He wasn’t the first person to discover the continent. Instead, his discovery was the last of many discoveries. In all, people found
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – How frequent was violence in prehistoric human societies? One way to measure this is to look for trauma in prehistoric human remains. For example, a recent review of pre-Columbian remains found evidence of trauma from
![Microscopy picture of a dividing basal radial glial cell, a progenitor cell type that generates neurons during brain development. Modern human TKTL1, but not Neandertal TKTL1, increases basal radial glia and neuron abundance. Credit: Pinson et al., Science 2022 / MPI-CBG Left: Microscopy picture of a dividing basal radial glial cell, a progenitor cell type that generates neurons during brain development. Modern human TKTL1, but not Neandertal TKTL1, increases basal radial glia and neuron abundance. [less] © Pinson et al., Science 2022 / MPI-CBG; Right: Anneline Pinson is a researcher in Wieland Huttner's group. © MPI-CBG](https://staging.ancientpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Brain12Neurons.jpg)
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The question of what makes modern humans unique has long been a driving force for researchers. Comparisons with our closest relatives, the Neandertals, therefore provide fascinating insights. Microscopy picture of a dividing basal radial glial
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The first European crusaders of the Holy Land were inspired by the fame and fortune awarded to the Norman conquerors in Europe, a new book shows. Many of those who went to the Middle East
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An extraordinary discovery was made in the city of Jerusalem. A team of archaeologists unearthed an assemblage of ivory plaques from the First Temple period, among the few found anywhere in the world, and the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have uncovered a skeleton of a person who lived 31,000 years ago. According to a new study, the individual is missing its left foot, and part of its left leg reveals the oldest known
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A unique document was returned to Israel. The document opens with the words: “To Ishmael send….” Whilst the text does not refer to Hagar’s son, it is a fragment of a letter containing instructions to
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of scientists led by the University of Bristol, has uncovered intriguing new insights into the diet of people living in Neolithic Britain and found evidence that cereals, including wheat, were cooked in pots.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Cincinnati Art Museum turned to a scientist at the University of Cincinnati for help solving a mystery 1,300 years in the making. The museum’s Chinese dancing horse sculpture is so realistic that the fiery steed
