Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Ponso, Padua province, Veneto, northeastern Italy, have discovered a large pre-Roman sanctuary and rare ancient inscriptions in the Venetic language. Credit: Soprintendenza ABAP per le province di Padova, Treviso e Belluno The
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For many years, historians have believed that as small villages grew into cities, inequality increased. Usually, a few leaders, such as kings and priests, would take control of wealth, causing the gap between rich and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Patchwork families, where children from previous relationships or adopted and fostered children are raised together, are common today. Although often seen as modern, recent analysis of Neolithic human genetic material shows this family structure is
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Some individuals seem born to cause trouble, enjoying mischief in both our world and the world of myths. Norse legends are filled with such figures, but none as enigmatic as the sinister goddess who wielded
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Recent research provides new evidence that Neanderthals were more advanced than previously believed. The study shows they could identify tooth infections and had the skills to drill out the damage 60,000 years ago. Archaeological evidence indicates
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In recent years, advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software has enabled researchers to decipher many ancient cuneiform texts. However, some artifacts are too fragile or unique and still require human expertise. Hidden within a long-forgotten Sumerian
Conny Waters – AncientPagec.com – The oldest human remains found in Northern Britain have been identified as those of a young female, three years after their discovery in a Cumbrian cave. Local archaeologist Martin Stables excavated the 11,000-year-old bones at
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Records show that several large sunspots and red aurorae appeared in Northeast Asia, in areas with low geomagnetic latitude, between 1200 and 1205 CE. This period is considered one of the highest periods of
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Piecing together what really happened in the life of Pharaoh Ay is not easy for historians. Pharaoh Ay was not as famous as Khufu, Ramses II, Akhenaten, or Hatshepsut, just to mention a few, but
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new interdisciplinary study offers the first detailed biomolecular and archaeological insights into the lives of people in Central Europe during the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1300–800 BCE), known as the Urnfield period, a time
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – One of the most intriguing questions in human evolution is why about 90% of people across all cultures favor their right hand, a population-level preference unmatched by any other primate species. Despite decades of research
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists are investigating a puzzling cooling event that occurred 13,000 years ago, when the last Ice Age was coming to an end. The thick ice sheet covering the Northern Hemisphere was beginning to melt, and the
