Explore mysterious ancient civilizations and their legacy. We examine their buildings, artifacts, religion, rituals, scientific achievements, customs and traditions, inventions, government, geography, wars, cities, empires and much more.
Glass-making furnaces dating back to the Roman Egypt period (30B.C.-395A.D.,) have been unearthed in Egypt’s Delta archaeological site of Tell Mutubis, the Antiquities Ministry stated Friday. The discovery was made during a magnetic gradient survey carried out by a joint
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists identified three archaeological sites in Llagaden community, Magdalena, Cajamarca, Peru. They also found archaeological evidence in the form of pottery remains, which date back to 2,000 years ago. The pottery could be linked to ancient Pre-Incan Cajamarca
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Keezhadi, a small hamlet in Sivaganga district, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is a special place, where an important part of Tamil history is being unearthed now by the Archaeological Survey of
A 3.2 wide, double-faced wall was revealed during the systematic excavation and extended clearance work in the framework of the five-year-old programme “Ancient Feneos”, conducted by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Corinth and the Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens and completed
During excavations at Mexico City’s Templo Mayor Aztec ruin site, archaeologists have discovered a massive tzompantli, or trophy skull rack of sacrificed human skulls. It was built between 1485 and 1502. ‘Racks known as “tzompantli” were where the Aztecs displayed
AncientPages.com – The Natufians, who existed 15,000 – 11,500 years ago, represented a fascinating ancient culture. These people lived in there region known as the Levant (modern Palestine, Israel, Syria and Jordan). Earlier, the Natufians, roaming hunter gatherers, known as the
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have unearthed remains of pit houses and ditches that indicated boundaries at a site dating to the fourth century A.D. in Japan’s Nara Prefecture known as the Nakanishi ruins. The excavations are conducted in the vicinity of
A mutilated figurine of Ancient Roman god Mars has been found by archaeologists during the excavations of the Early Byzantine and medieval Bulgarian city of Missionis, also known as Krum’s Fortress, whose ruins are located near today’s northeastern city of
AncientPages.com – The Archaeology and Ethnography Institute under the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences has discovered new archaeological materials during an excavation conducted on the frontline in Azerbaijan’s Agdam region. The head of the expedition, Hidayat Jafarova, said that the archaeologists
AncientPages.com – The Aşıklı Mound, where settlement first started in the Cappadocia region 11,000 years ago, offers a chance to travel back in time. Archaeological excavations have been continuing for 26 years in the mound, located in Kızılkaya village in
AncientPages.com – Ancient Irish people carved images of an ancient eclipse into giant stones over 5,000 years ago, on November 30, 3340 BC to be exact. This is the oldest known recorded solar eclipse in history. The illustrations are found on
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The mysterious ancient Hongshan culture vanished thousands of years ago, but they left behind a number of absolutely astonishing jade figurines that we have the privilege to admire today. In the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, there
