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AncientPages.com – Recently we reported how archaeologists excavating in China have uncovered eight main tombs and a chariot burial area with walls. The burial site is believed to be of Liu He – the grandson of Emperor Wu, who was the
AncientPages.com – A Roman shield — painted with scenes from the Trojan War and possibly used in parades during ancient times – is more than 2,000 year-old artifact. It was excavated 80 years ago but now is examined by a team of
AncientPages.com – A suspected shrine that dates back to late Edo Period (1603-1867) has been discovered by underwater archaeology research group working in the area of Lake Biwako, Japan’s largest lake. “This is the first time that pillars of an underwater
AncientPages.com – A new study indicates that Neanderthal man arrived on the Italian peninsular some 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers analyzed radioactive deposits that were found in sediments present inside two Neanderthal skulls unearthed in a gravel pit Saccopastore,
AncientPages.com – After 10 years of excavations, Israeli archaeologists have finally solved “one of Jerusalem’s greatest archaeological mysteries” — identifying the location of the Acra, an infamous fortress used by ancient Greece to control the Jewish Temple and Jerusalem more than 2,000 years
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists find Ice Age engravings, tools and burnt bone within “very rare” British settlement at Jersey. Archaeologists say hunter-gatherers from the Magdalenian culture of between 16,000 and 13,000 years ago lived at a clifftop site in Jersey where dense
AncientPages.com – A large, well-preserved 1,500-year-old winery has been exposed during a violent storm in the Sharon Plain region, located between the Mediterranean Sea and Samarian Hills, the Antiquities Authority announced Monday. According to IAA archeologist Alla Nagorski, the discovery was
AncientPages.com – The well-preserved shipwrecks discovered at Yenikapı in Istanbul, Turkey are an important new source of information on the maritime commerce of Constantinople and the gradual shift from shell-based to skeleton-based shipbuilding in the Mediterranean during the second half of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A nearly millennium-old gilded Bible has been seized, during a police operation in the northern province of Tokat, Turkey. Also, ten people were taken into custody as part of the operation. A total of four operations were
AncientPages.com – Leiden Egyptologist Ben Haring has deciphered a list of words engraved on a shard of pottery from the 15th century B.C. and determined that it is an alphabetically ordered word list. The discovery has been published in the Journal of
AncientPages.com – A 1,200-year-old Viking sword was accidentally found by a hiker traveling the ancient route between western and eastern Norway. The sword was found at Haukeli located about250 km (150 miles) from Oslo, Norway and it will be sent
AncientPages.com – In the ancient cemetery at Ibbankatuwa in Dambulla, located in the Matale District, Central Province of Sri Lanka, archaeologists unearthed graves that date back to the Pre-Vijaya era. The indigenous people of Sri Lanka were known as Nagas
