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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Today, people use about 7,500 languages to communicate. However, this number only captures a moment in a long and changing history. How many languages were spoken before people started keeping written records? Did the rise
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The GunaiKurnai, an Australian Aboriginal nation, are recognized as the traditional custodians of Gippsland and the southern Victorian Alps. Caves within their territory, documented in 19th-century ethnographic reports and oral traditions, served as sites for
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Approximately 400 years ago, a member of the Potano-Timucua tribe crafted a small, undecorated clay vessel. Its original use and history remain unknown, but it was recently excavated intact by University of Florida students. “It’s
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Thousands of ancient rock carvings in Egypt’s Western Desert are gradually disappearing. Climate change and human activity are damaging some of Africa’s richest prehistoric art collections. Polish archaeologists are working to document what remains before it
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating an ancient cave have uncovered an unusual burial tradition that may provide new insights into ancient Maya supernatural beliefs. Background: Xunantunich Archaeological site, Belize. Credit: Denis Barthel – CC BY-SA 4.0 Image compilation
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Analysis of the centuries-old remains of two Medici brothers has resolved a long-standing Renaissance mystery. In 1562, Cardinal Giovanni de Medici, a member of the influential family that led politics and banking in Tuscany during
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For decades, scientists have disputed the meaning of the weapons found in the burial chambers of some ancient Egyptian princesses. Were they symbolic or practical tools? Now a reassessment of five royal women’s mummies from
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Knowledge of ancient Maya mythology has expanded as archaeologists have identified what is believed to be one of the oldest known depictions of the mythical Maya hero Juun Ajaw. Credit: CINAH Campeche INAH reports that
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers have studied hundreds of unusual figures and symbols carved into ancient cave walls. Made between 18,500 and 14,000 years ago, this rock art is known for its distinct patterns. Each figure was placed with
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Hidden within the thick forests of the Balam Kú Biosphere Reserve are the ruins of El Yesal, one of the biggest cities in the Central Mayan Lowlands. This site has now been formally studied for the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have extracted and analyzed the first-ever ancient proteins from the fossils of Homo naledi, revealing a potential all-female burial site. The study, published in Cell, suggests that South Africa’s Rising Star Cave system may be
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A well-preserved Roman relief depicting a protective guardian spirit was found at Vindolanda in northern England, where it had been hidden beneath a barrack floor for over 1,600 years. The third generation of the Birley family
