Thousands of intriguing ancient artifacts have been discovered world-wide. Some of these ancient artifacts give us a deeper understanding of our ancestors’ customs, traditions, beliefs, level of technology and scientific achievements. Many of the artifacts are also mysterious and puzzling because we haven’t yet been able to determine their true purpose.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For years, the former Roman auxiliary fort, located just south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, has yielded a number of rare finds associated with the site and to the former Roman empire. The fort
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – German-Italian research project investigates different cutting tools from the Sesselfelsgrotte cave in Lower Bavaria. Now they know that Neanderthals had to develop more complex tools during the climate change that occurred before their disappearance. The
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The tomb and golden jewels of the Bronze Age “Carian Princess,” were unearthed during 1989 excavations of an ancient necropolis, located in the vicinity of the city of Halicarnassus, an ancient Greek city at what
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A string of beads and an ancient animal figurine found at the Paleolithic site of Ust-Kova in Krasnoyarsk Territory were recently studied by a team of archeologists from Siberian Federal University and Novosibirsk State University.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – These two unique clay pig figurines dating back 3,500 years were found in Poland. Someone during the Bronze Age took the time to create these rare artifacts that are only a few centimeters long, but
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Probably one of the biggest troves of gold and silver coins dated to the 14th century was discovered on the territory of the Czech Republic. This accidental discovery was made by a young couple out
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A unique Medieval sword has been found in the Odra River in Poland. It will take some time before scientists can tell more about this valuable discovery, but it is already obvious this is a
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Found in the 1950s by workmen digging pipe trenches in Chapel Yard, Yarm, near the River Tees, in the UK, this ancient helmet seems rather unexciting at first sight, but don’t let it looks fool
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Chinese archeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old settlement located only about eight km south of the famous Sanxingdui Ruins, in the city of Guanghan, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Bronze head (138 cm bred) with protruding eyes
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 1,000-year-old, double-sided mold that was probably used for the manufacture of Christian-related objects or/and jewelry has been uncovered during excavations in Chur, the oldest town of Switzerland. The two-sided mold allowed up to seven
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Founded by Cyrus the Great, one of the most outstanding figures in human history, the First Persian Empire also known as the Achaemenid Empire. Including parts of Central Asia, the Mediterranean, North Africa, and even
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the Göcseji Museum, Hungary, discovered a fragment of a 6,500-year-old statuette at the site of a large settlement that belonged to the Lengyel culture that dates to ca. 5000 – 3400 BC. “Venus
