AncientPages.com – A cache of nine bronze coins from the end of the Byzantine period (seventh century CE) was found during an archaeological dig carried out along an ancient highway to Jerusalem. The treasures, which have belonged to Christians, were found

AncientPages.com – Researchers have examined a relief, which was accidentally unearthed in the Elazig province, in eastern Anatolia, Turkey, almost a year ago. The relief dubbed “Harput Relief” is now dated back to 4,000 years ago, which meeans that the region’s history is also

AncientPages.com – The 3,400-year-old and rare Egyptian artifact was pieced together by a team of researchers at National Museums Scotland (NMS), who recently received some missing fragments of the treasure. The box – made from cedar, ebony, ivory and gold -was

AncientPages.com – A unique, full-length mummy shroud, which is over 2,000 years old, yet still in remarkable condition, has been discovered within National Museums Scotland’s collections. Researchers say that the shroud that dates to approximately 9BC, is one of the most remarkable

AncientPages.com – Excavation of the royal tombs of the Marquis of Haihun State of China’s Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD) revealed many relics and among them, there is the earliest portrait of Chinese philosopher Confucius, found in a tomb that

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Two amateur treasure hunters have discovered remarkable gold artifacts decorated with ancient Celtic art. It is an incredible discovery because examination revealed the precious artifacts are the earliest example of Iron Age gold ever found in

AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have found a carefully carved toy in form of a wooden boat with a raised prow like a proud Viking ship, and a hole in the middle where a mast could have been stepped. The artifact was

AncientPages.com – Two fat woman figurines unearthed in the 9,000-year-old Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük represent elderly women, not the Anatolian mother goddess Cybele as was earlier believed. “These figurines symbolize old women that have high status in the society instead of

AncientPages.com – Two rare funerary busts rescued from the destruction of by Isis group are soon heading back to Syria. Recovered by Syrian troops, but badly damaged possibly by hammer blows, the artifacts have been painstakingly repaired in Italy. The busts

AncientPages.com – The three-headed and six-armed Ashura statue is a national treasure and one of the best-known ancient Buddhist artworks in Japan. Made in 734 AD, the statue had survived several earthquakes, fires and wars through the centuries, but at the