Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Kushan Empire in Central Asia was one of the most influential states of the ancient world. A research team at the University of Cologne’s Department of Linguistics has now deciphered a writing system that
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Egyptian Book of the Dead provides unique insights into the religious life of ancient Egypt. A new handbook presents the current state of research. Co-editor is the Würzburg Egyptologist Martin Andreas Stadler. This small
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Worn as a note in an amulet around the neck, deposited in a grave, or found as a manual in a scholar’s library: magical texts were once widespread. They were used, among other things, in
Jan Bartek – AncienyPages.com – Measuring just 6 centimeters wide and 8 centimeters long, the magnitude and exceptionality of the discovery has left the European archaeological community flabbergasted. It is a fragment of an oil amphora from the Roman region
AncientPages.com – The doodles found in the margins of very old manuscripts are often just as interesting as the content of the manuscripts themselves. One such example is the frequently recurring – and extremely odd – image of knights warring against snails.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An unprecedented record of medieval live comedy performance has been identified in a 15th-century manuscript. Raucous texts—mocking kings, priests and peasants; encouraging audiences to get drunk; and shocking them with slapstick—shed new light on Britain’s
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – There are places where you can literally “feel” you’re moving back in time. One such place is Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. Built in 1299, the palace became an icon of Florence. The building acquired
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Codex Atlanticus is one of the most extensive and fascinating collections of Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings and writings. Its preservation is a great challenge for scholars and researchers. Folio 843 of Codex Atlanticus. Credit:
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Conservators and curators from the Art Gallery of New South Wales have used an advanced imaging technique at the Australian Synchrotron to gain more information about an underpainting in a famous Renaissance portrait of Cosimo
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – About 1,300 years ago, a scribe in Palestine took a book of the Gospels inscribed with a Syriac text and erased it. Parchment was scarce in the desert in the Middle Ages, so manuscripts were
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly recorded some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions. An international team of researchers, led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), drew on readings of 12th and 13th century
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In a new study published in Hebrew University’s Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology, Dr. Daniel Vainstub deciphered a partially preserved inscription that was found on the neck of a large jar dated back to the time of
