Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A rare English illuminated medieval prayer roll, believed to be among only a few dozen still in existence worldwide, has been analyzed in a new study to expose Catholic beliefs in England before the Reformation
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Abbey Library of St. Gall in Switzerland is home to approximately 160,000 volumes of literary and historical manuscripts dating back to the eighth century, all of which are written by hand, on parchment, in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Humans have been always on the move, creating a complex history of languages and cultural traditions dispersed over the globe. An international team under UZH’s lead has now traced families of related languages over more
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – If you have the patience and are not determined to compete with some of the world’s most talented artists, painting can be a very relaxing activity. Whether it’s a landscape, people, or abstract forms, painting
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – This is really great news to anyone who appreciates art and culture. The Louvre Museum has announced it has put its entire collection online for free! The collection contains nearly half a million items you
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The faces of two of the most famous people of ancient Egypt have been reconstructed with the use of artificial intelligence. Queen Nefertiti and Pharaoh Akhenaten were a fascinating couple, but what did they look
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In Japan, the suppression of Christianity increased from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 17th century, and many missionaries and Japanese believers were martyred during this period. New research has
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Depictions of animals are a common subject for the world’s oldest dated rock art, including lions in France’s Chauvet Cave and wild bovids in Indonesia. A two-meter-long painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia’s Kimberley region
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An inscribed animal dated to the seventh century proves that Germanic runes were the oldest script ever used by the ancient Slavs, according to a new study. The artifact was excavated at the Lány-Břeclav site
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A 500-year-old copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th century painting known as “Salvator Mundi” (Savior of the World) was found hidden in an apartment, and recovered by Italian police team working on a bigger operation.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have presented a new, interesting interpretation of England’s famous Domesday Book. The “Domesday Book” is closely related to William The Conqueror (or “William the Bastard”), king of England and Duke of Normandy, (ca. 1028 -1087). Compiled
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – While studying ancient paintings within Buddhist temples in northwestern China’s Mogao Caves, researchers detected ‘an ancient mistake’ in the artwork. The Mogao Grottoes, near the oasis town of Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert, China are where
