Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution Isaac Newton was also very interested in the occult. He became a vivid student of
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Cambridge University Library has announced that two notebooks written by Charles Darwin, worth many millions of pounds are missing, believed to have been stolen. Both of these notebooks contain his pioneering ideas on evolution
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 – 1519) was one of the greatest minds of the Renaissance. His inventions, paintings, and sculptures are today admired by millions, but by now it’s well-known he had many secrets he
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – This remarkable painting comes from the second century when Egypt was a Roman province, hence the portraits are more lifelike and less hieroglyphic-like than Egyptian art of previous eras. Known as “Portrait of a Bearded
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In medieval times, it was very expensive to make parchments, so leaves were regularly scraped or erased and re-used over and over again. In the process, many valuable writings were lost. Now, students from Rochester
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Have you ever wondered what Europe smells like? Most likely it’s not something we think about on daily basis, but a group of scientists has now decided to create a library of scents, collecting, identifying,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Previously uncounted copies of Isaac Newton’s groundbreaking science book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known as the ‘Principia’ have been found by a Caltech historian and his former student. Titlepage and frontispiece of the third edition,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – On December 26, 1665, the Codex Cospi (or Codex Bologna) was given as a Christmas gift to the Italian nobleman Ferdinando Cospi (1606 – 1686). It is one of the few Aztec ‘books’ in the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The composition of red and black inks in ancient Egyptian papyri from circa 100-200 AD, has been discovered by a team of researchers led by the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, Grenoble, France and the University
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It may be nothing than just pure coincidence, because pandemics have been around as long as humans, but it’s interesting to note a 2,500-year-old Tibetan medical text described a coronavirus-style outbreak in surprisingly accurate details.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A study combines newly available analyses and methods from linguistics and genetics to tackle a long-standing topic in archaeological research, confirming the demographic and cultural elements of a north-south divide in the Central Andes. The
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient Egyptians prepared thoroughly for the afterlife and they were convinced that it was possible to be in the company of the gods, but only under certain circumstances. Now, an ancient Egyptian papyrus FMNH31324 was
