Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Recent research suggests that most languages that have ever existed are no longer spoken. Dozens of these dead languages are also considered to be lost, or “undeciphered” — that is, we don’t know enough about their grammar, vocabulary,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Hittites lived in Anatolia some 3,500 years ago. They used clay tablets to keep records of state treaties and decrees, prayers, myths, and summoning rituals, using a language that researchers were only able to
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The loss of tropical rainforests and grasslands that once dominated Southeast Asia caused the extinction of many of the region’s megafauna, and probably of ancient humans too, according to scientists from the Department of Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team led by Ana Isabel Ortega Martínez, an archaeologist at the CENIEH (Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana), has recently confirmed that the cave art in the Sala de las Pinturas at
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ancient paintings showing eight Buddhist saints possibly dating back to over 1,300 years ago have been discovered on temple columns blackened by soot. The images were found at the main hall columns of Shiga Prefecture’s
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The city of Teotihuacán in Mexico remains as intriguing as mysterious. There is still so much we do not know about Teotihuacán, a city where we find some of the most significant Mesoamerican pyramids built
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have analyzed 18 ancient texts dating back to around 600 BCE from the Tel Arad military post using state-of-the-art image processing, machine learning technologies, and the expertise of a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – About 3,500 years ago, the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete developed a writing system composed of syllabic signs, called Linear A, which they sometimes used to inscribe offerings at sanctuaries and adorn their
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ancient Egyptians understood the value of what is today known as the world’s oldest artificial pigment. Egyptian blue appeared about 5,000 years ago in a tomb painting dated to the reign of Ka-sen, the last
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Chinese text of the Mawangdui medical manuscripts found in is the earliest surviving anatomical description of the human body. “We have demonstrated that the 300–200 BCE Mawangdui medical texts represent the oldest surviving anatomical atlas in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ancient treasures can be found in the most unexpected places. Sometimes a page from a rare manuscript can be enough to shed new light on dramatical historical events. Archaeologists working on construction sites in the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The impressive castle in the town of Cēsis in central Latvia recently revealed one of its ancient secrets. The ruins of Cesis – the Livonian Order of Cēsis Castle – are of great importance for
