Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of archaeologists excavating in Aswan, Egypt has unearthed 20 mummies in ancient burial chambers. According to Ahram Online, “The first part
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In Japan there are several interesting megalithic tombs that have long interested scientists. Known as Kofun (“ancient grave”), the structures were “constructed between
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Bronze Age Maikop kurgan is one of the most richly furnished prehistoric burial mounds in the northern Caucasus. Excavations conducted in the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It’s a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon: would you rather be running after tasteless wild berries, or curled up on your couch with
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, in co-operation with colleagues from Goethe University, Frankfurt, has uncovered the first insights
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Rutgers researchers have unearthed the earliest definitive evidence of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) in ancient Iraq, challenging our understanding of humanity’s earliest agricultural
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Many ancient civilizations have used alcohol, beer, and hallucinogens. The world’s oldest paycheck reveals ancient Sumerian workers were paid in beer, and this
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – The age of the oldest fossils in eastern Africa widely recognized as representing our species, Homo sapiens, has long been uncertain. Now, dating of
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – The desert regions of the Arabian Peninsula and Levant are crisscrossed by innumerable pathways. Across large areas of northwest Arabia, many of these
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Xunantunich, a major ceremonial center of Maya Civilization, is an ancient Maya archaeological site located atop a ridge above the Mopan River, about
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In Northern Sweden, there are many fascinating and mysterious ancient sites and places. Unfortunately, several of these historical sites have not been properly investigated
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Archaeology students from Bournemouth University have found the remains of prehistoric people and animal sacrifices in a recently discovered Iron Age settlement in Dorset.
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – The evolution of writing is a complex issue, but the Vai script, a rare manuscript may offer clues into this important question scientists
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Medieval warhorses are often depicted as massive and powerful beasts, but in reality many were no more than pony-sized by modern standards, a
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – A new extinct reptile species has shed light on how our earliest ancestors became top predators by modifying their teeth in response to
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – It turns out San Francisco has been a destination for lovers of imported delicacies since its earliest Gold Rush days. According to results
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Very few proteins in the body have a change that makes them unique compared to the corresponding proteins in Neanderthals and apes. Researchers
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new study casts doubt on drought as the driver of ancient Mayan civilization collapse. There is no dispute that a series of
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – An Iron Age settlement dating from around 2,250 years ago has been discovered on the site of a new roundabout being built near
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – All the royal mummies found in the 19th and 20th centuries have long since been opened for study. With one exception: egyptologists have
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Sediments in which archaeological finds are embedded have long been regarded by most archaeologists as unimportant by-products of excavations. However, in recent years
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – A major new study of ancient DNA has traced the movement of people into southern Britain during the Bronze Age. In the largest
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – For the past century, Southwestern archaeologists have debated what happened to the Mimbres people of southwestern New Mexico after AD 1150, a group
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Human DNA can be extracted from the ‘cement’ head lice used to glue their eggs to hairs thousands of years ago, scientists have
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Underwater archaeologists diving off the coast of Caesarea, Israel have recovered a magnificent treasure from two ancient shipwrecks. The treasure consists of hundreds
