Archaeologists have found several handaxes — two of which can be classed as ‘giant handaxes’ — at the Maritime Academy site in Frindsbury, Kent, England. …

Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquity Authority (IAA) have found an ancient copper fishing hook — possibly for hunting sharks — in the Agamim neighborhood, Ashkelon, Israel. …

Mummies often evoke thoughts of the ancient Egyptians and their sophisticated mummification rituals. These practices aimed to create a seamless transition between life and death …

The fossilized theropod remains are thought to be 121 million years old, placing their origin in the early Cretaceous period. An illustrative image of a …

IN 1922, EGYPTIAN EXCAVATORS LED BY HOWARD CARTER DISCOVERED THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN, AN EGYPTIAN PHARAOH WHO WAS THE LAST OF HIS ROYAL FAMILY TO …

Modern humans, Homo Sapiens , are now the only surviving member of the homo genus. It is almost inconceivable to us that there was a time we walked with …

Back in 2003, a Chilean man named Oscar Muñoz found a strange miniature skeleton called Ata, near an old church in the deserted town of …

Crocodiles were mummified in a unique way at the Egyptian site of Qubbat al-Hawā during the 5th Century BC, according to a study published January …

Antarctica wasn’t quite a region of ice for most of the year. It is widely believed that millions of years ago, when the planet earth …

A 2,500-year-old Phoenician shipwreck has been discovered underwater in the southeastern Spanish region of Murcia.  Spanish archaeologists are now working hard to recover the ancient …

About 900 years ago a crusader knight who was present in the Holy Land lost a magnificent sword. Today, we can admire this precious ancient …

Saga with the sword.  An 8- year – old girl on vacation with her family discovered a  pre – Viking Era Sword in a Swedish …

Far Ƅeyond the Arctic Circle, there exists a cluster of isolated SiƄerian islands. Despite suƄ-zero temperatures, a group of iʋory traders and scientists ʋenture to this region in …

  Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Among the most fascinating, magnificent and technically accomplished objects made during the late Middle Ages is a group of microscopically …

On𝚎 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 m𝚘st 𝚏𝚊m𝚘𝚞s B𝚛itish 𝚏𝚘lk t𝚊l𝚎s is th𝚊t 𝚘𝚏 Kin𝚐 A𝚛th𝚞𝚛 𝚊n𝚍 th𝚎 sw𝚘𝚛𝚍 in th𝚎 st𝚘n𝚎. Acc𝚘𝚛𝚍in𝚐 t𝚘 th𝚎 v𝚊𝚛i𝚘𝚞s v𝚎𝚛si𝚘ns 𝚘𝚏 …

Phrynᴇ thᴇ Thᴇѕріаn wаѕ а fаmᴇd сourtᴇѕаn of Athᴇnѕ, bᴇttᴇr known for thᴇ сourt саѕᴇ ѕhᴇ woп by bаrіng hᴇr brᴇаѕtѕ. Hᴇr асtuаl nаmᴇ wаѕ …

Some years ago, in Western Canada, a mining work led to one of the world’s most significant discoveries in recent memory. A group of miners …

In Bam village of Esfarayen county in northeast Iran, a routine road construction project has led to an exciting discovery of a vast network of …

The site, located on the outskirts of the Black Sea resort of Varna, was discovered accidentally when tractor operator Raicho Marinov was cutting a trench …

Palaeontologists have uncovered a fossil that has preserved an insect inside a lizard inside a snake – a prehistoric battle of the food chain that …