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Delatores – Who Were The Professional Gossip Collectors In Ancient Rome?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the past, many unusual professions were well-paid, but some of these jobs were not respectable. In ancient Rome, some people worked as delatores. They were professional informants paid to collect gossip about the city’s inhabitants. Delatores provided the prosecutors with the needed information that was later used in a trial. “In the administration of Roman…
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Last Supper Of 15-Million-Year-Old Freshwater Fish
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A team of scientists led by Australian Museum and UNSW Sydney paleontologist Dr. Matthew McCurry has described a new species of 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish, Ferruaspis blocks, that shows preserved stomach contents as well as the pattern of coloration. illustration: A school of Ferruaspis is chased by the extinct platypus, Obdurodon. Image credit:Alex Boersma…
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200,000-Year-Old Stone Engravings Found In Marbella Could Rewrite The History Of Prehistoric Art
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The city of Marbella in Málaga, Spain, has become the site of a significant archaeological discovery that could transform our understanding of prehistoric art on the Iberian Peninsula. Archaeologists at the Coto Correa site in Las Chapas have unearthed graphic designs on a stone block potentially dating back over 200,000 years. This area has been under…
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Unknown Ancient Settlement Overlapping The Old City Of Nakhon Ratchasima Discovered
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It often happens that beneath modern cities and streets, archaeologists unearth the ancient remnants of an entire settlement of which existence was previously unknown to researchers. Prof. Dr. Santi Pailoplee from the Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University Now, a team of researchers at the Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, led by Prof.…
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Secrets Of An Ancient Greek City Revealed
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient city of Teos is located on the western coast of Türkiye, directly opposite Athens across the Aegean Sea. Presently, it stands as a site of rubble and ruins; however, two millennia ago, it flourished as a vibrant hub of Hellenistic and Roman art, culture, and commerce. The team noticed that the architrave blocks—those…
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Michael Scott – Fascinating Wizard Who Tutored The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – What can a Holy Emperor and a wizard have possibly in common? It may sound implausible that a magician tutored a Pope, but history tells an intriguing story revealing that the Catholic Church was not always an enemy of occult practices. Everyone is familiar with Nostradamus, but there were many prophets in Europe. In Scotland…
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First Bronze Age Settlement Predating The Phoenicians Discovered In Maghreb
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Most Bronze Age settlements have been documented in European regions, but the Maghreb has often been overlooked in historical narratives, mistakenly labeled as uninhabited until the Phoenicians arrived around 800 BC. However, a groundbreaking study led by Hamza Benattia Melgarejo from the University of Barcelona has identified the first Bronze Age settlement in this area, predating…
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Large Fresco Depicting The Procession Of The Wine God Dionysus Found In Pompeii
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Over a century after the Villa of the Mysteries was discovered, a significant fresco has been uncovered, offering new insights into the mysteries of Dionysus in classical antiquity. This discovery took place in a large banquet hall recently excavated in Pompeii’s central area, specifically in insula 10 of Regio IX. The nearly life-size frieze, known…
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Humans Lived In Rainforests At Least 150,000 Years Ago In Africa
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Rainforests, a significant global biome, were once believed to be uninhabited by humans until recent times. However, new evidence indicates that humans lived in African rainforests at least 150,000 years ago. Our species originated in Africa around 300,000 years ago, yet our evolution’s ecological and environmental contexts remain largely unexplored. Rainforests have often been overlooked as…
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Ancient DNA Reveals How European Skin, Eye, And Hair Color Evolved Over The Past 45,000 Years
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Light eyes, hair, and skin are believed to have evolved multiple times as Homo sapiens moved out of Africa. In areas with lower UV radiation, lighter pigmentation alleles became more prevalent due to their adaptive advantages and influences, such as migration and genetic drift. However, the exact speed and process of this spread remain uncertain. Inferring…
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