HISTORY
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Pharaoh Ay – A Man With A Hidden Agenda Or A Victim Of Unfortunate Circumstances?
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Piecing together what really happened in the life of Pharaoh Ay is not easy for historians. Pharaoh Ay was not as famous as Khufu, Ramses II, Akhenaten, or Hatshepsut, just to mention a few, but he was certainly an interesting individual. Despite his short reign and limited achievements, Ay’s time on the throne was marked…
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Giant 13th-Century Warrior’s Saber Unearthed At The ‘Eagle’s Nest’ Site, Near Astrakhan
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – During a survey of the Orlinoye Gnezdo (Eagle’s Nest) settlement and burial site in Krasnoyarsk District, in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, scientists found an unusually large saber and several arrowheads in a warrior’s grave. Wetlands in Krasnoyarsky District. Credit: sergeymarutin – CC BY 3.0 Unexpected Finds In Two Burials Excavation of a 50-square-meter area on a…
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Priceless Scythian Animal-Style Artifacts Discovered In The Siberian Valley Of The Kings Offer New Insights Into A Complex Ancient Tradition
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Siberian Valley of the Kings, located on the Southern Siberian Steppe in the Russian Federation, holds significant archaeological value due to remarkable discoveries made over the years. Excavations have uncovered large kurgan tombs, often containing treasures believed to be royal. The Scythians buried their dead in these kurgans, some of which are prominent landscape…
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Unexpected Discovery – Isolated Human Groups Speak More Diverse Languages
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The findings are initially surprising. Regions with greater genetic diversity, shaped by migration and population mixing, might be expected to display more linguistic diversity. However, a new study shows the opposite: globally, more isolated groups exhibit richer and more varied languages. “We were struck by how robust this inverse relationship is across the globe”, says…
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Did Lack Of Strong Connectivity Contribute To The Neanderthals’ Extinction?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Why Neanderthals disappeared while Homo sapiens secured a lasting foothold in Europe remains an open and fascinating question. The answer is undeniably complex and shaped by many intertwined factors, which makes the fresh perspective offered by a new, digitally inspired ecological study especially valuable. Led by Ariane Burke, professor in the Department of Anthropology at…
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Mystery Of The Secret Inaccessible Chamber Filled With Renaissance Treasures Deliberately Hidden From The Outside World Investigated
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A hidden, inaccessible chamber, sealed with multiple locks and filled with Renaissance treasures, has long sounded like something from a movie script. Yet evidence uncovered by a dedicated researcher, who examined documents in the Vatican and other major European archives, suggests that such a secret room may actually exist. This discovery leads back several centuries,…
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History Of Jarlshof – Thousands Of Years Of History With Traces Of Picts, Vikings And Scots
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Jarlshof is an ancient settlement located near Sumburgh Ness, at the southern tip of the Shetland Mainland in northern Scotland. It is one of the most distinctive and well-known prehistoric archaeological sites in both the British Isles and Scotland. Scottish archaeologists have been conducting excavations here since 1930. The site is particularly significant because it…
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Was Evidence Of The Little People Found And Stolen?
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Many Native Americans feel no need to be persuaded that the Little People exist; to them, their presence is simply a known reality. These small beings are described in different ways—spirits, magicians, fierce dwarves, fairies, or even devils—depending on each tribe’s traditional stories. Yet, they are regarded as every bit as real as humans. Some…
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God Odin Was Exiled From Asgard But He Had No Regrets About Breaking Norse Society’s Norms
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Sometimes you must pay a price for staying true to who you are. In Norse society, rules and laws were expected to be followed. Breaking norms led to an individual being shunned and facing consequences. Everyone could be punished for not following the rules. No one stood above the law, and gods were also expected…
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Strange Discovery: Fragment Of Homer’s Iliad Hidden Inside Ancient Mummy
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The discovery marks a significant milestone in archaeology: for the first time, a Greek literary text has been found intentionally incorporated into the mummification process. In this case, a papyrus containing a section of Homer’s Iliad was placed in the abdomen of a mummy as part of the embalming ritual, and the text includes part…
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