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Termessos: City Where History And Mythology Marked People’s Daily Lives
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Pisidian people built the city of Termessos at an elevation of 1,050 meters above sea level, providing them a significant advantage against potential attacking enemies. Termessos was one of the most ancient Pisidian cities, inhabited by the Solims (Solymi,) a brave tribe of warriors from the Northern Lycia. Although the early history of the inhabitants…
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One Of The Biggest Changes In Human Prehistory Challenged By Scientists
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A recent study has challenged traditional thinking by emphasizing the significance of human interactions in the transition from hunting and gathering to farming—one of humanity’s most significant historical shifts. San Bushman rock art Perdekop Farm North of Mossel bay. Credit: Andrew Moir – CC BY 2.0 Previously, theories predominantly attributed this change to environmental factors.…
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Stamp Suggests The Iconic Sutton Hoo Helmet Was Made In Denmark, Potentially Rewriting Early European History
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Sutton Hoo helmet, one of Great Britain’s most significant archaeological discoveries, is often likened to the ‘British Tutankhamun.’ Due to its motifs of mounted warriors, it was initially thought to originate from Uppland in Sweden, but recent findings suggest a different origin. Two years ago, local archaeologist Jan Hjort discovered a green-tinged copper alloy stamp…
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Underwater Archaeologists Explore The Secrets Of Loch Achtily Crannog – Will They Find A Rare Medieval Settlement?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Crannogs are fascinating structures built on artificial islands made of stone or timber in lochs. These sites first emerged around 6,000 years ago during the Neolithic era, though few have been documented from the Middle Ages, which ended about 500 years ago. Medieval crannogs are rare and have been minimally studied, leaving much unknown about…
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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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