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New Study shows it was Feast or Famine for Europe’s First Farmers

A new study based on a catalogue of radiocarbon dates has shown that populations plummeted after periods of agricultural booms in Europe, a finding that contradicts previous beliefs that agriculture led to population growth.

aprilholloway - 05/10/2013 - 12:10

Archaeologist Accidentally Discovers Lost Temple of Thutmose I, Hidden in Plain Sight for 50 Years

Thousands of stone blocks that were “hiding” for ages in storage near Luxor proved to be the remains of the temple of Thutmose I, which has been searched for by archaeologists for some time. A Polish Egyptologist named Jadwiga Iwaszczuk was the one who identified the fragments of the temple, which had previously been misidentified.

Theodoros Karasavvas - 03/07/2017 - 23:02

2,000-Year-Old Toddler Skeleton with Elongated Skull Unearthed in Crimea

... common trait seen among remains belonging to the Sarmatian culture, who once inhabited modern-day Crimea. They would ...

aprilholloway - 30/07/2017 - 18:58

Archaeologists announce Qiang people had vertically oriented teeth and longer skeletons

... people have been recognised as a ‘first ancestor’ culture due to their ancient roots – they were mentioned in ...

aprilholloway - 16/02/2014 - 01:15

Dr Nickos Poulianos

... 1986, Dr Poulianos was assumed by the Greek Ministry of Culture in the Ephorate (Department) of ...

ancient-origins - 16/02/2013 - 05:53

Interview with Walter Cruttenden – The Lost Cycle of Time

In this interview with ancient-origins, Walter Cruttenden, author of ‘Lost Star of Myth and Time’ and writer producer of the award winning documentary film ‘The Great Year’, explores the natural cycles of time and how they impact on the human consciousness and all life, resulting in the legendary rise and fall of the ages over great epochs of time.

ancient-origins - 04/05/2014 - 07:05

Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru

... of Ming China or the Ottoman Turks. But this glittering culture only obscured the rich and diverse civilizations that ...

ancient-origins - 14/10/2017 - 00:39

Painted Pictish Pebbles - Sling-shots or charm stones?

... designs in a dye which is now dark brown in colour. On Culture 24 , Stonemason Robbie Arthur and researcher Jenny ...

aprilholloway - 12/07/2014 - 14:26

Ancient Advanced Technology Reveals Itself in Egyptian Papyrus Ink

A new study shows ink on 2,000-year-old Egyptian papyri fragments contains copper. This means the assumption that carbon was the only basis for ink to write on ancient papyri is now a thing of the past. The information will help researchers trying to match fragments of ancient texts and in the conservation of papyri writings.

ancient-origins - 11/11/2017 - 22:50

‘Gold and the Gods’ opens window to rulers of ancient Nubia

... Arts in Boston, which opens a window on the lives of a culture that has been given comparatively little attention ...

aprilholloway - 26/08/2014 - 03:20

Ancient nanostructures found in Ural mountains are out of place and time

... minuscule structures suggest that there may have been a culture capable of developing nanotechnology 300,000 years ...

ancient-origins - 06/09/2014 - 13:43

Rand Flem-Ath

RAND FLEM-ATH is a 5^th generation Canadian living with his wife and co-author (ROSE FLEM-ATH) on the Pacific coast of Canada. In 1976, Rand discovered that an ancient map of Atlantis published in 1665 by the Jesuit priest, Athanasius Kircher, featured a remarkably accurate depiction of the sub-glacial contours of Antarctica (features unknown to the modern world until 1958). Convinced that Antarctica was Atlantis, Rand sought a climatic explanation for how people could have once lived on the now icy island continent.

ancient-origins - 03/01/2013 - 08:14

Mathematical Encoding in the Great Pyramid

... centered on the question of whether the ancient Egyptian culture possessed and encoded certain mathematical concepts ...

Scott Onstott - 13/11/2014 - 11:24

The Tapestry of Early Turkic Myth is Woven with Tales of Wolves, Horses and a Great Tree of Life

Turkic peoples comprise a variety of ethnic groups living in northern, eastern, central and western Asia, northwestern China and some parts of eastern Europe. Historically they were established in China after the 6th century BC. Early Turkic people were nomad tribes who were dependent on their environment and trekking - reflected in their unique mythology and religious beliefs. Mirroring the landscape they dwelled in, their spiritual world was also inhabited by wolves, horses, lone trees and a clear blue sky.

Alicia McDermott - 24/01/2018 - 15:24

Lost Knowledge Of The Pyramids

... house the precious treasures necessary to restore the rich culture of ancient Egypt. For this, the ancients created a ...

ancient-origins - 07/12/2014 - 00:27

Researchers Take a Bite Out of Prehistoric Nicotine Use

A team of scientists including researchers from Washington State University has shown for the first time that nicotine residue can be extracted from plaque, also known as "dental calculus," on the teeth of ancient tobacco users.

Their research provides a new method for determining who was consuming tobacco in the ancient world and could help trace the use of tobacco and other intoxicating plants further back into prehistory.

ancient-origins - 02/03/2018 - 01:58

Spectacular paintings found in 700-year-old Chinese tomb

... the clothes, furniture and murals show influences of Han culture. ‘So the tomb-owner might also be Han, but wearing ...

Mark Miller - 24/01/2015 - 00:59

Giant Human Skeleton unearthed in Varna, Bulgaria

... Varna, a city on the shores of the Black Sea whose rich culture and civilizations spans some 7,000 years. Sofia News ...

aprilholloway - 18/03/2015 - 14:05

Digging up the Past

Petros Koutoupis is a historical researcher and author focusing on eastern Mediterranean Late Bronze and Early Iron Age periods. In his podcast Digging up the Past he digs deep into assorted historical topics and mysteries covering all relevant ancient cultures, mythologies, religions and more, such as Was there ever a Trojan War?

admin - 08/11/2022 - 02:36