Unknown Bronze Age Settlement Discovered Accidentally In Heimberg, Switzerland
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Sometimes, when archaeologists look for one thing, they find something entirely different. This is exactly what happened in Switzerland when researchers were excavating, hoping to find an ancient Roman brick workshop, but they unearthed a previously unknown Bronze Age settlement instead. The excavation in Heimberg, on the right edge of […]
Ancient Pottery Found On The European Atlantic Coast Sheds Light On Cooking In The Bronze Age
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The site of Beg ar Loued on the island of Molène Finistère, France, makes it possible, for the first time on the European Atlantic coast, to document the culinary practices of the end of the Neolithic and the beginning of the Bronze Age thanks to the good preservation of lipids […]
Seven Bronze Age Swords And Large Hoard Of Slavic Coins Found In Germany
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Seven impressive Bronze Age swords and a large hoard of Slavic coins have been unearthed by volunteer archaeologists in Germany. The find was made in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs announced in a press release that the seven swords were found in fragments […]
Fortified Bronze Age City Filled With Magnificent Ancient Treasures Solves A Mystery In China
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For the last 80 years, farmers in the Shanxi-Shaanxi Plateau, China, have encountered many Bronze Age artifacts in the fields. Many locals sent these ancient objects to authorities, and several artifacts can be seen in museums. Still, archaeological experts have long wondered where these beautiful 3,000-year-old jade objects originated. Part […]
Vast Network Of Previously Unknown European Bronze Age Megastructures Discovered
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – There are still many unknown ancient structures in Europe. Due to their hard-to-reach location, some prehistoric buildings can only be detected from the air using an ultra-compact, drone-deployed Lidar that can penetrate the environment. Archaeologists using satellite images and aerial pH๏τography have uncovered a previously unknown network of mᴀssive sites […]
Extraordinary Bronze Age Jewelry Hoard Discovered In A Carrot Field In Switzerland
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A magnificent Bronze Age treasure has been discovered in Switzerland. The adventure started when Franz Zahn examined a freshly harvested carrot field in Güttingen with his metal detector. When he found several Middle Bronze Age decorative discs, he immediately contacted the Office of Archaeology, which arranged the excavation and documentation […]
Unknown Saxon Village And Bronze Age Artifacts Found Near Ely, Cambridgeshire
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – When Britannia Archaeology experts started excavating near Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK, they thought it would be a short project, but they were wrong. The scientists have been digging at the site for nearly a year, and the research team has found evidence that people have occupied this place for thousands of […]
DNA From 3,800-Year-Old Individuals Sheds New Light On Bronze Age Families
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The diversity of family systems in prehistoric societies has always fascinated scientists. A groundbreaking study by Mainz anthropologists and an international team of archaeologists now provides new insights into the origins and genetic structure of prehistoric family communities. Researchers Jens Blöcher and Joachim Burger from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) […]
Bronze Age Metal Cauldrons Show What Ancient People Ate
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have long been drawing conclusions about how ancient tools were used by the people who crafted them based on written records and context clues. But with dietary practices, they have had to make ᴀssumptions about what was eaten and how it was prepared. A new study published in the […]
‘Sophisticated’ 4,000-Year-Old Steppe Pyramid Discovered In Kazakhstan
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Ancient pyramids have been found on all continents, and the test ancient structures’ purpose varies depending on the civilizations that constructed them. It cannot be denied that there are still aspects ᴀssociated with pyramids the world of science does not fully understand. Still, each archaeological discovery offers more information about […]