An American archaeologist was rewarded on Monday, November 9, 2015 for her work in detecting ancient sites thanks to special processing of satellite images. American archaeologist Sarah Parcak awarded TED Prize for her work detecting ancient sites - and looting -, during a press conference on Novem
Zippalanda It was one of the main administrative and religious centers of the Hittites , an empire that during the 17th to 12th centuries B.C. brought together different city-states of Anatolia rivaling Babylon and Egypt thanks to its military technology and diplomatic skill. It was not until the l
Near the Algerian town of Tipasa, next to the road that goes from Cherchell to the capital Algiers in the north of the country, are the ruins of a unique monument that Muslims call tomb of the Christian and that, at first glance, it looks a lot like the mausoleum of Augustus in Rome. This is no coin
Nearly 150 burials have been unearthed in the early Christian necropolis of Saint-Pierre-lEstrier in Autun. The excavations reveal a great diversity of burials. Aerial view of the excavation site. One hundred and fifty tombs dating from the middle of the 3rd to the 5th century, one of which may c