In Normandy, many names of places and people are of Viking origin. A genetic study, carried out in the Cotentin, wanted to determine what is the biological part of this Scandinavian heritage. Here are the first results. A genetic study has determined that some modern-day Normans are likely descenda
The Late Bronze Age of the Mediterranean basin was a time characterized by complex supra-regional relations and diplomacy, with trade and gift-exchange being common practices. Lead ingots and stone anchors found among shipwreck cargoes off the coast of Caesarea, Israel, reveal hitherto unknown trad
An Italian team describes in a study a singular burial of the Middle Ages:that of a man with an amputated arm and replaced by a blade! The burial contained the body of a man in his fifties with his right arm amputated and replaced by a knife blade. The Lombard cemeteries are definitely full of su
It seems unthinkable that at this point there are still sufficient signs of a town of Antiquity with idiosyncrasies and characteristics so consistent that it can be called an entire civilization to add to the study and chronology of History. However, for some time now it is what archaeologists and h