Archaeologists have discovered near Luxor the tomb of an important New Kingdom goldsmith, as well as several mummies, masks and statuettes. An archaeologist restores a sarcophagus in the recently discovered tomb of the goldsmith of Amun, Amenemhat, near Luxor in southern Egypt. The necropolis of
Stonehenge is the most important prehistoric monument in England and, without a doubt, the most famous cromlech in the world. UNESCO incorporated it in 1986 to its list of World Heritage Sites, thus increasing the level of protection it had since a century before, when it was declared a Scheduled Mo
Recent DNA analyzes confirm that this mysterious people who preceded the Romans did not originate from the Near East but from the Italian peninsula. And the latest archaeological discoveries refine the portrait of a brilliant civilization. For several centuries, from the Iron Age to the Roman co
Winter winds associated with dust storms are said to have contributed to the collapse of the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia. Imprint of the cylinder seal of Ibni-sharrum, scribe of Shar-kali-sharri, masterpiece of Akkadian glyptics (Louvre Museum) Between the 24th and 22nd centuries BCE, the Akka