Classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the medieval city of Carcassonne is a remarkable and unique example of a fortified city, with its castle, its towers and its long and powerful ramparts. The city has been the subject of exceptional restoration campaigns since the 19th century, mainly led b
The study of a unique sculpture from the Iron Age, found in Brittany, allows us to come back to a little explored area, Gallic musical instruments. 3D scan of the Gallic statue of the bard with the lyre (Brittany). At the mere mention of the word bard, it is Assurancetourix that the unconscious o
The second half of the 20th century was a revolution with regarding our knowledge of human origins, positioning the African continent as the cradle of humanity, an idea that has persisted to this day. It was the researchers Mary and Louis Leakey who began systematic archaeological work in the Olduva
Previously we talked here about Abu Hureyra, a site now submerged under the waters of a dam in Syria, where evidence of the transformation of humans from hunter-gatherers to farmers has been found. We said then that the oldest settlement dated from the Epipaleolithic (about 13,500 years ago) and abo