A team from Tel Aviv University led by Professor Oded Rechavi in collaboration with Professor Mattias Jakobsson, from Uppsala University in Sweden, has succeeded in deciphering the ancient DNA extracted from the scrolls (made from animal skins) on which the Dead Sea Scrolls were written. By charac
Plant remains found under the waters off the Languedoc coast reveal a submerged landscape dating from 8,000 years ago. Landscape of the Hérault coast, where plant remains found under the sea, testify to the presence of a forest 8000 years ago. One kilometer from the current coastline, between Pal
Geneticists have sequenced the DNA of an Inca child mummy sacrificed in the Andes 500 years ago. It reveals a significant genetic diversity, which disappeared with the arrival of European settlers at the time of the Conquest. The Cerro Aconcagua mummy, found in the Andes in 1985. Top left, lung fra
Thanks to 3D and recent archaeological discoveries, an iconic work of Angkorian heritage in Cambodia has just been virtually reconstructed. In Angkor (Cambodia), thanks to 3D, the true posture of the famous statue of the sovereign Jayavarman VII, could be found. His smile and his closed eyes are