According to the Greek historian Plutarch in his account of the life of Lucius Licinius Lucullus, the ancient city of Artaxata (located south of modern Artashat, in the Armenian province of Ararat) was built thanks to the advice of the Carthaginian general Hannibal, who also would have directed the
Were the Egyptians able to cross the Mediterranean on papyrus boats more than 4,000 years ago to the Black Sea? To test this hypothesis - which is far from unanimous - researchers are preparing to attempt this odyssey on a boat they have reconstructed in Bulgaria. The Arbora IV nave, made entirely
In Rome, the Vatican, which brings together all the institutions of the Catholic Church, has just announced the renaming of its famous Secret Archives to dispel the aura of mystery and intrigue that has long plagued it. surrounded… In the heart of the Secret Archives of the Vatican, in Rome (Ital
5,300 years ago, the Indians of Amazonia were already great cocoa lovers:traces of brown gold were discovered on an archaeological site in southern Ecuador, pushing back the domestication of the small tree by nearly 1,500 years. . Cocoa cultivation dates back more than 5,300 years. Of more than 2