The joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission working on the Temple of Esna succeeded in revealing the inscriptions, images and colors on the temples ceilings and walls, after completing its clean-up work as part of the temples restoration project. Dating from Ptolemaic times, the Esna temple w
Obtaining a new dating has just determined when the earliest European presence dates back to the American continent, five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Studied for several years by the Norwegian explorer Helge Instad (1899-2001) and his wife, the archaeologist Anne Stine-Insgstad, a small
Most archaeologists have long considered the sediments in which archaeological finds are embedded to be minor by-products of excavations. However, in recent years it has been shown that sediments may contain ancient biomolecules, including DNA. Obtaining human and ancient faunal DNA from sediments
Excavations carried out in the south of the Allier department have led to the discovery of a fortified settlement dating from the Bronze Age and hoarded artefacts, partly lifting the veil on a mysterious practice. For the first time in France, archaeologists were able to analyze the arrangement of