The Ministry of Culture announced that many graves, including an enigmatic lead sarcophagus, had been discovered during preventive excavations under the paving of the Parisian cathedral. The operation also revealed the existence of a pit in which polychrome sculpted elements were buried . A photo
Inaugurated a few days ago, the VÉgA online platform offers a unique lexical resource for archaeologists and lovers of ancient Egypt. The Véga dictionary, translator of hieroglyphs. DICOS . The study of hieroglyphs, this figurative writing used by the ancient Egyptians, requires patience... and s
Yemen is a relatively fertile country, the result of its location by the sea and its humid climate. It has valleys and mountains to the west, with heights exceeding 3,500 meters, but also desert plateaus to the east. Here is located the Rub al-Jali, considered the largest sand desert in the world.
The chemical analysis of a bar of gold metal weighing nearly 2 kg, discovered in 1981 at the bottom of an old canal in Mexico City, made it possible to authenticate this vestige as coming from the treasure looted by Hernan Cortés in 1520 on the Tenochtitlan site. An exceptional discovery. The Noch