The brooch Located on the small island of Mousa, in the Scottish archipelago of Shetland, it is one of the best preserved prehistoric buildings in Europe. Not only that, of the more than 500 brochs that can be found in Scotland, this is the tallest of all, and can also be visited thanks to the repa
ScanPyramids mission scientists publish in Nature this November 2, 2017 their discovery of a huge cavity in the great pyramid of Cheops. Could we find the pharaohs mummy there? On the left, Sébastien Prosecutor, from the CEA, in front of the muon detector used to scan the entrails of the Cheops py
Wine was of great importance in the Mediterranean Iron Age. In particular, the Phoenicians were considered to have played an important role in the spread and popularity of wine. Until now, however, no winemaking facility was known in the territory of ancient Phoenicia. Now, the first Iron Age wine
An exhibition at the National Museum of Phnom-Penh in Cambodia is the setting for an exciting discovery:a stele bearing the oldest 0 that has come down to us. A point engraved in the rock. This inscription in ancient Khmer, the point on the right, would be the oldest known version of our zero. It