During the construction in 1974 of the current highway that connects the cities of Amman and Zarqa in Jordan, the remains of a large Neolithic settlement of about 10,000 years old were found in which hunter-gatherers coexisted with an incipient agriculture. The site, located on the outskirts of Am
A rough tile floor with geometric designs, unearthed at a preclassic Hittite site in central Turkey, is the oldest known mosaic in the world, according to a study published by Anacleto DAgostino of the University of Pisa. In addition, he adds, the place where the mosaic was found, the mound of Usa
An impressive new reconstruction has revealed what Burghead might have looked like in Moray Council, Scotlands largest Pictish fortress, as it might have looked more than a thousand years ago. Three-dimensional images of the fortress on the northeast coast of Scotland have been created, based on arc
Within Spanish historiography there is a permanent debate, which divides historians into two antagonistic groups. On the one hand, those who defend the supposed Hispanic reconquest on the Muslims and, on the other hand, those who support the thesis that there was no reconquest. For the latter, a Mus