With more than a million visitors a year, Stonehenge, a set of megaliths erected in the middle of a plain in southern England during the Neolithic period, is undeniably a fascinating monument. Still shrouded in mystery and legend, the site nevertheless gradually reveals its secrets to archaeologists
The episode occurred in 632 BC. C. Cylon , son-in-law of the tyrant Theagenes of Megara, a city very close to the capital of Attica, had become a prestigious character for his victory at Olympia. Herodotus (V, 71) and Thucydides (I, 126, 8-11) speak of his adventure. With the support of the Megarian
The exceptional discovery of the ship-grave of Sutton Hoo (United Kingdom), in 1939, is the central theme of the film The Dig currently broadcast on Netflix. An excavation that has upset what we know of the Dark Ages, the British High Middle Ages. Gold belt buckle, a masterpiece of 7th century cra
It was the year 1911 when a scandal shook Jerusalem and, by extension, the entire Palestinian region, leading the Ottoman Empire to have a friction with the United Kingdom. Members of the Parker Expedition, an archaeological mission excavating in the city, were caught working at night and disguised