Long before envelopes, letters were secured by clever folds that are today undone by technology. One of the letters in Briennes collection dating from 1697. Securing communications is a very current problem, but not only. Ensuring the confidentiality of messages has always been an important issue
Art restorers are peeling the walls of Central Asia to recover the centuries-old paintings that adorn them. Destination:Saint-Petersburg, for a small toilet in their workshops. An in-house technique cultivated and perfected since the 1940s, within the Hermitage Museum. From Oriental murals to Ital
The exact place where the archaeological site of ancient Olympia is located today was rediscovered in 1766 by the English antiquarian Richard Chandler. It was buried under 8 meters of alluvial deposits long thought to have been deposited by river floods. But modern investigations have shown that, i
The tomb of Nebamon and Ipouky is unique in more ways than one. While the chapels studied by the team with chemical analysis instruments and photographic documentation are generally dedicated to a deceased person and his relatives, here it is two men who share the space, while not apparently having