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
Archaeologists have discovered for the first time in Mexico a temple dedicated to Xipe Totec, an important deity of Aztec mythology, announced the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). Fragment of sculpture representing the torso of the pre-Hispanic god Xipe Tótec found in the 1st
Study of a 2e cemetery -4e centuries, discovered in the Republic of Tuva, in southern Siberia, reveals the violent behavior of ancient populations of nomadic pastoralists. Skeletons of steppe nomads bearing traces of violence at the Tunnug 1 site in southern Siberia. Decapitated, the skull substi
5,300 years ago, the Indians of Amazonia were already great cocoa lovers:traces of brown gold were discovered on an archaeological site in southern Ecuador, pushing back the domestication of the small tree by nearly 1,500 years. . Cocoa cultivation dates back more than 5,300 years. Of more than 2