Archaeological excavations carried out during the summer of 2020 brought to light on the site of the former Augustodunum – today Autun, in Saône-et-Loire – a lot of exceptional objects which could have belonged to the first Christians of Gaul. Among them, an extremely rare glass vase. A close view
The Nuragic culture of the island of Sardinia developed on the island (and also in neighboring Corsica) from the Bronze Age (around 1700 BC) and lasted until the Roman conquest in 238 BC. It takes its name precisely from the nuragas , the main megalithic structures erected by that culture, since we
A Spanish team of archaeologists has announced that they have located, thanks to LiDAR, important underwater remains in the bay of Cadiz, on the Andalusian coast. They could be the remains of one of the most famous sanctuaries of antiquity - that of Hercules Gaditanus, sought after for centuries.
By analyzing, in situ , the chemical composition of Egyptian colours, researchers are renewing understanding of the artists technique and the symbolism of these spellbinding images. Copy of a fresco from the Temple of Memnon at El Kab in Egypt. This article is from the Special Issue of Sciences e