Goblins, gnomes and dwarfs are characters that are part of the mythology of many places, both in Spain (the trasgu Asturian, the trastolillo Cantabrian, the iratxo Basque, the follet Catalan…) as in Europe (the lutin french, the leprechaun Irish, the domovoi Slavic, the mazapgul Italian…). The fact
Despite the traditional image we have of Sub-Saharan Africa prior to colonization, not all were shack villages. In reality, there are numerous sites of ancient cities built with materials that are not so perennial, such as brick and stone. Perhaps the most prominent of all is Great Zimbabwe , for t
The first evidence of the use of bows and arrows by prehistoric people outside the African continent has been attested in the tropical forests of Sri Lanka, in South Asia. They date back 48,000 years. Shuttle, monkey tooth punch and arrowhead, from Fa-Hien La cave in Sri Lanka (45-48,000 years old
On March 4 and 5, 2020, the Musée du Quai-Branly-Jacques Chirac, in Paris, will host an international symposium open to all, on the Anthropology and Archeology of Iron. To better understand its importance, we interviewed one of the speakers, Laurent Olivier, archaeologist, curator at the National Ar