Three complete syphilis genomes have been reconstructed from historical samples dating back to colonial Mexico. Digital reconstruction of the syphilis bacterium Treponema pallidum. The French called it the evil of Naples... The Italians, the French evil. Genital wounds and the eruption of pustule
At the end of December, another season of archaeological work concluded in the Qumayrah Valley, in the north of Oman. Archaeologists there identified another tower in a Bronze Age settlement, unearthed evidence of copper smelting, and discovered a 4,000-year-old game board. The excavations are join
The Folkton Drums are three cylindrical limestone objects found in a childs grave dating from around the time Stonehenge was built. They were found in 1889 by William Greenwell, near the town of Folkton in North Yorkshire, England. Greenwell, who was a priest, had studied at the University of Durha
On the occasion of the publication of the event book on Ancient Africa , the historian François-Xavier Fauvelle, who directed this collective work, explains the originality of his approach. Saharan cave paintings and Ifé heads, from Nigeria (14th century). The History of Africa is several contine