With the Gribshunden , the first caravel in Northern Europe, King Hans Ist of Denmark displayed vast naval ambitions. But in 1495, an explosion destroyed his flagship off Sweden. The course of history was probably changed, even if the fascination exerted by this unique building continues to be exerc
Skeletons with wrists tied in irons have been discovered in a necropolis near Athens (Greece). It could be an ancient failed coup. Skeletons with wrists bound in irons unearthed in the ancient Athenian necropolis of Phaleron. PUNISHMENT. Is this a traitor cemetery? Gaping jaws, eighty skeletons, so
The discovery of a tattoo needle sets back the knowledge of this practice on the North American continent by 1000 years. Close up of a 2000 year old tattoo tool. Almost a needle in a haystack, so exceptional is the discovery of such an accessory! It was while carrying out an inventory of archaeol
Guillemette Andreu-Lanoé, former director of the Egyptian Antiquities department at the Louvre, and Peter Der Manuelian, professor of Egyptology at Harvard University, comment on the discovery of a 30-meter-long cavity in the pyramid of Cheops. A 3D view of the Cheops pyramid. This November 2, 2