For this 6th episode of the Notebooks of Egypt, the research mission which studies the paintings of the Theban tombs details the scientific imaging techniques that make possible the rigorous study of the paintings of the Egyptian tombs. They make it possible to reveal a multitude of details on the p
In 2013, Notre-Dame de Paris celebrated its 850th anniversary. Well rooted on the Île de la Cité for more than eight centuries, the cathedral is one of the most famous monuments of the capital and a privileged witness to the French history . Its construction lasted almost a century, not counting the
In the 5th century BC the Greek historian Herodotus traveled to Egypt and visited the current region of El Fayum, located south of the Nile delta, about 100 kilometers southwest of Cairo. There he saw a large lake that the Egyptians called mer-uer and which he named Meris (present-day Lake Moeris)
In the heart of Paris, rue Etienne Marcel, stands one of the last still visible vestiges of medieval Paris , the Jean sans Peu tower r. An ostentatious mark of the Burgundian presence in the troubled Paris of the early 15th century, it is a must for anyone passionate about medieval history. It was b