The oldest genome of the bacterium Escherichia coli could be reconstructed from 400-year-old fragments. An opportunity to better understand the history of this pathogen responsible for food poisoning. E.coli bacteria seen in electron microscopy. Unlike well-documented pandemics like the Black De
The island of Aegina, located in the Saronic Gulf just 20 kilometers from Piraeus, is today a popular tourist destination that can be reached in less than an hour by ferry from Athens. But during practically all of Antiquity, the Aeginetans were staunch enemies of the Athenians, who were so close to
The ball game is one of the most emblematic practices of Mesoamerican civilizations. It flourished there for more than 3000 years. One of its oldest lands was recently discovered in Mexico. Bas-relief representing ball players found in the archaeological site of Tonina, in Chiapas (Mexico). At 3,
In the year 10 B.C. Emperor Augustus commissioned the mathematician and architect Novius Facundus to design and build a sundial in Rome, the Horologium Augusti , as a commemoration of the Roman domination of Egypt and Augustus himself born to bring peace to the world . Thus, its installation was pr