To the south of Tuscany, around the towns of Sovana, Sorano and Pitigliano, there is a network of roads or paths carved into the living rock, whose authors are known to have been the Etruscans or peoples before them, but it is unknown absolutely its original function. They are called Via Cava or Ca
A deadly virus has been detected in Germany, on shards of pottery dating from the Iron Age unearthed at the archaeological site of Heuneburg. Proof that hemorrhagic fever raged in Europe from -2500 years ago. Reconstruction of the Iron Age fortified site of Heuneburg, Germany. The famous French N
Raiders of the Lost Ark was released in June 1981, inaugurating a series of films about a daredevil, anti-Nazi and somewhat cowboy archaeologist. The character is a hodgepodge of authentic archaeologists who are sometimes just as diehard as he is. Scene from the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark (rele
Egyptian authorities have announced the discovery of 13 sarcophagi still sealed in the necropolis of Saqqara, Egypt. Inviolate coffins discovered at the bottom of an 11-meter shaft at the site of Saqqara, Egypt. An intact funerary treasure has been unearthed on the Saqqara plateau, 30 kilometers