We all remember the summer of 1939 because in its last stage, on September 1, the Second World War broke out. But history and art buffs have an extra reason to pay special attention to that season, as just six days earlierGermany revealed to the world something more than his almighty Wehrmacht:a sma
Kyrgyzstans decision to bury its only 1,500-year-old mummy has angered the scientific world. He accuses the authorities of giving in to psychics in this Central Asian country where superstitions remain deeply rooted. Almazbek Atambayev, the outgoing president of Kyrgyzstan, at the UN headquarters
Located from satellite images, an imposing, seemingly intact Scythian tomb has been unearthed in southern Siberia. Aerial view of the tumulus of Tunnug 1, in the republic of Tuva, in southern Siberia. Archaeologists are feverish. A kurgan inviolate dated 3000 years old and discovered in southern
The funerary complex of the first Chinese emperor of the Qin dynasty (3rd century BC) is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, mainly due to the discovery of the terracotta army that was to accompany the emperor to the other world. However, the mausoleum itself has never been exc