Tourists who visit Peru are often attracted by the Inca archaeological heritage, whose most famous jewels, Cuzco and Machu Picchu, are located in the southern half of the country. But the Peruvian north is also attractive from that historical-monumental point of view, apart from being more culturall
The discovery of two bodies buried in an abbey in Puglia provides the first DNA evidence that the Black Death also reached southern Italy during the 14th century. Plague epidemic in Marseilles in 1720-1721. Engraving from Lahures Histoire Populaire de la France, mid-19th century. Was southern Ita
This is a major scientific first that has just been announced in Egypt as part of the Scan Pyramids mission! The heart of an Old Kingdom pyramid has been scanned using cosmic particles:muons. The internal structure of Dahshurs rhomboidal pyramid was revealed by the muon technique. Muography is on
Archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, excavating Sverresborg Castle in Trondheim, they found a 800-year-old human skeleton at the bottom of a well which confirms the historical facts narrated in the Viking sagas . The location and contents of the well are menti