The burial of a warrior woman could have been discovered in northern Armenia, as the osteological examination of a skeleton seems to indicate. A descendant of the legendary Amazons? Achilles killing Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons (Greek vase from the 6th century BC) Did a warrior woman die on
Charred bones and heat-rippled stones attest that a fire was started in a cave in prehistoric southern Spain 800,000 years ago. Wood fire PIONEERS. Homo living around 800,000 years ago in southern Spain were the “campfire pioneers” in Europe, say Spanish, German and Canadian researchers in the Jou
he was King of Macedonia from 360 to 336 BC, famous for his military tactics and for initiating expansionism towards Asia that his son Alexander the Great will inherit and continue successfully, after the assassination committed by Pausanias in 336 BC. The main characteristic of King Philip II was
Tiny algae and bacteria have helped provide a nutritious safety net for bottom-dwelling creatures. Along with the dinosaurs many marine species became extinct. DEVASTATION . The impact of a huge asteroid 65 million years ago caused the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs and with them almost 50% of