Devoted to Viking deities, a rare 1,200-year-old pagan shrine has been unearthed in western Norway. 3D digital reconstruction of the pagan sanctuary of Orsta, Norway. Built 1200 years ago, it would have been made on the basis of Christian buildings seen by the Vikings during their migrations. The
Historic graves containing hundreds of bodies have been discovered in Amiens, in the Somme, during a preventive archeology operation. Graves of plague victims discovered on the former site of the Hôtel-Dieu in Amiens, during preventive archaeological excavations. “We did not expect to encounter
This period of stability and economic success, also marked by the religious revolution of Akhenaten, gave Egypt, at its height, its most famous sovereigns. Hatshepsout, Tutankhamun, Ramses II… are buried in sumptuous underground tombs. Bust of Nefertiti, wife of the heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten. Thi
A new survey using Lidar technology in the Angkor region highlights the unexpected scale of the Khmer Empires urban complexes. The Ta Prohm temple (12th century), Angkor. SPAN. “No! We have not discovered new unknown cities in Cambodia, as we can read all over the world at the moment! Thats not wh