The ancient city of Maresha (founded in the Iron Age), near present-day Beth Guvrin in south-central Israel, and known in the Hellenistic period as Marisa , is one of the richest archaeological sites of this last period, between the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. At that time the city was an important
How did Bronze Age people manage their finances before money became widespread? Researchers from the Universities of Göttingen and Rome have discovered that bronze fragments found in archaeological deposits throughout Europe circulated as currency. These bits of scrap metal - which could include br
It is reasonable to deduce that Man, in the successive phases of his prehistory and in order to achieve a warmer environment, resorted to animal skins to cover the floor of the caves and huts that he inhabited. They were the antecedents of what later, with technological progress, was elaborated ex p
The movie The Dig on Netflix is an opportunity to learn more about the Dark Ages, the 5th and 6th centuries of Great Britain which still remain mysterious today. Explanations by historian Alban Gautier, professor of medieval history at the University of Caen. Ralph Fiennes plays Basil Brown in T