In the fall of 1925, the adventurer Byron Khun of Prorok and his team located a 4th-century burial in the municipality of Abalessa, in the interior of present-day Algeria. It was the tomb of Tin Hinan, a matriarch warrior queen of the Tuareg who was spoken of by legends without it being clear whethe
Traces of lapis lazuli embedded in the dental plaque of a woman who lived in medieval times suggest that she may have been the first copyist and painter of illuminated manuscripts ever encountered. A discovery that calls into question the belief that only men fulfilled this role. Lower jaw of a 12
It is the weapon of a Roman legionnaire who fought the Germanic tribes on the imperial limes, at the border of the empire, 2000 years ago. It was found in an exceptional state of preservation. Restored, this dagger was unveiled for the first time to the public. 2000 years old, the Roman dagger fr
Bones of a mastodon, a now-extinct ancestor of the elephant, suggest that humans arrived in America 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. This pebble unearthed in San Diego (California) could have been used by humans to break mastodon bones, 130,000 years ago. Human presence on the Amer