The tablet - known as Si.427 - was discovered in the late 19th century in what is now central Iraq, but its significance was unknown until detective work by a University of New South Wales (UNSW) scientist has revealed it. Most excitingly, Si.427 is believed to be the oldest known example of applie
Art historian Laurence des Cars has just been appointed president of the Louvre in Paris, the most visited museum in the world. Laurence Des Cars at the Musée dOrsay (Paris) on March 24, 2021. At 54, art historian Laurence des Cars, general heritage curator, specialist in 19th and early 20th cen
Papyri dating from the time of Pharaoh Cheops, the oldest known to date, presented in Cairo for the first time. They evoke details concerning the construction of the great pyramid. This precious fragment of papyrus, 4500 years old, is the oldest document found in Egypt, where the name appears of Ph
The straits between the Greek peninsula of Pelion, in Thessaly, and the island of Skiathos in the Northern Sporades are, due to their shallow depth and abundance of reefs, the site of numerous wrecks and shipwrecks throughout history. Precisely one of those reefs, called Lefteris, happens to be the