Following the destruction of the two large sculpted Buddhas that adorned the cliff of Bamiyan, in Afghanistan, the Asian Arts Museum - Guimet in Paris has chosen to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their disappearance by devoting an exhibition to them from February 24 to June 21, 2021. . Panora
Giving birth in medieval Europe was a perilous ordeal for both mother and baby. Birth belts or birth rolls made of parchment were then supposed to provide help for a safe pregnancy and childbirth. One of these manuscripts has just been analyzed. Medieval birth belt dating from the 15th century, in
Israel on Tuesday (March 16, 2021) unveiled fragments of a 2,000-year-old biblical scroll discovered in the Judean Desert, calling the discovery historic and one of the most important since that of the Dead Sea Scrolls, uncovered. between 1947 and 1956. Tanya Bitler, curator of the Israel Antiquit
The analysis of the skeletons of a necropolis of the Qing dynasty (1642-1912), discovered in Shanxi, in China, makes it possible to return to the painful custom of bound feet. A practice of female mutilation that will have lasted 1000 years! Lotus dor shoes for bound feet not to exceed...7.5 cm. A
A team of researchers from the University College of London (UCL) has just proposed the most advanced digital reconstruction to date of the famous Antikythera machine, a small machine from ancient Greece which would have served as an astronomical position calculator. A daring work, but which neverth
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
In the final phase of the Second World War, the Kozle basin in Poland was one of the areas of Europe most devastated by Allied aerial bombardments. Archaeologists have undertaken to study the remains using Lidar technology. 3D surveys of WWII bomb craters identified in Kozle Basin, Poland. The S
A new study and numerical simulations of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE reveal the magnitude of the pyroclastic currents and the tragic impact of their effects on the population of Pompeii. 3D view of Vesuvius and the inhabited areas on its slopes. The scenario of the last moments of life of
Disturbing discoveries have multiplied in recent years in Asia. Public baths inspired by Roman baths, statuette of a warrior, fabrics, blown glass objects... Did the Romans go to the Middle Kingdom? Roman Antiquity (Republic):a group of Roman legionaries - Illustration by Giuseppe Rava. This arti
Far from being commonplace, the decadent Roman orgies one imagines were the exception. Frugal, the Roman people were puritans before the Christians. Roman orgies were real, but largely marginal. CJAMY. Camille Gauberts column is broadcast daily on the program CJamy, presented by Jamy Gourmaud, Mo
First-hand testimony, the little-heard word of the Indian elite who chose the Spanish side, told 60 years after the conquest of Mexico in the 16th century century. An exciting book by historian Serge Gruzinski. Hernan Cortes arriving in Mexico, accompanied by La Malinche, or Dona Marina, his Nativ
In the Middle Ages, in some areas, sheepskin scrolls were preferred to those of other animal species to deter forgers. Title deed to land at Enfield, Middlesex, signed and sealed January 1499, on sheepskin parchment. Preventing the manipulation of documents by fraudsters by preserving the integri
LIVE VIDEO. This Saturday, April 3, 2021, during an imposing procession, 22 royal mummies leave the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, Cairo, to join the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC). Portrait of Seti 1st, pharaoh of Egypt of the XIXᵉ dynasty, whose mummy will be transferred
Egyptian authorities have announced the discovery of a lost city of the New Kingdom, contemporary to the reign of Amenhotep III, near Luxor, Egypt. The walls of a 3,000-year-old city active during the reigns of Pharaohs Amenhotep III and his son Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) have been discovered near L
Ancient boats, corsair galleons or ships from the 2nd World War:from the depths of the waters where they lie, how to study wrecks? And keep them? Response on Twitch with 1h30 live with marine corrosion expert Jean-Bernard Memet. Watch it in replay on the Sciences et Avenir website. Jean-Bernard M
Two years after the fire that destroyed the frame, the spire and the roof of the cathedral, oaks are selected and taken from all regions. The restored building is supposed to be inaugurated in April 2024. These oaks that we cut down... This one will be used for the framework of Notre-Dame. There
The recent announcement of a major archaeological discovery in the ancient cities of Thebes, Egypt, may not be that of a lost city , as proclaimed, but rather installations related to the city-palace of Amenhotep III. A nevertheless important discovery that could shed new light on the first years of
Considered spectacular with a fantastic state of preservation, the discovery was made by chance in early April in a forest near the town of Alingsås in southwestern Sweden. Objects from the Bronze Age presented in Gothenburg, on April 29, 2021 in Sweden A Bronze Age hoard containing around 50 jew
According to scientists working on a project around the mummy in Warsaw, the woman was between 20 and 30 years old and 26 to 30 weeks pregnant at the time of her death. Photo released April 29, 2021 by the Warsaw Mummy Project of the Egyptian mummy of a pregnant woman before being x-rayed on Decem
For the first time, the origin of the victims of the Mexican human sacrifices of the 14th century, could be determined thanks to isotopic analyses. Information that has remained uncertain until now. Codex Florentino:Enslaved Adults and Children in Aztec/Mexica Society, In Tenochtitlan (present-
In 1984, an expedition studying the cultural heritage of Yanqing County, located northwest of the city of Beijing, found a series of caves near the town of Dongmenying. They are excavated in the rocky wall of a mountain, which is pierced by 117 caves inside which there are 350 chambers, since each
Carole Fritz, prehistorian, talks about the work carried out in the decorated cave of Marsoulas (Haute-Garonne) discovered at the end of the 19th century, almost half a century before the masterpieces of Lascaux, revealing in passing some secrets about his research. 3D reconstruction of an aurochs
The most relevant feature of El Argar was the establishment of acute political and economic inequalities, which have led to qualifying it as one of the first States in Europe. However, his interest is not limited to the exciting topic of the emergence of permanent social dissymmetries, but also inc
Japanese archaeologists have discovered unknown geoglyphs with human and animal shapes in the Nazca Plain, south of Lima, Peru. With his feather headdress, this character with anthropoid features is one of the hundred new geoglyphs discovered in the Nazca region. Japanese scientists from Yamagata