The votive meteorite found in Poland New and sensational archaeological discoveries dating back to prehistoric times follow one another at an incredibly fast pace. . One of the most recent, and surprising, concerns Poland, where in Bolkow, among the huts of a 9,000-year-old village, a tea
On the left the combustion structure found in Spain, on the right the snail shells It had been assumed so far that snails had entered human nutrition no earlier than 10,000 years ago, but a recent discovery archaeological in Spain it would seem to force scholars to backdate the event a lot.
The body of Oetzi In addition to “Similauns mummy “, We could define Oetzi , the primitive man whose body was found among the Italian alpine glaciers in 1991, tattooed mummy , Such and many are the marks imprinted on his skin and still perfectly visible. Meanwhile, waiting for more in-dep
Founded in the 13th century by Ögödei, son and successor of Genghis Khan, Karakorum was not a capital like the others. Intended to accommodate an itinerant court, it nevertheless had permanent constructions, in particular for the foreign population who operated it. But unlike medieval cities on the
The Ministry of Culture announced that many graves, including an enigmatic lead sarcophagus, had been discovered during preventive excavations under the paving of the Parisian cathedral. The operation also revealed the existence of a pit in which polychrome sculpted elements were buried . A photo
Discovered in Serbia, two burial mounds dating back 5,000 years house four burial chambers typical of the Yamnaya culture, originating from the Eurasian steppe. These are the most western traces testifying to the expansion of this nomadic population. Reconstruction of the burial of a man belonging
At Saqqara, five ancient tombs have been discovered near an Old Kingdom pyramid, the unfinished one of King Merenre I. They belong to high dignitaries of the 6th or 7th dynasty. The interior of the Iry vault, one of the five pharaonic tombs unveiled at Saqqara, on March 19, 2022 in Egypt. Egypt:f
The mummy of the Egyptian ruler was scanned by a team of paleo-radiologists and the images obtained made it possible to reconstruct the body in 3D. Morphology, wounds, funerary ornaments... The scientific harvest of this extraordinary operation lives up to expectations. Not a single strip was rem
Philippe Charlier, archaeo-anthropologist and director of the research and education department at the Musée du Quai-Branly-Jacques-Chirac, talks about the fascinating mummy of Amenhotep I. Not a single strip was removed from the mummy of Amenhotep I. This article is taken from the monthly magazi
Organic materials contained in intact pottery from the tomb of the royal architect Kha and his wife Merit (18th th dynasty), could be directly analyzed. What better way to identify what these two high-ranking characters had taken on their journey of eternity. Papyrus of the Book of the Dead found
A group of researchers from the Max Planck Institute, in Germany, shed light in an educational study on the battery of technologies now available to archaeologists to reconstruct the smells of the past. Science and the Future spoke with Barbara Huber, leading this work. A seated woman pouring perf
Analyzes of ancient medieval pottery unearthed in the Old City of Jerusalem confirm that hand grenades were indeed used as offensive weapons during the Crusades. Examples of medieval grenades, ceramic pots filled with naphtha and other incendiary products lit with a fuse to be thrown at the enemy.
Stone plates discovered on a Paleolithic site in the south of France, which bear engravings of animals or anthropomorphic forms, questioned a team of researchers on their function. They suggest that these stones were used to create some sort of lively nighttime spectacle through fire. Photograph s
A Swiss archaeologist and mathematician have identified on a 2,500-year-old Greek bas-relief a mathematics lesson given by a teacher to his student. They also determined the content of the lesson... On this fragment of the funerary altar of Phanaios, he who brings light, we see the teacher pointi
In the archaeological tradition, daggers from the Chalcolithic period (period of prehistory characterized by the beginning of the use of copper) are considered symbols of male power. A recent study counterbalances this idea by showing that these blades were used in a wide variety of ways, particular
Symbols of eternal life, mummies fascinate the public and science. An exhibition not to be missed is currently dedicated to them in Draguignan (Var), where many unpublished pieces are presented for the first time. An exciting journey on the paths of eternity for this exhibition previewed by Sciences
Unprecedented in its scale, this set intended for the worship of two unidentified deities was unearthed during development work in a village near Rennes. Entered into activity after the Roman invasion of Gaul, it gives an overview of the practices of the Celtic populations of the time, who had integ
In the heart of present-day Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, engraved teeth and tombstones tell the story of the emergence of the bacterium Yersinia pestis , eight years before it decimated half of Europe. Tian-Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan, nowadays. It is a mystery dating back more than six centuries th
Archaeological excavations carried out since 2015 on the site of the Battle of Waterloo (1815) have yielded only very rare human remains... However, these modest discoveries raise a major question:where did the bodies of tens of thousands of men and horses of this Napoleonic battle? One explanation,
The oldest genome of the bacterium Escherichia coli could be reconstructed from 400-year-old fragments. An opportunity to better understand the history of this pathogen responsible for food poisoning. E.coli bacteria seen in electron microscopy. Unlike well-documented pandemics like the Black De
Old advertisement for Colgate toothpaste As far as toothpaste and toothbrush , as we understand them, are a modern invention, since the dawn of time man has been forced, also for health reasons, to take care of their oral hygiene. Obviously, he made do with what was available. Even primit
A Malian jihadist was sentenced in a landmark verdict to nine years in prison by the ICC on Tuesday for destroying protected mausoleums in Timbuktu. The mausoleum of Cheick Sidi Attawaty on September 19, 2016 in Timbuktu, was destroyed by the Islamists led by the Tuareg Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi in 20
Lawrence of Arabia he was not only a hero of the British Empire; he, too, was one of those historical figures complex enough to fascinate the art world, and if not, ask David Lean and Peter OToole. But what many people do not know is that Thomas Edward Lawrence, before becoming a champion of the fre
Egyptian culture permeated the burial practices of successive conquerors of the country. Witness the sublime portraits that adorn the mummies found in the oasis of Fayoum. Interview with Françoise Dunand, professor emeritus of the history of religions at Marc-Bloch University in Strasbourg. Mummy