Since its discovery in the 1960s, the 13-millennium-old Jebel Sahaba cemetery (Nile Valley, Sudan) has been considered one of the oldest testimonies of prehistoric warfare. However, scientists from the CNRS and the University of Toulouse – Jean Jaurès have re-analyzed the bones preserved in the Brit
The archaeological excavations carried out in the Archaeological Park of Segesta, in the Sicilian province of Trapani, have revealed a new monumental building, near the portico that closed the ancient agora, with the base of an ancient statue on which the name and the works of a person who financial
Archaeologists working in ancient Dongola, Sudan, have found the remains of what may be the largest known church from medieval Nubia. It could have been the seat of an archbishop who ruled the ecclesiastical hierarchy in a 1,000 km stretch along the Nile, between the first and fifth cataracts. The
In 1902 some construction workers got quite a scare while working on the construction of some cisterns in Paola, a town in the southeast of Malta, about 5 kilometers from the capital, Valletta. The ground cracked and through the hole they could see that there was a huge cavity there. It was a hypog
When we talked in a previous article about the plain of the megalithic jars of Laos, we said that neither their origin nor their exact function was known, although it was estimated that the oldest jars could date from the Iron Age. Now new research has determined that the stone jars were probably p
The Scythians lived throughout Eurasia from 700 to 200 BC, and were long considered highly mobile warriors who roamed the steppe grasslands. Herodotus describes the Scythian populations as chariot-dwellers who engaged in raiding and warfare, and this view has persisted throughout history, supported
Throughout Central Europe, between 120 and 150 Neolithic earthen structures in the form of an enclosure have been found, which are called circular pits or circular enclosures (in German Kreisgrabenanlangen ), mainly in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. Most of them
Researchers at University College London (UCL) have solved an important piece of the puzzle that constitutes the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism, a hand-operated mechanical device used to predict astronomical events. Known by many as the worlds first analog
In a previous article we talked about the talking stones of Carahunge, some 7,500-year-old megaliths that have strange perforations made at different angles through which the wind produces sounds. They are located in the Armenian province of Syunik, in the southwest of the country and in the middl
More than 2,000 years ago, the Euphrates River changed its course, moving away from the ancient city of Ur in the south of present-day Iraq, which was abandoned forever. Founded around 3800 BC, its existence as a powerful city-state is documented since the 26th century BC, its first king being Mes
The Valsgärde burial site, just outside Uppsala in central Sweden, contains more than 90 Iron Age graves. We could say that Valsgärde is the Scandinavian answer to Sutton Hoo, in England, as shown in the movie The Dig , says Birgitta Berglund, Emeritus Professor of Archeology at the Museum of the No
Scientists at the FAPAB Research Center in Sicily (Forensic Anthropology, Paleopathology and Bioarchaeology) have spent the last few months creating a novel facial reconstruction of the mysterious mummy, now skeletonized, from tomb KV 55 in the Valley of the Kings. Under the direction of the direct
In the year 86 AD the Dacians under their king Duras (Decebaluss predecessor) attacked the Roman province of Moesia south of the Danube. This forced the Emperor Domitian to personally travel to the region, reorganizing it for future campaigns. Domitian divided the province into two:Moesia Inferior (
Founded by Greek settlers from Corcyra (present-day Corfu), who called it Epidamnus, in 627 BC. and renamed Dyrrhachium (Dyrrhachium ) by the Romans, the current city of Durrës is the second most populous in Albania, located in the center of the countrys Adriatic coast, and its main port. In 1966,
Archaeologists from the Austrian Academy of Sciences have found in Tel Lachish (Israel) important evidence of the early development of the alphabet, dating from around 1450 BC. The find shows that the alphabet was not introduced to the Levant by the Egyptian conquerors, as previously thought. The st
A travel thorn that will almost inevitably stick in anyone who visits Egypt is the frustration of not being able to enter the QV66, one of the most beautiful corners of the Valley of the Queens. It is the tomb of Nefertari, the favorite wife of Pharaoh Ramses II, who had already built in her honor t
The Ilave district is one of the five that make up the Peruvian province of El Collao, located in the south of the country in the department of Puno. There, halfway between the cities of Ilave and Juli and near Lake Titicaca and the border with Bolivia, is a rocky structure that for a few decades ha
According to the tradition of various Buddhist texts Siddharta Gautama, the future Buddha, lived in the palace of King Suddhodana and Queen Maya, his parents, until the age of 29. The palace was located in the capital of the Sakya clan, called Kapilavastu. Siddharta Gautama left the palace and the
In the town of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, in the southwest of France, there is a church carved into the limestone rock of a cliff above the Dronne river, whose age is estimated at about 1,400 years. It is the church of Saint-Jean, which is generally known as a monolithic church , even though it really is
The absence of monsoon rains at the source of the Nile was the cause of migrations and the disappearance of entire settlements in the late Roman province of Egypt. Professor of ancient history Sabine Huebner, from the University of Basel, has for the first time compared this demographic evolution wi
Since 2017, hundreds of prehistoric stone structures have been found in northwest Saudi Arabia. Their recent study revealed ritual installations dating back 7,000 years. These rectangular structures, also called mustatils, are scattered across Saudi Arabia. They could be part of a prehistoric cult
New DNA analyzes look back on the origin and legacy left by the Etruscans (10e -1er century BC. J.C), the brilliant civilization that flourished in the Iron Age in central Italy. The Sarcophagus of the Spouses is a monumental Etruscan funerary urn in terracotta, representing two spouses reclining
A large-scale production brewery, said to be the oldest in the world, has been discovered in Egypt. Beer, the favorite drink of ancient Egypt, was brewed at this burial site. Photo provided by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism on February 13, 2021 shows a beer-making site, at the Egyptian archaeolo
How many pyramids are there in Egypt? Most know only the three of Giza, of the pharaohs Cheops, Khafre and Menkaure. Some also remember Zosers staggered one at Sakkara and, if anything, Snefrús elbowed one at Dashur. But there are many more, from the red one, also in Dashur, to the false one in Meid