The MAN discovers the Roman Lusitania in Madrid For the first time, the great monolithic sculpture of the Lusitanian warrior is exhibited outside Lisbon, a unique piece The exhibition exhibits more than 200 collections, including 16 National Treasures of Portugal The museum offers a pioneering vis
These days, one more summer, the excavation campaign Cerro de la Merced de Cabra is being carried out; an archaeological site that contains an important Iberian palace, a reflection of the splendor of the city in pre-Roman times. Directs the excavation Fernando Quesada , from the Autonomous Universi
In an act open to the public in the Aula Magna of the Clos Archaeological Foundation , the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona presented yesterday, Thursday, September 15, the new courses to be taught during the second semester of 2016. Next, we leave you the program: You have all the necessary inform
This species is known to be one of the greater skill in the use of tools possesses; especially to feed, for example, by splitting coconuts and other fruits. But they are not the only ones, chimpanzees, for their part, use toothpicks to collect termites. Capuchin monkeys in Brazil individually select
… The Merida Archeology Institute (CSIC) and National Archaeological Museum Tomorrow, November 24, the study sessions Encounters with female images in Iberia are organized , whose intention is to offer some brushstrokes about how the dialogue between the Greek world and the Iberian world is found. L
The Museum of Prehistory of Valencia presents the conference “Prehistory in comics” by the theorist and comic book editor Pedro Porcel, and the presentation of the Comic “Ötzi. For a handful of amber” by Mikel Begoña e Iñaquet, scriptwriter and illustrator of the work, which will take place on Wedn
If we think of Egypt, images of colossal monuments and pyramids most likely come to our minds that have made the world give explanations about their construction that are more bordering on fiction than reality. The truth is that the function of the pyramids was none other than the journey of the pha
The reader would be surprised at how few grams of fiction that we have needed to add to the classical sources to create this evocation of a peculiar single combat (monomachia; pl. monomachiae ) Iberian. The episode, completely real, is known to us by various authors, interested above all in the pic
The episode has great relevance for Christianity, since it constitutes the starting point of the split with respect to traditional Judaism , in addition to the essence of some of the most widespread liturgical practices in the later Christian tradition. Logically, dealing with a very specific episod
Since the 16th century, the phenomenon of Barbary piracy it had become endemic, especially due to the financing and support provided by the Ottoman Empire, multiplying the assaults that were carried out from the coastal places such as Algiers against the populations of the kingdom of Granada. To fig
The Palarq Foundation was born in 2016 with a very clear mission, to bring closer and promote archeology and paleontology, as well as any action that promotes art and culture. This private, non-profit entity supports projects dedicated to the study of the paleontological stage, prehistoric times and
Working there is not easy, as its geography and climate are very complex. Even so, the desire to know and the determination to advance in the knowledge of our history favors the carrying out of research projects such as the one promoted jointly by University College London (UCL) with Dr. Ignatius of
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), American novelist best known for The Last of the Mohicans (1826), grew up in Cooperstown, a town that his father, a merchant and land speculator turned wealthy landowner and politician, had founded several years after the American Revolutionary War on land expropr
So far, this campaign has documented the different construction phases of the church of San Dionisio, which, since its construction at the end of the 17th century, was rebuilt on several occasions after a series of natural disasters and conflicts with sectors of the native population. opposed to col
The honorees at the VIII Hislibris Awards were: Best Historical Novel: The king of Nemi. The Trial of Caligula by Sandra Parente (Evohé Publishing) Best Historical Essay: The earth weeps. The Bitterness of the Indian Wars for the Conquest of the West by Peter Cozzens (Awakening Ferro Publis
Located next to the Pont del Treball Digne, the villa constitutes an example of the occupation of the territory near Barcino, having identified residential and economic areas, according to the information published in the press, since despite the expectation caused by the news of the excavations, th
The archaeological site where a greater number of elements related to this ritual practice have been recovered has been in the Iberian city of Ullastret (formed by the settlements of Puig de Sant Andreu and lIlla den Reixac), capital of the tribe of the indiketes . The two sites that make up this la
he was King of Macedonia from 360 to 336 BC, famous for his military tactics and for initiating expansionism towards Asia that his son Alexander the Great will inherit and continue successfully, after the assassination committed by Pausanias in 336 BC. The main characteristic of King Philip II was
But what? why is it so important to know where we come from? The gestures, the color of the eyes or the shape of the nose are inheritance of our parents; we are as we are because of them and they because of their parents, if we continue pulling the thread we arrive at Adam and Eve and thanks to gene
We propose a journey through time from our pages to different activities and places where you can learn about some aspects that we tell you with images, maps and texts in our magazines. This time its time to talk about Roman shows. With this first post of our particular Archaeological Agenda, we inv
Strange ring-shaped objects found at a Bronze Age site represent a unique form of grain-based product, according to a study published in the journal PLOS ONE by researchers from the Austrian Archaeological Institute. Agricultural practices are well documented in the archaeological record, but the w
The Greek Ministry of Culture reported on January 18 the discovery of three ancient marble quarries in the municipality of Caristo, on the island of Euboea. The discovery was made by the companies that carried out installation work for wind farms in the area. The first quarry appeared near the road
For the first time, 2,600-year-old scarab mummies have been discovered in addition to cats, and snakes, in the necropolis of Saqqara, Egypt. Offerings of mummified cats discovered in a tomb in the Saqqara necropolis, near Cairo, Egypt. ANIMAL MUMMIES. Seven tombs, including four dating back more
Engraving of aurochs on stone (the image does not refer to the discovery of which the post is about, but to the cave of the Romito) It was recently found in France a ancient engraving depicting a auroch on a stone plate, an artifact dating back to about 38000 years ago. The animal is repre