The announcement of the discovery of a “Nazi train full of gold”, far from being confirmed, but taken seriously by the authorities – caused excitement among Polish treasure hunters. One of the shafts of an underground gallery dug by the Nazis in Poland during the Second World War PRECIOUS. In the
The general curator of monuments in Poland, Piotr Zuchowski, said on Friday that he was 99% convinced of the existence of a Nazi train, the recent announcement of the discovery of which had stirred public opinion and Polish treasure hunters. The Ksiaz castle whose basements could house the Nazi gol
The remains of a fortified site dating from the Bronze Age have been unearthed in a bay in the Peloponnese. An exceptional discovery in more ways than one. Swiss and Greek archaeologists have discovered the remains of a fortified village dating from the 3rd millennium BC .in a bay in the Peloponnes
Daesh jihadists have completely destroyed the Temple of Bel, one of the most famous monuments of the ancient city, as new satellite images show. The destruction of the main temple of Palmyra on August 30, 2015:the proof by satellite images. Barely a week after the blasting of the temple of Baalsha
An American NGO has produced views of the city of Louisiana in digital 3D and offers them for consultation on its website. Historic downtown New Orleans in digital 3D. HERITAGE. Cyark is a rather special American NGO. Dedicated to the preservation of historic sites and monuments, it has taken it i
In August 2015, the French archaeologist Jean-Baptiste Yon paid tribute to the former director of the Department of Antiquities of the archaeological site of Palmyra, in Syria, assassinated in mid-August 2015 by Daesh. We are republishing this testimony as Palmyra is liberated. Khaled Asaad (or Kha
Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves has just been invited by the Egyptian Minister of Antiquities to verify his theory on the possible presence of a secret tomb next to that of Tutankhamen! A bust of Nefertiti HYPOTHESIS. Has the burial place of Queen Nefertiti, the influential and powerful ruler of Egyp
An extraordinary statue discovered in the Urals in the 19e century would be the oldest wooden sculpture in the world. New dates published in the journal Quaternary International have just pushed back the age of this prehistoric treasure by several centuries. Shigir Idol Head UPDATE. A new study
Faced with the recent destruction of World Heritage sites and to safeguard the memory of these unique places, researchers are offering their virtual 3D archiving. 3D reconstruction in progress of Krak des Chevaliers, Syria. HERITAGE. Will it all be gone forever? Or should one attempt to record in
In the kingdom of papyri, an exceptional 4000-year-old parchment (document on animal skin) was recently discovered in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo where the 4000-year-old manuscript was found. HIEROGLYPHS. The Cairo Museum continues to unearth new treasures! A roll of parchment about
British archaeologist Nicholas Reeves has just been authorized to travel to Egypt to verify his hypothesis on the presence of the burial of Nefertiti near that of Tutankhamen, in the Valley of the Kings. The bust of Nefertiti, at the Neues Museum in Berlin. SUSPENSE. Even if he has not yet set foo
Interview with the Director General of Antiquities and Museums of Syria, in Damascus, on the situation of Syrian heritage. In Damascus, archaeologists urgently pack the repatriated antiquities from all the museums in Syria to put them in safe places. While France has just launched its first air st
In the Valley of the Kings, the fever rises near Tutankhamuns tomb. After the sensational announcement of Nicholas Reeves hypothesis, the archaeologist was in Cairo for a press conference. In the tomb of Tutankhamun:a photo taken on September 29, 2015, during the visit of Nicholas Reeves and the Mi
Three inscriptions would have made it possible to identify to whom the impressive Kasta tumulus, discovered last year in Greece, was dedicated. One of the two caryatids - the best preserved - discovered on September 6, 2014 at the Amphipolis site. MYSTERY. Neither a queen nor a king... but a gener
Nearly 2,000 years old, the Arc de Triomphe in Palmyra, one of the most emblematic monuments of the ancient city, was destroyed by explosives by Daesh. Almost 2000 years old, the Roman Triumphal Arch of Palmyra. DESTRUCTION. The Islamic State (Daesh) has pulverized the monumental Roman triumphal a
In honor of the sun god, the Aztecs displayed the heads of their decapitated victims. One of these macabre installations was found in the center of the capital of Mexico. The bones were discovered at a depth of 2 m. This article is taken from the monthly Sciences et Avenir n°824, dated October 201
DNA analysis of an ancient African skeleton reveals a major wave of migration from the Near East 3,000 years ago. Entrance to the cave in which Motta Man was discovered. GENOME. Modern man, who appeared in Africa 200,000 years ago, left it several times to populate the planet... but he also retur
After the disaster of April 2015, archaeologists are reinvesting the great royal cities of the Kathmandu Valley, in Nepal, under the aegis of Unesco. Unesco-led archaeological work begins at Durbar Square in Patan, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. At the back what remains of the Char Narayan temple totally
Embedded in a grain of zircon, atoms of graphite indicate that life on Earth appeared at least 4.1 billion years ago, 300 million years earlier than the latest estimates. Mark Harrison examining rocks containing zircons. HELL . Until now most scientists assumed that the early Earth, which was form
On the occasion of the release of Asterixs new album Le Papyrus de César , we invite you to re-read the interview with the professor at the Collège de France, initially published in September 2007 in Sciences et Avenir. The new Asterix comic, Le Papyrus de César, will be released on October 22, 201
Mexican archaeologists have unearthed new skulls linked to one of the towers of Huei Tzompantli in ancient Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City. Elements of an Aztec tower made of human skulls, discovered near the Templo Mayor. One hundred, 200, 600 skulls... The basements of Mexico City (Mexico), the a
These UNESCO-led archaeological rescue operations ended on September 22, 2018. Workers cut up statues of Ramses II in preparation for transporting them to the new location of the two temples of Abu Simbel, Upper Egypt, December 24, 1964. 50 YEARS. September 22, 1968 marks the completion of the re
Located on the shores of Lake Copaide (a large lake that was in the center of Boeotia, dried up in the 19th century) northwest of Thebes, the city of Chaeronea was already famous in ancient times for having been the scene of many important battles. But without a doubt the best known of all was the
An exceptional childs grave , 2,000 years old, was discovered under Clermont-Ferrand airport. The burial dates from the Augusto-Tiberian period, i.e. the beginning of the 1st century AD. An exceptional childs grave , 2,000 years old, was discovered under Clermont-Ferrand airport, in Aulnat (Puy-d