More than 70 works of parietal art dating back around 14,000 years have just been revealed in northern Spain in the Atxurra cave. Rock engravings discovered in the cave of Atxuraa, in the Spanish Basque Country. Among the prehistoric bestiary, many bison, including one pierced by jet weapons (botto
The tomb of the famous philosopher Aristotle may have been discovered in Stagira, northern Greece, by the team of internationally renowned archaeologist Konstantinos Sismanidis. Site of Stagira, Chalkidiki, northern Greece, where Aristotles tomb is said to have been discovered . PRESUMPTIONS. Afte
Recent analyzes reveal that a dagger found at the beginning of the 20th century in the tomb of Tutankhamun, in Egypt, was forged from iron of meteorite origin. Dagger with an iron blade of meteoritic origin found on the remains of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Length:34.2cm. © Egyptian Museum in Cairo. SPA
After having shown their effectiveness in the Bent Pyramid, the muon detectors of the ScanPyramids mission are now aimed at Kheops in search of unknown voids. With a first success for the CEA. The Alhazen muon telescope installed in front of Kheops. It is named after a famous Arab-Muslim mathematic
For several decades, Cambodias archaeological heritage has been one of the most plundered on the planet. Eric Bourdonneau returns to the search for stolen works on the site of Koh Ker, north of Angkor. 3D reconstruction of the great dancing Shiva of the royal city of Koh Ker (10th century), north o
Archaeologists from Inrap have just unearthed the remains of a massacre over 6000 years old, in the Bas-Rhin in Alsace. Excavation of the site of Acheinheim, Alsace, where the remains of a 6,000-year-old massacre were been discovered. NEOLITHIC. Severed arms and the martyred limbs of six individua
New little men, living 700,000 years ago, have been discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores, outside the cave of Liang Bua which had delivered the first Hobbits in 2003. A photo from October 27, 2004, with a reproduction of the skull of the man from Flores, nicknamed the Hobbit due to its sma
30 years after their discovery, archaeologists believe they have solved the enigma of the Aztec skull masks. An Aztec skull mask discovered at the Templo Mayor site in Mexico City, ancient Tenochtitlan. OFFERINGS. Scary heads! Unearthed from the ruins of Mexico Citys famous Templo Mayor – the main
In ancient Egypt, the intentional presence of divine images along the arms and neck allowed tattoos to be ritually active during the practice of religious worship. General view of a 3,300-year-old Egyptian mummy whose neck has been tattooed with two baboons, and three oujdat-eyes. In 2014, an ext
A new survey using Lidar technology in the Angkor region highlights the unexpected scale of the Khmer Empires urban complexes. The Ta Prohm temple (12th century), Angkor. SPAN. “No! We have not discovered new unknown cities in Cambodia, as we can read all over the world at the moment! Thats not wh
Ongoing research should be able to put an end to the enigma concerning the occupant of tomb KV55, in the Valley of the Kings. Epilogue to a controversy over 100 years old. Statue of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), the heretic pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. GOLD LEAVES. It is a mystery over 110 years
An engraved tombstone has been unearthed on the island of Lindisfarne, in the northeast of England. The researchers are convinced to finally have a lead to locate a lost monastery of the 7e century. This engraved tombstone discovered on the island of Lindisfarne, in England, would attest to the pre
A skeleton discovered in the ruins of Teotihuacan, Mexico, reveals practices of dental mutilation. Skull of a woman who lived 1600 years ago, discovered in the foreign communities district of the city of Teotihuacan (Mexico), showing dental encrustations. Teotihuacan, the cosmopolitan… The examina
Thirty years ago, several archaeological missions hoped to uncover a cemetery in order to allow a first large-scale study of the Philistines. American archaeologist Lawrence E. Stager, professor at Harvard University, on the site of the first Philistine cemetery never found, in Ashkelon, Israel, Ju
A cannabis route preceded the silk route. According to German archaeologists, a people of horsemen from the steppes would have widely distributed hemp – and perhaps its psychoactive use – from 5000 years BC. J.-C. The cannabis trade boomed in the Bronze Age. INDO-EUROPEANS. The Yamna, horsemen fro
Papyri dating from the time of Pharaoh Cheops, the oldest known to date, presented in Cairo for the first time. They evoke details concerning the construction of the great pyramid. This precious fragment of papyrus, 4500 years old, is the oldest document found in Egypt, where the name appears of Ph
An amazing prehistoric object for making ropes has been unearthed in 40,000-year-old levels in Germany, when the first anatomically modern humans, homo sapiens , arrived in Europe. Discovery in Hohle Fels, Germany, of a rare prehistoric tool 40,000 years old. Intended to make ropes, it was carved f
Skeletons with wrists tied in irons have been discovered in a necropolis near Athens (Greece). It could be an ancient failed coup. Skeletons with wrists bound in irons unearthed in the ancient Athenian necropolis of Phaleron. PUNISHMENT. Is this a traitor cemetery? Gaping jaws, eighty skeletons, so
In China, geologists have detected traces of a legendary flood believed to be the foundation of the first dynasty of Chinese civilization. The Jishi Gorge, on the course of the Yellow River, in Qinghai Province, where the evidence of a flood 1900 BCE. YELLOW RIVER. According to tradition, 4000 yea
No, Greek and Roman marble statues were not white. An archaeologist produced life-size and painted replicas with the same shapes and patterns. But the flamboyant colors that cover them are not unanimous. Trojan statue Paris, created by Vinzenz Brinkmanns team. ANTIQUE. Greek statues were not whit
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
Its one of the most enduring puzzles in US history, and its right at its beginning:in 1587, the very first settlers from England vanished without a trace. But new findings suggest they may have taken refuge in native tribes to survive. A map of Roanoke Island, second half of the 16th century. Fou
A Viking enclosure dating from the reign of Harald the Blue Tooth has been discovered south of Copenhagen. Inset, the Viking fortress of Borgring, Denmark. 3D rendering from LIDAR data. A perfect circle! One ring to rule them all … Aerial surveys carried out using LIDAR (airborne laser scanning)
For obvious reasons, deciphering the ancient writings It has been one of the objectives of historians and scholars of the cultures that created them:knowing how to read ancient texts, one would learn more and better about everything related to religion, customs, history and daily life. But some of t