In his new book The forgotten ten millennia that made history, archaeologist Jean-Paul Demoule looks back on the Neolithic, a period of which he is a specialist. Jean-Paul Demoule, archaeologist, professor emeritus at the University of Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, president of the National Institut
Carole Fritz, prehistorian, talks about the work carried out in the decorated cave of Marsoulas (Haute-Garonne) discovered at the end of the 19th century, almost half a century before the masterpieces of Lascaux, revealing in passing some secrets about his research. 3D reconstruction of an aurochs
La Monnaie de Paris, now renamed 11 Conti-Monnaie de Paris, unveils its treasures after six years of work and restructuring. Gold bars from the Treasury of Hue (1886). A transformation! Born 1150 years ago, the oldest company in France “, according to Aurélien Rousseau, CEO of Monnaie de Paris, h
Examination of wounds seen on a 13th century Australian skeleton demonstrates the deadly impact of boomerangs. Use of war boomerangs on rock paintings in Gundabooka National Park, near Kaakutja site, Australia . PROJECTILE. Like a boomerang... This projectile, which has been widespread since prehi
2 skeletons discovered in an ancient Roman cemetery in London suggest an Asian ancestry… An exceptional discovery if confirmed. Two skeletons of Asian descent have reportedly been unearthed in a Roman cemetery in London. CHINATOWN. Could Asian travelers have ended up in London (Londinium), then ca
The oldest hooks in the world were cut from sea snails in Japan, on the island of Okinawa. They are over 22,000 years old. These prehistoric Japanese hooks, unearthed in Okinawa, are over 22,000 years old. FISHING. It is not known if they told tales of standing fish, but the first modern humans wh
ASIA PRESS REVIEW. Also in the summary, a debate around the preservation of the mangrove in Bangladesh, Roman coins found in a Japanese citadel, in India, the quest for a medicinal plant that does not exist and a former Chinese nuclear site transformed into a tourist site . This portion of the Grea
Roman coins from the 4th century AD, found in the ruins of a medieval Japanese castle, testify to the indirect commercial exchanges that may have existed between the Far East and the West from the earliest antiquity. Excavations of the ruins of Katsuren Castle, in Uruma, on the island of Okinawa (
Researchers from the University of Lund, Sweden, have just unveiled the digital reconstruction of a house in Pompeii as it was before the eruption of Vesuvius, in the 1st century of our era. The 3D digitally reconstructed peristyle of a house in Pompeii. Visiting the home of one of the richest ci
An original protein analysis confirms that the jewelry cave of Arcy-sur-Cure in Yonne (Burgundy) was indeed occupied by Neanderthals 40,000 years ago. Neanderthal carved ivories found in the cave of Arcy-sur-Cure in Burgundy. Coquet, Neanderthal? We already knew that it adorned itself with eagle
After the discovery of a protein in a 3.5 million year old fossil camel, another macromolecule older than 300,000 years was isolated in an eggshell in Tanzania. Proteins resist the wear and tear of time better than DNA. An ostrich and eggs:their shells are capable of preserving proteins for millio
Salt, incriminated for several years by archaeologists at Chaco Canyon, would have finally been a source of progress. Chaco Canyon was the urban center of the Anasazi people. DENIAL . The assumptions of archaeologists as to the decline of the Anasazis (the Ancients in Navajo), which would have be
The discovery of a papyrus fragment from the 7th century BC, would constitute the oldest Hebrew reference in Jerusalem. This papyrus is dated to the 7th century BC. It bears the oldest Hebrew reference from Jerusalem. It is a rare papyrus fragment of 11cm by 2.5cm, dated from the 7th century BC a
The International Center for Parietal Art - Lascaux 4 - offers a superb facsimile of the famous decorated cave of Dordogne. The site which opens to the public on December 15, 2016 is inaugurated this Saturday by François Hollande; Science and the Future went there at the end of October. One of the
AFP photographers were able to report the first pictures of the destruction of the archaeological site of Nimroud in Iraq. Photo taken on November 15, 2016, shows on a phone screen the entrance to the Nimroud site before its destruction by Daesh. HERITAGE. This time there is nothing left… No mor
An unknown structure identified at the heart of the Pyramid of Kukulkan, also known as El Castillo, at the Maya site of Chichen Itza, Mexico. A new structure identified at the heart of the pyramid of El Castillo, at the Mayan site of Chichen Itza, Mexico. A monument assembled like a Russian doll!
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a predynastic cemetery at Abydos in Upper Egypt. With its brick walls, covered with adobe, one of the 5500 year old tombs recently discovered in a predynastic cemetery of Abydos, in the province of Sohag in Upper Egypt. TREASURES. Abydos, the city of the fi
Organized by France and the United Arab Emirates, an international conference on endangered heritage is being held until December 3 in Abu Dhabi. The ancient city of Palmyra, in Syria, victim of the destruction of Daesh. HERITAGE. More than ever, heritage is a political tool of soft power of our
Two lower limbs are all that would remain of Queen Nefertaris mummy. A scenario that seems to be confirmed by the recent work of a team of researchers. The mummified remains of Queen Nefertaris legs, housed in the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy. They say I have beautiful legs... », sang Mistingu
Malaria or Malaria existed in Europe 2000 years ago, as genetic analyzes carried out on ancient inhabitants found in Roman cemeteries have just proved. Traces of malaria were discovered in the dental pulp of this 35-year-old man, unearthed in the Roman cemetery of Velia, Italy. BAD AIR. In antiq
Polish divers believe they have discovered the wreck of a German ship from the Second World War, which could contain legendary relics... A diver above the wreck of the Karlsruhe, a steamship, sunk in the Baltic Sea in April 1945. One of the great unsolved enigmas of this 20th century conflict is
The island of Aegina, located in the Saronic Gulf just 20 kilometers from Piraeus, is today a popular tourist destination that can be reached in less than an hour by ferry from Athens. But during practically all of Antiquity, the Aeginetans were staunch enemies of the Athenians, who were so close to
Excavations carried out on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea have discovered some 300 small stones decorated with different motifs, dating from the Stone Age, some 5,000 years ago. Many of them are sun stones , round in shape and with circular motifs, already known to researchers sinc
In the town of Slaughterbridge (Cornwall, UK), just off the road from Camelford to Tintagel, there is a garden created in the 18th century by Charlotte Boscawen, Lady Falmouth. In it there is an ancient stone almost 3 meters long, which bears inscriptions in Latin and Ogam. This is not at all unusu