An ancient tomb containing remarkable 1,500-year-old armor has been found on the island of Kyushu in Japan. A rare tanko cuirass found in a tomb on the island of Kyushu, Japan. It is an exceptional armor of the Ve century CE which was accidentally discovered in late December 2017, in Shibushi, on
High-tech archaeological excavations are being prepared in an area that has remained untouched since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE. View of Pompeii against the backdrop of Vesuvius. We expect great discoveries! enthuses Massimo Osanna, Director-General of the Pompeii Archaeological Park (Ital
Natural Egyptian mummies reveal the oldest figurative tattoos in the world. Infrared image of tattooed Mummy A from Gebelein, Egypt. For a long time, Egyptologists believed that ancient tattoos only concerned female mummies in the Nile Valley. But the use of infrared imagery has made it possible
On September 10, 2018, the first international meeting on the Reviving the Spirit of Mosul initiative is organized by UNESCO in collaboration with the Iraqi government, in Paris. On this occasion, (re)discover the interview given to Sciences et Avenir Nada Al Hassan, head of the Arab States Unit at
The Cro-Magnon man would have suffered from neurofibromatosis, a genetic disease resulting in unsightly nodules on the face. This is the conclusion of a study by French researchers led by Philippe Charlier and Antoine Balzeau. 3D digital reconstruction of the face of Cro-Magnon Man 1 and its lesio
A unique photographic collection is currently being digitized in Lebanon. Exceptional archaeological and ethnographic testimonies of a Middle East that has now disappeared. Aerial photograph of the ancient site of Palmyra, Syria, taken by one of its pioneers, Antoine Poidebard, in 1938. Treasure
Genetic analyzes carried out on a couple of victims of the eruption of Vesuvius, qualified as lovers since 1922, indicate that they would be two men. Embracing couple discovered in the Cryptoporticus villa at the archaeological site of Pompeii. Since their discovery in 1922, two entwined bodies
Archaeologists have brought a 15th melody back to life century found on a shale slab unearthed during excavations at the Jacobins convent in Rennes. Soprano Dominique Fontaine explains how. Schist plaque featuring a musical score from the 15thth century, discovered during archaeological excavation
A monetary hoard of more than a hundred coins has just been unearthed on the site of Romes most severe defeat, in Germania. A disaster that put an end to the policy of imperial expansion beyond the Rhine. 1st century CE Roman silver denarii discovered at the site of the Battle of Teutoburg, German
Surveys carried out at the beginning of April in a lake near Rome seek to discover the possible presence of a third floating palace of the Emperor Caligula. Extraction of one of Caligulas ships, in Lake Nemi in Italy in 1931. The calm waters of Lake Nemi in Italy were suddenly stirred by a team o
The tomb from which the mummies were taken probably belonged to a magistrate of the 18th dynasty. On April 18, 2017, a sarcophagus found in a tomb near Luxor. A tomb from the pharaonic era in southern Egypt has revealed several fabulous discoveries:8 mummies, brightly colored wooden sarcophagi an
ASIAN PRESS REVIEW. This weeks content:a report from the New York Times in the province of Xinjiang considered by the Chinese as the cradle of skiing; the emergence of Chinese authors in world SF literature; the show of force between Americans and North Americans; the delayed construction of the Ind
A delicate Palaeolithic Venus has just been discovered in the Bryansk region of Russia. Two-sided views of the Venus of Bryansk (Russia). IVORY. Barely 5 cm high, carved in the ivory of a woolly mammoth tusk, a new Paleolithic Venus dated -23,000 years ago was recently discovered in Siberia. With
Bones of a mastodon, a now-extinct ancestor of the elephant, suggest that humans arrived in America 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. This pebble unearthed in San Diego (California) could have been used by humans to break mastodon bones, 130,000 years ago. Human presence on the Amer
The location and orientation of the mysterious Uffington Horse, etched on a chalky hill in southern England, is believed to be linked to the path of the sun. Aerial view of the famous Uffington Giant Horse in southern England. AGE OF THE BRONZE. From the hill of Dragon Hill which faces it, in the
ASIA PRESS REVIEW. Among the topics selected this week in the Asian and French press, Chinese archeology as a mode of cultural influence, the virtual tenant of the National Museum of Singapore, the destitution of the victims of the earthquake in Nepal, cosmetic surgery to place in the labor market..
A team of Spanish archaeologists has unearthed the remains of a burial garden in the necropolis of Abu El Naga Draa in Egypt. A 4000-year-old ancient burial garden discovered near Luxor, ancient Thebes (Egypt). Plants, flowers and fruit trees accompanied the ancient Egyptians on their final journ
The imprint of the brain of René Descartes, a long-disappeared organ, was able to be reconstructed in three dimensions, and allow its analysis. Anatomical views:3D images of the brain of René Descartes. Do the brains of geniuses have special features? Are they detectable in their shapes and surfa
Seventeen mummies have just been unearthed in catacombs in central Egypt. Recent discoveries of mummies in the catacombs of Tounah el-Gebel, in Middle Egypt. Superstar Mummies! After the 8 Pharaonic period mummies discovered in April 2017 in the Valley of the Kings, the flashes crackled again, th
The search engine celebrates the discovery, in 1901, of the mysterious Antikythera machine. Google celebrates the first calculator in history. GEARS . In 1900 divers brought up vases, statues, jewelry and pottery from a wreck dated 65 BC. JC, stranded off the Greek island of Antikythera. In the m
Archaeologists studying Roman artillery and weapons at the Burnswark Hill battlefield site in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, they have found something that has never been seen before:perforated slingshot bullets to produce a high-pitched whistling sound when thrown. Upon examination, they believe it was a
Members of the Don expedition of the Russian Archaeological Institute have found a unique plaque with a depiction of winged Scythian gods around griffins during their examinations of the Devitsa V tomb site in the Ostrogozhsky district of the Voronezh region. This is the first case of this type of f
The Ministry of Culture announced that many graves, including an enigmatic lead sarcophagus, had been discovered during preventive excavations under the paving of the Parisian cathedral. The operation also revealed the existence of a pit in which polychrome sculpted elements were buried . A photo
It is very common to find images of birds in the art of Ancient Egypt. We see them in paintings and sculptures with species of all kinds, from the ducks that were hunted in the Nile to the ibis that contributed its head to the god Toth, to the vulture that finished off the white crown of the high ki