After a month of exploring Regio V, a new study area, the site of Pompeii reveals new treasures. Detail of a fresco recently appeared on the wall of an unknown domus excavated in Regio V of the site of Pompeii (Italy). The grill of a window submerged for 2000 years under the lapilli, frescoes of
Metal detectorists, including a 13-year-old child, discovered a treasure on the German island of Rügen that may have belonged to the Danish king Harald Bluetooth. Silver coinage from a monetary hoard linked to Danish King Harald Bluetooth. Nearly 600 silver coins, a hammer of Thor, brooches, ring
An Italian team describes in a study a singular burial of the Middle Ages:that of a man with an amputated arm and replaced by a blade! The burial contained the body of a man in his fifties with his right arm amputated and replaced by a knife blade. The Lombard cemeteries are definitely full of su
In Sudan, at the site of Sedeinga, French archaeologists have unearthed the largest set of Meroitic inscriptions known to date. The oldest purely African ancient writing. Stele of Ataqeloula and his rare Meroitic writings, discovered in the necropolis of Sedeinga, in Sudan. EPIGRAPHY. Never have
A Danish maritime expedition has discovered a missing U-boat since the end of World War II, ending a 73-year-old mystery. Computer-generated image of Nazi submarine U-3523 found in April 2018 off the coast of Denmark by researchers at Sea War Museum Jutland. It is a submarine planted in the ocea
Archaeologist Louisa Campbell announced on April 20, 2018 that the distance stones of the Antonine Wall showed traces of polychromy. These traces of color reinforce a very strong iconographic program. The patterns and colors of these sculptures make them real works of propaganda for the New Caledoni
The Thessaloniki Metro project, due for completion in 2020, has brought to light exceptional remains allowing archaeologists to fill in gaps in their knowledge of the citys long history. A Greek archaeologist studies the ruins of ancient Thessaloniki discovered at the construction site of the new
The remains of 140 children sacrificed in the 15thth century during a mass ritual were exhumed in America, in a region where the pre-Columbian civilization of the Chimu was present. The largest child sacrifice site in pre-Hispanic America has been discovered on the northern coast of Peru, in Huanc
End of the mystery! The results of the latest radar tests carried out in the tomb of Tutankhamun, in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, belie any possibility of hidden cavities. An Italian team tries to unravel the mysteries of Tutankhamuns tomb The news fell from Cairo. And it is without appeal!
Archaeologist Christian Goudineau passed away on Wednesday May 9, 2018. Tribute and brief look back at the career of this fantastic researcher who will have inspired a whole generation of scientists. Death of archaeologist, writer and historian Christian Goudineau. French archeology is in mournin
It is a treasure that the most daring pirates would not deny. It is a beautiful golden treasure brought up from the depths of the sea. The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, in collaboration with the Australian Wine Research Institute and Australian James Squire Breweries are working to revive a
A bacterium resistant to darkness and underwater pressure could devour the remains of the Titanic within 14 to 20 years, warn scientists. There could be nothing left of the Titanic in 14 to 20 years, researchers warn. On the night of April 14 to 15, 1912, while speeding off Newfoundland, the Tita
A 2,000-year-old skeleton discovered in Italy may be the second ever documented case of crucifixion. Punishment by crucifixion was applied by Rome for over 500 years. Have the remains of a crucified man been discovered in Italy? This is the opinion of a team of researchers from the universities o
A vast necropolis located in the peninsula of Taman, north of the Black Sea, delivered the remains of an ancient Greek helmet. Bronze Helmet of the Ve century BC discovered on the Taman Peninsula, Russia. The man was stretched out, with near him deposited, memory of battles, his beautiful bronze
This very complete skeleton of a large theropod belonged to a cousin of Allosaurus who has not yet been identified or named. Theropod dinosaur on sale in June in Paris UNKNOWN. Since Ive worked in fossil forensics, Ive never seen this told us Eric Mickeler, natural history expert for the Agutt
The lead pollution of the Roman Empire was revealed by the ice sheets of Greenland. Analysis of an ice core sample taken in Greenland, in the laboratory of the Desert Research Institute (DRI), in Reno (Nevada). Like plastic in the oceans in the 21st century century, the lead pollution generated b
Thousands of bone fragments from warriors killed in ruthless battles 2000 years ago have been discovered in a peat bog in Denmark. Bone remains of several human pelvises strung on a stake, dated 2000 years, found at Alken Enge in Denmark. Emaciated carcasses scraped to the bone, crushed skulls, p
On the occasion of the upcoming DVD release of the documentary Peau dâme, sur les traces du film de Jacques Demy, interview with its director Pierre-Oscar Levy. Archaeologists have found the trick of the fairy mirror. Sciences et Avenir:Tell us about the genesis of the project. Pierre-Oscar Le
An exceptional 2,300-year-old tomb has been unearthed in the Case Rosse area on the outskirts of Rome. 2300-year-old inviolate tomb recently discovered in the suburbs of Rome (Italy) Italy and its rich archaeological past never ceases to amaze us. And not only in Pompeii, at the foot of the volca
The document dated 1493 announcing to the Catholic kings the discovery of the New World had disappeared from the National Library of Catalonia a decade ago. Incunabula of Christopher Columbus, dating from 1493, stolen and returned to Spain on June 8, 2018. No one had noticed anything! For years,
The archaeological site of Carahunge, also called Zorats Karer, Karahunj or Carenish, is located in the Armenian province of Syunik, in the southwest of the country, and on a rocky promontory in the middle of a mountainous plateau at an altitude of 1,770 meters near the city of Sisian . The differe
In the British Isles they are well served with mysterious stone icons . The most famous is the Stone of Destiny , which is kept in Edinburgh Castle and placed under the British throne during the coronation of kings. But there are others. One of them, equally curious, is located in the heart of Lon
A combined study of genetics and skeletal remains shows that the shift from hunting, gathering, and foraging to agriculture around 12,000 years ago in Europe may have had negative health effects, as indicated by the shorter-than-expected stature of early farmers, according to an international team o
Doue-la-Fontaine is a commune in the department of Maine-et-Loire located southeast of Angers and southwest of Saumur. The territory has been occupied since the Neolithic era and is at the crossroads of several Roman roads, in particular the Angers-Poitiers road. In Carolingian times, Doué belonged