Ancient history

• An 1,800-year-old Roman gladiator arena was discovered in Turkey

  Archaeologists have discovered a rare piece of history from the Roman era in the ancient city of Mastaura , in Turkey western:an almost perfectly preserved gladiator arena that could accommodate up to 20,000 spectators . The amphitheater dates back to 200 AD. approximately, during the reign

• Marco Polo and the Million

  In Iran Marco Polo is a way of saying. In Farsi, the local language, marcopolò , all attached with an accent on the final vowel, still indicates today someone who travels a lot, and therefore it is time for him to go home. The Venetian traveler stayed for more than 24 years overall. , from

• A 2,000-year-old mummy with a golden tongue was discovered in Egypt

  The dead were decorated with gold foil amulets in the shape of tongues to allow them to speak even in the afterlife, in front of the court of the god Osiris . The remains of a mummy with a golden tongue in its mouth were found by archaeologists in Taposiris Magna , temple located near Alexan

• Alaska:Archaeologists identify the famous fort where the indigenous Tlingit fought against Russian forces

  The new discovery is based on the knowledge handed down by generations of indigenous communities about the clash two centuries ago. For thousands of years the Tlingit settled in the islands of southeastern Alaska , but at the beginning of the nineteenth century they came into contact with a gro

• The largest naval battle of the Middle Ages

  Battle of Meloria of 1284 The Battle of Meloria it was a historic naval battle that involved the fleet of the Republic of Genoa . It sanctioned the definitive end of Pisa as a seafaring power in Italy during the Middle Ages . After the great contrasts that occurred in previous centuries

• Marsala, excavations for the sewers reveal an ancient necropolis

  The preventive archaeological excavations for the reconstruction of the sewer network of the Sicilian city have brought to light, in via De Gasperi, the extraordinary remains of two inviolate underground chambers containing the funerary equipment and the remains of buried bodies. To this were

• Shahr-i Sokhta, the Pompeii of the East

  Preserved thanks to the sand of the salty desert, one of the most inhospitable on Earth, the ancient city of Shahr-i Sokhta it would have arisen around 3200 BC in the province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan, in Southeast Iran . The reasons for its disappearance under the desert sands as early as 2,

• An extraordinary Roman mosaic discovered in London

  Archaeologists from MOLA (Museum of London Archeology) have discovered an incredibly well-preserved mosaic that once decorated the floor of a Roman dining room. Discovered a stones throw from The Shard, experts have established this to be the largest Roman mosaic area found in London in over 50 year

• WILLENDORF'S VENUS SPEAKS ITALIAN

  The statuette of the Venus of Willendorf, with its 11 cm, is one of the most important examples of ancient art in Europe (23,000-19,000 BC) . The particularity of the work is not only in its form but also in its composition, since it is made up of a rock called oolite which is not present in the

• History and the Historian

  THE GREEK TERM HISTORIA LITERALLY MEANS RESEARCH, BUT IT IS ALSO SYNONYMOUS WITH INVESTIGATION It is a word that refers to the entire scope of KNOWLEDGE The aim of historical research is to obtain from the so-called places of power the ways to ascertain the facts in a free, objective and respo

• Neanderthal infants had the same weaning times as Homo sapiens

  “The results of this study show that Neanderthal and Homo sapiens they share a similar energy demand during early childhood and a similar growth rate I Neanderthal they began weaning their newborns around the fifth or sixth month of age, a period very similar to what happens for modern man.

• 100 Egyptian sarcophagi found in Saqqara

  One hundred ancient sarcophagi over 2,000 years old but perfectly preserved were discovered in the necropolis of Saqqara , south of Cairo . These are sealed wooden coffins containing the remains of senior officials from the mid-late period of ancient Egypt (between 700 and 300 BC ), and jo

• Pompeii, with the technique of casts discovered two intact bodies in the suburban villa of Civita Giuliana

  Theater of the incredible discovery is the suburban villa of Civita Giuliana , the luxurious estate of the Augustan period with terraces that reached the sea in whose stables in 2017 archaeologists found the remains of three purebred horses. Here the first excavations date back to 1907 , bu

• The drakkars of the Vikings

  The Oseberg ships , Gokstad and Tune they are the three unique drakkar found in good condition in Norway and this is due to the fact that they were used as tombs , and inside them numerous jewels and gold objects were found. The drakkar is the typical boat used by the Vikings for milit

• The Vikings

  The name of Vikings (or “ Vikingr , In ancient Norse language) indicates the people of Scandinavian explorers, traders and warriors who between the eighth and mid-eleventh centuries conducted their trade and conquests in Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic . How long did the Viking Age last?

• The oldest crown in the world

  The oldest known crown in the world was famously discovered in 1961 as part of the Nahal Mishmar Hoard , along with numerous other precious artifacts. The ancient crown dates back to the Copper Age between 4000 and 3500 BC and it is only one of more than 400 exhibits recovered in a cave i

• Discovery of an ancient Roman city buried for millennia thanks to a radar

  For the first time, a group of archaeologists managed to map a Roman city without carrying out any excavations. The feat was made possible thanks to the use of an advanced ground penetration radar (or Ground Penetrating Radar, abbreviated to GPR ), an instrument that sends radar waves into the g

• The History of the Mongol Empire

  The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan , born in 1162 with the name of Temujin . The name of Genghis Khan it was given to him following his military exploits and following his election as king / supreme head of the Mongol clans ( Khan , in fact, it means supreme). Thanks to his extr

• The Mongol army of Genghis Khan

  The Mongols gathered under the command of Genghis Khan they were able to conquer a large part of Asia until they reached the gates of Europe. Their success was not exclusively linked to the skill of their commander in chief, but largely derived from the military organization that the Mongolian n

• The archaeological discovery of the year 2019 in Kurdistan

  50 km from Mosul , ten Assyrian rock reliefs from the eighth-seventh century BC. win the sixth edition of the International Archaeological Discovery Award Khaled al-Asaad. They were unearthed by the team of archaeologists “ IAMKRI Italian Archaeological Mission to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq