Taking advantage of the fact that the International Archeology Day was on July 24, what better tribute to review the trajectory of the archaeological research project. From paper and pencil, to the pick or chisel . And it is that the work of the archaeologist he is not only in the field; you have
InThe underworld of Rome , we tell you what life was like in different aspects of Roman society, but we suggest you learn more about what the day-to-day life of the Romans was like. For this reason, in our Archaeological Agenda this week we propose you to visit from a virtual exhibition prepared by
In fieldwork, depending on the type of burial, period, trousseau and anatomical postures , the individual will provide certain information about the community to which he belongs. In the laboratory is where we can learn more about the individual itself, taking into account their age, sex and height
If in our no. 2 The underworld of Rome, we dealt with the sex business in Pompeii at that time, here we present two exhibitions on eroticism and sex in ancient Rome with which you will discover the habits and customs of that time, considered later, especially in the Middle Ages, libertine and even a
You can become a Neanderthal, a Roman or a pirate for an instant… what better way to learn? This “art ” of research and dissemination has been developed mainly by the universities, and from them it has become part of the workshops common in some museums. Among many other institutions, in Burgos th
What was the daily life of the citizens of ancient Rome like? This week, we suggest you investigate the routine and the daily life of a great civilization thanks to its domestic objects and the use made of its buildings , aspects that you can also learn about in the article “Living in the underwor
We werent there, cant come up with an answer absolute about what ancient Rome was really like . We dont really know how vivid the red color was in some peoples clothing, or how dirty their streets were, or what the sources really tell us; in fact, in a perfectly literal sense we dont know what we ar
The Spanish government suspected that it could be the Fragata of Our Lady of Mercedes sunk in 1804 by the British crown. Thus, they fought to recover Spanish heritage, a battle against looting and the antiques market. The litigation held from 2007 to 2012 between Odyssey and Spain for the return of
On numerous occasions, finds dated using this method have been news headlines and newspaper front pages in the “History” section. But really, what is carbon 14 dating? ? First of all, we must briefly know the history of dating methods, and for this we must mention Thomsen, the archaeologist who divi
The Museo Romano Oiasso (Irún) has opened the deadline to enroll in the new course «Prehistory and Archeology in the Iberian Peninsula», given by Mariajo Noain. The objective of the course is for students to learn how the first settlers of the Iberian Peninsula developed in an entertaining and dynam
This set of five sites , which was found by chance, has been investigated by specialists from different disciplines for years and the names of the directors of this project are well known to us:Juan Luís Arsuaga, paleoanthropologist, director of the UCM-ISCIII Research Center on Evolution and Behavi
Agatha Christie aroused a curiosity so strong for knowing our past that she even travelled in 1930 to Iraq to visit the campaign of excavations , whose director was Leonard Woolley, which was taking place in the well-known city of Ur . There she met her second husband , a British archaeologist of
Thus, Neguerela will make public the results of the project accompanied of unpublished images of the first European underwater excavation carried out at more than a thousand meters deep . In addition, he will comment on the creation of an oceanographic map of the site to know the variables of the
The researcher of this project , André Strauss, from the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the Max Planck Institute, together with the collaboration by Domingo Salazar-García, a biomolecular archaeologist from the Department of Prehistory at the University of Valencia, have published the re
This text, one of the most ancient of mankind , tells us about the exploits of Gilgamesh, a hero of Sumerian mythology who ruled -according to the narration- in the city of Uruk around 2650 BC. In the fragments that are preserved, he tells us the epic story of the son of the goddess Ninsun and his p
This magnificent building, located in the Marais Parisien, has been in the news for the past few days. First Clisson private mansion , then Hotel de Guise then Soubise , it becomes the headquarters of the National Archives and will soon house the Museum of the History of France . A fair return for a
In our memory we count two Arcs de Triomphe in Paris, raised to the glory of our kings and other great personages. And yet, there are four of them! A well-known one, a second maybe a little less and the last two which bear the name of Porte but which are indeed triumphal arches! The Arc de Triomph
Neanderthal Man is a fossil man who lived in Europe and the Near East. It appeared about 200,000 years ago and lived until 30,000 years ago. Not very tall (1.60 meters), he is very robust. His body, stocky and muscular, is well adapted to the cold climate that reigned over Europe at that time. Very
Contemporary art is often perceived as elitist and inaccessible. Admittedly, some artists maintain this cliché. Two everyday objects in the center of a circle, a pompous name for the whole and presto, good wild analysis ladies and gentlemen! But for a few overrated smokers, what a shame to miss out
In 2013, Notre-Dame de Paris celebrated its 850th anniversary. Well rooted on the Île de la Cité for more than eight centuries, the cathedral is one of the most famous monuments of the capital and a privileged witness to the French history . Its construction lasted almost a century, not counting the
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
DNA analysis of grape seeds from Roman and medieval times reveals that grape varieties have changed very little over the past two millennia. The archaeological site of Tourbes (Hérault), where Ist pips were discovered century close to the current pinot and savagnin grape varieties. DNA. Viticult
Since ancient times it grew –in a vague place in the east Andalusian– an olive tree that ripened olives in a single day. Its oil had powerful, almost miraculous, healing qualities. Pilgrims flocked to pluck them on harvest day. They said that it was planted on the tomb of a Christian Holy Man, next
Three millennia ago, Egypt it was at the height of his empire. After the war campaigns of Sesostris III and a period of splendor and pax Egyptian during the government of Amenophis III, and having saved a phase of weakness and decline led by pharaohs such as Akhenaten and Tutankhamun, the good times