The tomb of Nebamon and Ipouky is unique in more ways than one. While the chapels studied by the team with chemical analysis instruments and photographic documentation are generally dedicated to a deceased person and his relatives, here it is two men who share the space, while not apparently having
A burial, the first of its kind, was discovered in the Mayan Pompeii in Joya de Ceren, a city buried by a volcanic eruption more than 1,400 years ago. The ruins of pre-Hispanic buildings excavated in the archaeological site of Joya de Ceren (Salvador). Human bones, in poor condition, were discove
For this 10th episode of the Egyptian notebooks, the observation and chemical analysis of the representations of knives held by deities leads to a reflection on the nature of the metals that were used. Mummies moved by looters during antiquity are still present in this tomb originally built for Amen
The Israeli Archaeological Authority presented Wednesday, November 28, 2018 in Jerusalem a rare stone mask about nine thousand years old and associated with the development of ancestor worship coinciding with the sedentarization of men. The Israeli Archaeological Authority presents on November 28,
The presence of mummies in the tomb of Amenouahsou recalls certain morbid uses that were made of them. Even mummy brown pigment was fashionable at one time in our history. The ancient Egyptians did not view embalmed bodies in this way and preferred carbon black for their murals. 11th episode of the
14th Book of Egypt. The representations of craft scenes painted in the Theban tombs in Luxor provide valuable information on the technical practices and gestures used to melt gold, prepare ebony or jewelry, etc. Sawing the ebony trunk. Tomb of Ipuky and Nebamon. For this 14th part of the Notebook
For this 15th episode of the Notebooks of Egypt, the interdisciplinary study of the paintings of some tombs of the Valley of the Nobles, in Luxor, leads the team to study a funeral chapel from the end of the 18th dynasty. The hieroglyphic texts were not inscribed on it and the name of its owner is t
At first glance, she hasnt changed and still looks askance at you from her native Tuscany. But on closer inspection, the Leaning Tower of Pisa has leaned a little less in recent years. The famous tower leans less and less but continues to attract millions of tourists each year. Shes still recover
Three 3,600-year-old jars containing traces of vanilla have been found in the ancient city of Meggido, Israel. A spice whose supposed origin was until then located on the American continent from where it would then have spread... Vanilla beans. A set of funerary jars, placed as an offering in a t
For this 16e episode of the notebooks of Egypt, the observation of the very unusual representation of a palette in the tomb of Ipouky and Nebamon in Luxor leads to reflection on the objects used by the artists and the concepts which may have governed their choices of painting . Scribes palette and
The oldest strain of plague found among Neolithic agricultural populations, 4900 years ago, in southern Sweden. The grave where the remains of a 20-year-old woman whose genetic material contained the plague bacteria were found, in Sweden, 4900 years ago. The plague has a long history...longer eve
The tomb of a priest dating back more than 4,400 years was discovered at the site of Saqqara, near Cairo, by an Egyptian archaeological mission, authorities announced on December 15, 2018. The tomb of the priest named Wahtye dates from the 5th Dynasty (between 2,500 and 2,300 BC), during the reign
Archaeologists have discovered for the first time in Mexico a temple dedicated to Xipe Totec, an important deity of Aztec mythology, announced the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). Fragment of sculpture representing the torso of the pre-Hispanic god Xipe Tótec found in the 1st
The discovery of fossils of young primitive cetaceans positioned under the bones of Basilosaurus isis , another super-predatory cetacean 36 million years ago, suggests that the second devoured its own cousins. Group of Basilosaurus, marine carnivores that populated the seas some thirty million yea
Traces of lapis lazuli embedded in the dental plaque of a woman who lived in medieval times suggest that she may have been the first copyist and painter of illuminated manuscripts ever encountered. A discovery that calls into question the belief that only men fulfilled this role. Lower jaw of a 12
Genetic analyzes have revealed that in Viking Age burials in Iceland, the horses buried were all males. Icelandic horse, descendant of the first equids brought by the Vikings to Iceland, in the 9th century, when they colonized the island from Norway. Island of fire and ice, lost in the mists of t
A chilling legacy of the Cold War, an archaeologist has studied former Soviet bunkers in Poland that once housed nuclear warheads. A remnant of the cold war, one of the granite bunkers in Podborsko, hidden under vegetation cover, in western Poland. The archeology of contemporary conflict sites i
They are more than 2000 years old, but are in good condition:more than 40 mummies dating from the Ptolemaic period, dynasties of Greek origin (323 to 30 BC), have been unveiled with great fanfare in catacombs in Egypt by the Ministry of Antiquities. Mummified bodies of men, women, children and a f
New tombs have just been unearthed in the arid regions of northern Peru, where stand the impressive ceremonial centers of one of the most powerful civilizations prior to the Incas, that of the Mochicas. Tomb of a Mochica military leader discovered near Chiclayo, in northern Peru. Long before the
An unpublished trilingual inscription from the Achaemenid period has just been discovered in Iran, near the tomb of Darius, king of the Persians. The Achaemenid inscription had remained hidden for more than two millennia under lichens. These are four lines of text, finely incised in the rock, whi
The funerary complex of the first Chinese emperor of the Qin dynasty (3rd century BC) is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, mainly due to the discovery of the terracotta army that was to accompany the emperor to the other world. However, the mausoleum itself has never been exc
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
The honorees at the VIII Hislibris Awards were: Best Historical Novel: The king of Nemi. The Trial of Caligula by Sandra Parente (Evohé Publishing) Best Historical Essay: The earth weeps. The Bitterness of the Indian Wars for the Conquest of the West by Peter Cozzens (Awakening Ferro Publis
Poppy plants were already growing in the Swiss Alps in the 6e millennium before our era. Opium poppy flower and capsule. When discussing the cultivation of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. ), it is the images of immense fields of colorful flowers dotted across the vast plains of Afghanistan