An open book is often used to symbolize knowledge and learning, as it represents the opening up of new ideas and perspectives. It also suggests that the reader is willing to explore new things and expand their knowledge. In many cultures, books are considered to be sacred and are treated with great respect, as they are seen as a source of wisdom and enlightenment.
A hunting scene, painted 44,000 years ago in present-day Indonesia, is said to represent the oldest hunting scene in prehistoric art known to date, according to researchers who signed a study published in the journal Nature . Photo courtesy of Griffith University of oldest known hunting scene. It
The mummy of the Egyptian ruler was scanned by a team of paleo-radiologists and the images obtained made it possible to reconstruct the body in 3D. Morphology, wounds, funerary ornaments... The scientific harvest of this extraordinary operation lives up to expectations. Not a single strip was rem
It is reasonable to deduce that Man, in the successive phases of his prehistory and in order to achieve a warmer environment, resorted to animal skins to cover the floor of the caves and huts that he inhabited. They were the antecedents of what later, with technological progress, was elaborated ex p
The cuirass of a Roman soldier involved in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (Germany) in 9 CE has been discovered in a remarkable state of preservation. Reconstruction of articulated Roman armor from the 1st century AD, model found in Kalkriese, Germany. It all started with a beep-beep during 2