A representation of a camel was discovered for the first time in Upper Paleolithic art, in the Ural steppes. Discovery of the first prehistoric camelid in Paleolithic art. Coming to save frescoes in a prehistoric cave in the southern Urals at the invitation of Russian researchers, a renowned rest
In 1706 the French explorer Paul Lucas, on a diplomatic mission in the Ottoman Empire, found the ruins of an ancient city in the southwest of the Anatolian peninsula in the Taurus Mountains. It would take more than a century until 1824 for an English antiquarian named Francis Arundell, then a chapl
The tablet - known as Si.427 - was discovered in the late 19th century in what is now central Iraq, but its significance was unknown until detective work by a University of New South Wales (UNSW) scientist has revealed it. Most excitingly, Si.427 is believed to be the oldest known example of applie
If you have already seen the Christopher Nolan movie Tenet perhaps they have been able to notice the appearance in it of several curious names (Arepo , Sator ) at first sight unrelated, but actually have a common origin. Even the title of the film itself participates in this little mystery. And al