Two rare cases of post-Pharaonic eunuchism may have been detected in northern Egypt. Bas-relief from the sarcophagus of Princess Kaouit (11th dynasty), where a eunuch pours a drink for his mistress while a servant arranges her hair. Plothin, the minister of Ptolemy XIII, the pharaoh of Egypt who
During the first half of the 1st century AD. the Nimes aqueduct, about 50 kilometers long, was built to carry water from the springs of the Fontaine dEure in Uzes to the Roman colony of Nemausus. Although the distance in a straight line is only 20 kilometers, the route of the aqueduct follows a wi
For the first time, the origin of the victims of the Mexican human sacrifices of the 14th century, could be determined thanks to isotopic analyses. Information that has remained uncertain until now. Codex Florentino:Enslaved Adults and Children in Aztec/Mexica Society, In Tenochtitlan (present-
Nearly 400 mysterious stone structures thought to have been created by man over 2,000 years ago have been identified in the Saudi desert by an Australian researcher using Google Earth. Undated photo provided by University of Western Australia showing mysterious stone structures in the Saudi desert