Chinese villagers are suing a Dutch collector for the return of a mummified Buddha statue that was allegedly stolen from them 20 years ago. This statue – and its mummified body – would be the only known case to date in the West. HERITAGE. The people of Yangchun go on the offensive! These villagers
The village of Deir el-Medina housed the workers of the funeral sites as well as their families. The archaeologists were able to reconstruct their daily life... right down to the reasons for their work stoppages! Overview of the walls of the houses of the craftsmens village of Deir el Medina (Deir
2,000 years old, manuscripts of Herculaneum belonging to the Institut de France are currently being studied in England. The application of new non-invasive techniques could accelerate their decryption. Digitization of one of the two rolls of Herculaneum from the Institut de France (Paris), at the
We already counted in a previous article as in the year 409 B.C. Carthaginian troops razed the Greek city of Selinunte in Sicily, killing or taking prisoner its more than 20,000 residents. A few thousand remained in the city as tributaries of Carthage. Years later, in 250 BC, the entire population w