This Mayan document is the oldest manuscript on the American continent. Its authenticity has just been definitively ratified by the management of the National Institute of History and Anthropology (INAH) in Mexico City (Mexico). The Grolier Codex is named after the New York bibliophile club to whi
For several decades, Cambodias archaeological heritage has been one of the most plundered on the planet. Eric Bourdonneau returns to the search for stolen works on the site of Koh Ker, north of Angkor. 3D reconstruction of the great dancing Shiva of the royal city of Koh Ker (10th century), north o
Rebound in the controversy over the age of the famous Nebra disc:this astronomical representation of the celestial vault would be the oldest known, dating from the Bronze Age. A new scientific publication refutes point by point recent work that rejuvenated this 1000-year-old object. The complete
There is still a trend, especially evident in the culture popular, of presenting Viking societies as pseudo-primitive constellations that gradually became civilized through contact with the Christian world. Traditional discourse holds that the Vikings began to discover different parts of Europe as t