Bulls, rams, crocodiles, cats, but also snakes, shrews and hawks... Few animal species escaped the hands of the embalmers of ancient Egypt. Cat mummy from the Late Period (664-332 BC). Paris, Louvre Museum. The embalmed bodies of the Apis bulls in Memphis, Boukhis in Hermontis or even Mnevis in H
American researchers have studied an 800-year-old turkey feather blanket. Such objects were used by Pueblo Indians to cover infants as well as the dead. A segment of fiber rope that has been wrapped in turkey feathers. In a new study published November 29, 2020 in the journal Journal of Archaeolo
Contemporary art is often perceived as elitist and inaccessible. Admittedly, some artists maintain this cliché. Two everyday objects in the center of a circle, a pompous name for the whole and presto, good wild analysis ladies and gentlemen! But for a few overrated smokers, what a shame to miss out
This vase carved from a single block of glass, dating from the very end of Antiquity, had been found crushed but complete in a tomb in Autun, in Saône-et-Loire. Exceptional in its rarity, it has just been restored to its former glory after a delicate restoration. But today its content, just as extra