Scattered around various places in the city of Rome, fragments of a curious inscription from the end of the 1st century BC appeared over the decades. which was originally part of a tombstone or funerary stele dedicated by a man to his deceased wife. Today that inscription is important for several r
Two exceptional tombs dating back around 4500 years have been unearthed on the site of Ust-Tartas II in the Novosibirsk region. Facing the tomb of the man with the beaks of birds and the one with the children. It is in the immense Siberian steppe, one of the largest spaces in the world located o
Conservators at the Vindolanda Museum, UK, found a toy from the 2nd century AD, a piece of leather cut out in the shape of a small mouse. It is a flat piece that was found in a bag full of other scraps and scraps of leather. The piece has angular, geometric contours, making it appear more like a li
Based on a recently discovered manual in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, Copenhagen University Egyptologist Sofie Schiødt has been able to help reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ancient Egyptians for the afterlife. It is the oldest mummification manual ever discovered. In ancient