Previously we talked here about Abu Hureyra, a site now submerged under the waters of a dam in Syria, where evidence of the transformation of humans from hunter-gatherers to farmers has been found. We said then that the oldest settlement dated from the Epipaleolithic (about 13,500 years ago) and abo
Archaeologists have discovered for the first time in Mexico a temple dedicated to Xipe Totec, an important deity of Aztec mythology, announced the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). Fragment of sculpture representing the torso of the pre-Hispanic god Xipe Tótec found in the 1st
The Vieil-Armand or Hartmannswillerkopf , an almost intact Great War battlefield, is a hill in the Vosges in the Cernay valley (68) where heavy fighting took place in 1915. Nicknamed Hartmannswillerkopf by the Germans, this battlefield remains largely unknown because it is hidden by the great names
Papyri dating from the time of Pharaoh Cheops, the oldest known to date, presented in Cairo for the first time. They evoke details concerning the construction of the great pyramid. This precious fragment of papyrus, 4500 years old, is the oldest document found in Egypt, where the name appears of Ph