Assyrians, Persians then Greeks… The invaders swept over a weakened Egypt whose culture remained vibrant. The successors of Alexander the Great would adopt some local traditions, forging a Hellenistic culture around Alexandria, the new capital. Cat mummy, Egyptian antiquity, Late period. Preserved
Estonia was thought not to be significantly developed during the Bronze Age due to a general shortage of pieces. However, the discovery of numerous remains in the first excavations of the fortified hill of Asva in the 1930s it revealed a whole culture unknown until then. Archaeological evidence show
When Alexander the Great was already fighting in Asia, strange news came to him from his homeland:his tutor Aristotle had made his teachings public, those same doctrines with which he had imbued the mind and soul of the young Macedonian, allowing everyone to meet them. Alexanders disappointment is r
After 2000 years spent in the soil of the ancient city, talismans and lucky charms were found in a box in Pompeii. Gems, amulets, and other talismans found in a box exhumed in the House of the Garden, on the site of Pompeii (Italy). The gri-gris werent enough to save them! Phallic amulets, magic