These days, one more summer, the excavation campaign Cerro de la Merced de Cabra is being carried out; an archaeological site that contains an important Iberian palace, a reflection of the splendor of the city in pre-Roman times. Directs the excavation Fernando Quesada , from the Autonomous Universi
Serapis was a Greek-Egyptian syncretic god, made up of the Egyptian divinities Osiris and Apis (identified with Zeus and Hades) who emerged in Memphis among the descendants of the Greek mercenaries of Psammetichus and Amasis in the 7th-6th centuries BC. C., and whom Ptolemy I appointed as the main g
When artificial intelligence (AI) makes it possible to rediscover ancient historical treasures. Israeli researchers were able to piece together Babylonian writings marked on clay tablets using a deep learning model. Reconstructing illegible writings on clay tablets is now possible thanks to deep l
Some 9,000 years ago, the inhabitants of Çatalhöyük, one of the worlds first large farming communities, were among the first humans to experience some of the dangers of modern urban life. Scientists studying the ruins of Çatalhöyük, in present-day Turkey, found that its inhabitants - between 3,500