The Epic of Gilgamesh it is undoubtedly one of the most important writings in the history of mankind, the first truly complex and of considerable length. But it is also, above all, the first great story we know. Surely before the brave Sumerian king, there were many other heroes who performed grea
A very rare wooden sculpture dating from Roman times has just been found in the London outback. A treasure that adds to the long list of discoveries made in recent years on the huge construction site of a new high-speed train line, the HS2. The wooden statue, carved from a single piece of wood, is
The consumption of a plant could have been the source of the sacred fury of the berserk warriors described in the Scandinavian sagas. Reproduction of one of the Torslunda bronze plaques (8th century), discovered in Öland, Sweden. She would represent a berserk warrior or berserker (on the right), i
What links a fossil finger bone and teeth found in a cave in Siberias remote Altai Mountains to a single tooth found in a cave in the calcareous landscapes of tropical Laos? The answer to this question has been established by an international team of researchers from Laos, Europe, the United States