Rebound in the controversy over the age of the famous Nebra disc:this astronomical representation of the celestial vault would be the oldest known, dating from the Bronze Age. A new scientific publication refutes point by point recent work that rejuvenated this 1000-year-old object. The complete
A team of researchers from the University College of London (UCL) has just proposed the most advanced digital reconstruction to date of the famous Antikythera machine, a small machine from ancient Greece which would have served as an astronomical position calculator. A daring work, but which neverth
In ancient Egypt, the intentional presence of divine images along the arms and neck allowed tattoos to be ritually active during the practice of religious worship. General view of a 3,300-year-old Egyptian mummy whose neck has been tattooed with two baboons, and three oujdat-eyes. In 2014, an ext
After assassinating the citys director of antiquities, the jihadists blew up the 2,000-year-old Baalshamin temple. The temple of Baalshamin, seen between two Corinthian columns, on March 14, 2014 in the ancient city of Palmyra, in Syria INHUMAN. Daesh jihadists have again attacked a global archaeo