A ghat is a type of stepped embankment or landing place along the banks of a river or other body of water in India. Ghats are often used for bathing, washing, and other religious or ritual activities. They can also be used as landing places for boats and other watercraft. Ghats are often found in major cities and towns in India, and they play an important role in the cultural and religious life of the country.
In the year 409 B.C. Carthaginian troops razed the Greek city of Selinunte , in Sicily, killing or imprisoning its more than 20 thousand residents. A few thousand remained in the city as tributaries of Carthage. Years later, in 250 BC, the entire population was moved to Lilibea, and they would never
Bronze objects with standardized weights could have been a form of primitive money 3,500 years ago. These 3,500-year-old Spangenbarren, or curved bar ingots, may correspond to paleo-currencies in Bronze Age economies, according to a new study. The first coins, the ones that weigh down the bottom
An original protein analysis confirms that the jewelry cave of Arcy-sur-Cure in Yonne (Burgundy) was indeed occupied by Neanderthals 40,000 years ago. Neanderthal carved ivories found in the cave of Arcy-sur-Cure in Burgundy. Coquet, Neanderthal? We already knew that it adorned itself with eagle
Engraving of aurochs on stone (the image does not refer to the discovery of which the post is about, but to the cave of the Romito) It was recently found in France a ancient engraving depicting a auroch on a stone plate, an artifact dating back to about 38000 years ago. The animal is repre