Archaeological excavations carried out during the summer of 2020 brought to light on the site of the former Augustodunum – today Autun, in Saône-et-Loire – a lot of exceptional objects which could have belonged to the first Christians of Gaul. Among them, an extremely rare glass vase. A close view
An extensive genomic analysis has revealed the existence in Great Britain of an unknown migratory wave that came from France during the Bronze Age. A ribcage like wings... This Bronze Age individual unearthed at the archaeological site of Cliffs End Farm, in Kent, could have been part of the impor
The medievalist Alban Gautier (University of Caen) was live on the Twitch channel of Sciences et Avenir Thursday, May 20, 2021 between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. An interview to review in video on our site. Alban Gautier, professor of medieval history at the University of Caen, was the guest of the Twit
It was a mystery two millennia old. Thanks to an analysis of the isotopic compositions of the material, researchers have finally been able to determine the origin of the glass of Alexandria ”, reputed to be of the highest quality in the history of the Roman Empire. Fragment of colorless glass call