On March 4 and 5, 2020, the Musée du Quai-Branly-Jacques Chirac, in Paris, will host an international symposium open to all, on the Anthropology and Archeology of Iron. To better understand its importance, we interviewed one of the speakers, Laurent Olivier, archaeologist, curator at the National Ar
Medieval galettières have been found on the site of the former abbey of Landévennec, in Finistère. Physico-chemical and experimental analyzes have determined that these were used to cook pancakes as early as the 13th century. The galettières were reconstructed and tested before being exhibited in
What could be one of the largest prehistoric structures in the UK has been discovered near Stonehenge by a team of archaeologists led by the University of Bradford. A huge 2 km diameter ring made up of prehistoric “pits” up to 10 meters wide and 5 meters deep has been discovered around the super he
The Minoan goddess Astarte would be one of the key figures of the mysterious disc of Phaistos, discovered in 1908 in Crete. Phaistos disc discovered in Crete (1700 BC). GODDESS. The enigmatic Phaistos disc, this strange clay disc 16.5 cm in diameter and 1 cm thick dated to 1700 BCE and preserved i