An unpublished trilingual inscription from the Achaemenid period has just been discovered in Iran, near the tomb of Darius, king of the Persians. The Achaemenid inscription had remained hidden for more than two millennia under lichens. These are four lines of text, finely incised in the rock, whi
These Bible verses They are considered a good example of a custom that existed since ancient times and spread throughout most of the Middle East:evoking an enemy to wish him harm, in revenge for some unfinished business. This was often done in writing on a clay support which was then symbolically de
A new study and numerical simulations of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE reveal the magnitude of the pyroclastic currents and the tragic impact of their effects on the population of Pompeii. 3D view of Vesuvius and the inhabited areas on its slopes. The scenario of the last moments of life of
The Doggerland is a vast expanse of submerged land which, before sinking under water shortly after 6,500 BC, occupied almost all of the current North Sea. A scientific expedition sets off in search of the men who inhabited this unknown land. The European research project Lost Frontiers uses the sh