In La Palma, in the Atlantic Ocean, the volcanic eruption officially ended at the end of December, after 85 days of lava torrents. It will
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How to reconcile tourism with the preservation of the megaliths of Carnac?
► “Better distribute visitors between different sites” Victoire Dorise, director of the association Landscapes of the megaliths of Carnac and South-Morbihan If the megaliths of
The mysteries of the megaliths of Carnac revealed
They stand as fantastic pioneers in the Neolithic landscape. The megaliths of Carnac and the banks of the Morbihan are nearly 7,000 years old. Much
The origin of the domestic horse finally identified
It is a strange archeo-animal saga that has been solved by an international team of 162 archaeologists and paleogeneticists, led by the Frenchman Ludovic Orlando,
In Autun, a 4th century vase containing ambergris
It is a transparent, round, finely crafted glass vase. All around, the Latin mention “vivas feliciter” (“Live in felicity”) testifies to a typically Roman know-how
In Saudi Arabia, the mystery of the “mustatils”
In Arabic, mustatil means rectangle. But in the north-west of Saudi Arabia, over an area of 200,000 km² between Tabuk and Medina, the rectangles are
“The Franciscan manuscript rediscovered”, archeology of a notebook
The story begins in 2014. A Parisian gallery sells 122 worn parchment sheets that barely hold on to a (very) old string as a binding.
A bone carved by Neanderthal illustrates its symbolic activity
The discovery of a bone carved by Neanderthal 51,000 years ago reinforces the idea that this species of human was capable of symbolic activity, long
Archeology: how were the people of the Paleolithic illuminated?
Paleolithic men did not all live in caves, on the contrary. But whether it was for temporary shelter or to paint magnificent frescoes, they explored
Artificial intelligence unveils the secrets of Isaiah’s great scroll
More than twenty centuries separate the Dead Sea Scrolls, also called the Qumran Scrolls, and the rise of artificial intelligence. However, it is by using
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