Archaeology · Museums · Science · Saint Petersburg
British archaeologists from the University of Cambridge have used modern scanning methods to study the mummified remains of a woman of the Pazyryk culture, held in the Hermitage. The study, published in the journal Antiquity, revealed tattoos on the mummy's arms that had previously gone unnoticed. The right
Archaeology · Geography · Observations · Society
Have you ever driven past a ruined Sovkhoz or an abandoned factory? Many of the everyday phenomena of the developed past, seen through the sad prism of the degraded institutions of the present, may indeed look like meaningless geological formations. Weathering, the movement of rock strata, a many-minded gentleman
Archaeology · Heritage · Science · Nature
Russian archaeology marks an event of world significance: a Russian monument, the cave paintings of Shulgan-Tash on the River Belaya in Bashkortostan, has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. I congratulate everyone who has had a hand in the work at the site and in its study,
Archaeology · Observations · Paris
July gives way to August, time for a digest of the month's publications. Charlie Hebdo, archaeological discoveries, underground luxury factories, ancient Greek heroes, French actresses and much more in a selection of the channel's key materials 📌 The personal recollections of the daughter of the founder of
NB! · Archaeology · The East · Observations
In 2016 a Greek mosaic inscribed Ευφροσυνος, denoting a man rejoicing, was found in Turkey. The find most probably belongs to the later period, the 2nd to 4th centuries AD. Joy, at any rate, has lost none of its meaning since
Archaeology · Faith · Geography
A sanctuary of Odysseus has been discovered on the island of Ithaca, containing a multitude of votive offerings to the legendary Homeric hero from every corner of the Greek world, reports ArkeoNews. It was, in fact, the accumulation of ritual figurines of Odysseus and other votive objects that led scholars
Archaeology · Art · Museums · Heritage
Even 80 years after the end of the Second World War, stolen works of art continue to return to their rightful owners. Among the recent high-profile cases of restitution is the return to the granddaughters of the Viennese collector Adalbert Parlagi of Claude Monet's painting "The
Archaeology · Museums · Heritage
Fine gold Roman helmets of the fourth century from the Museum of Vojvodina in Novi Sad, Serbia. These are the so-called Berkasovo-Jarak helmets. Two similar gold pieces were found in one place. They probably belong to a hoard assembled by a barbarian warrior after combing a battlefield. The
Archaeology · Monarchies · Heritage
In truth, the place had been discovered by chance as early as the end of the sixteenth century by the architect Domenico Fontana, while digging the Sarno canal beneath the hill of Civita. Some years later, in 1713, it was the turn of the Prince d'Elbeuf, a French
Archaeology · Museums · Mores · Ethnography
The Egyptians used such contrivances for sleeping. The head was placed upon the headrest in lieu of a pillow. If the bed stood close to the ground, this offered protection from insects and scorpions. On the other hand, the open space beneath the head allowed currents of air to pass
Archaeology · Moscow · Museums
The wand is broken, so no magical powers remain in it. It is the third such object in the museum's holdings; the other two come from the collection of the Russian Egyptologist Vladimir Semyonovich Golenishchev. The newly acquired piece comes from the collection of the Australian surgeon Harley
Archaeology · The East · Science
Scientists report the full sequencing of the genome of an Egyptian, a contemporary of the first pyramids, who lived 4,500 years ago. It has emerged that the genetic code of this man, aged about 60, whose bones were found in an amphora 300 km south of Cairo, is 80%