Archaeology · Art · Museums · Observations · Paris

Statue of the Seated Scribe Kai in the Louvre, with eyes of rock crystal and quartz

In big museums I always head first for the Egyptian antiquities gallery. You never know what unique artefacts may turn up there. Even collections as colossal as the Louvre count the legacy of Ancient Egypt among their chief treasures. And if you hurried through the Louvre's Egyptian gallery

Archaeology · Science

Archaeologists find Bronze Age ritual pyramid in Karaganda Region

Archaeologists have discovered a ritual pyramid in the Karaganda region. The Bronze Age burial belonged to a noble dignitary, although no human remains have yet been found. For about two months, archaeologists have been at work in the Karaganda steppe. The clearing of the site has now been completed, and

NB! · Archaeology · The East · Science

Persian soldiers used inflatable objects to cross rivers

Archaeology · Observations · Palaeontology · Humour

Coprolites as a source of scientific data and a material for decorative objects

GEMSTONES. Anyone with an interest in dinotopia will surely have come across the curious archaeological material I shall be discussing today. And newcomers are in for a lesson: stalactites hang from the roofs of caves, stalagmites grow up from the floor, and coprolites are simply fossilised shit. Coprolites are not