Sofie Schiødt has been able to help reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ancient Egyptians for the afterlife. It is the oldest surviving manual on mummification yet discovered
A paper in Scientific Reports concludes that Homo antecessor had a shoulders development analogous to that in Homo sapiens, although its growth was faster
The main problem of the novel “Writers & Lovers” by Lily King is that Casey, the protagonist (the “writer”) is a very weak, shallow, and annoying character
Ancient DNA sheds new light on the movement of animals and humans in the Caribbean where each island can be a unique microcosm of life
Art historian Greger Sundin studied 16th and 17th century games that have been preserved in princely collections, in the Augsburg Art Cabinet
The mummified remains of a woman in Aswan (Egypt) who suffered severe trauma to the pelvis and received gynaecological treatment
Archaeologists unearth huge Phoenician defensive moat Wide and intact, it helped fortify the defensive nature of the area, noticeably increasing its ability to…
The Australian historical archivist Liam D. Jensen, AKA The Lego Classicist, has revealed the 100th entry: the British star Stephen Fry
The exquisite pen of Anne Enright, one of the most talented Irish writers, strikes again thanks to her latest literary enterprise, the novel…
Let’s make a comparison between the Booker Prize and the most prestigious Italian prizes for fiction, as for inclusivity and diversity
A new study shows details hitherto unknown in the muqarnas of the temples of the Lions’ Courtyard at the Alhambra in Granada
The molar size relationship is one of the peculiar characteristics of the different species of hominins and various theories have been proposed
A new study on the brain of Homo erectus analyzes its temporal lobes and compares these with other species like H. ergaster and H. sapiens
There are different ways to tackle the questions of whether the culture ofdeath precedes Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans
The photographic exhibition Anime Salve is the first solo presentation for Jess Kohl in Italy, a project by ShowDesk, curated by Collettivo Zero
A music archaeological study of ancient Chinese chime stones dating back to 2400BC to 8AD conducted by a PhD graduate from the University of Huddersfield has been deemed a remarkable achievement
Earliest art in British Isles discovered in Jersey Prehistoric societies in the British Isles were creating artistic designs on rock as long ago…
A cremation pyre pit in Beisamoun, Israel, represents the oldest proof of direct cremation in the Middle East; dates as far back as 7,000 B.C.
Named the ‘Temple of Augustus’, possibly as a reference to the King’s full name, George Augustus Frederick, the site consisted of the 15 columns arranged in a semi-circle, and 2 parallel colonnades
The recovery of distinctive fluted points from both America and Arabia provides one of the best examples of ‘independent invention’
