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Trip to Fayoum
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- Published: 01 May 2020
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Discover the Fayoum region with Anne Radigue. For this out of the way destination, Anne tells us about the cultural and natural wonders that she discovered in this region during her tourist trip in October 2019.
Was there a trade between Vikings and American Indians?
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- Published: 24 April 2020
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We used to think that the Vikings from Greenland who landed in North America only had unfriendly encounters with American Indians. Excavations on Baffin Island reveals that there may have been a commercial trade between the Scandinavians and the Dorsets.
What is really archaeology for?
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- Published: 25 April 2020
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How many times have we heard the following comments “Archeology is fascinating, but I think it is more useful to donate money for a healthcare or an NGO working in a developing country”. Of course, this choice seems obvious as archeology is still so much associated with dreams and a pleasant pastime with absolutely no consequences in our daily life. It is time to change this vision and to consent that archeology has got consequences in our daily life for more than two centuries now. Discover how archeology get a strong social impact in our daily lives and how it changes our understanding of the Stranger.
What was Cocoliztli?
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- Published: 24 April 2020
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A team of German researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the Institute for Archaeological Sciences of Tubingen University could have identified the nature of the disease that decimated the Aztecs in the 16th century.
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