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Damn! From Ancient Greece to Captain Haddock: History of Swearing
Very present in literature, comics, song or cinema, insults, onomatopoeia, interjections and swear words add character and sometimes humor to our language! Some authors like Rabelais or Brassens have integrated…
5 ancient tombs discovered in Egypt
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that 5 tombs from the ancient Egyptian period were discovered in the capital, Cairo. Mustafa Veziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council…
The largest sacred pool in the ancient Mediterranean was used for stargazing
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Archaeology: the bodies of two men excavated north of Pompeii Excavations carried out at the beginning of the year in Pompeii revealed two…
AI Ithaca Completes Ancient Text Fragments More Accurately Than Humans
The historians of ancient Greece will now be able to count on a new tool for the study of ancient texts. The company DeepMind has developed Ithaca, an artificial intelligence…
War in Ukraine: the wheat trade, an instrument of power since the ancient empires
Offer the reading of this article for free to a loved one: “War in Ukraine: the wheat trade, an instrument of power since the ancient empires” The article will be…
Incredible: this AI can complete fragments of ancient Greek texts and date their origin!
The historians of ancient Greece will now be able to count on a new tool for the study of ancient texts. The company DeepMind has developed Ithaca, an artificial intelligence…
Calendars in ancient civilizations
After a short stopover on the calculation processes of the different calendars, present in the first part of this file (see bottom of page), we leave here on the traces…
One drop triggers libido! The miracle of ginger from ancient times to the present
There are many plants in nature that create miracles with their benefits. Ginger, which grows in tropical or semi-tropical climates such as China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Japan, and is…
Parasites found in ancient Jerusalem toilets betray residents’ way of life
Analysis of rare sediments from toilets in the VIIe century BC made it possible to find eggs of intestinal parasites. These give clues to the way of life of the…
Tutankhamun’s treasure, a pharaonic testimony from ancient Egypt
Discovery almost intact by the Briton Howard carter, in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings, the pharaoh’s tomb Tutankhamun is broken down into four parts: the annex, the antechamber,…