On July 1, 1905, and for a month, the Magasin d’Education et de Récréation serialized a novel by Jules Verne titled L’invasion de la mer (The Invasion of the Sea), the last work the French author published in his lifetime, as he passed away that same year. The novel tells the story of a French […]
Deserts
Posted inArchaeology
Tombs of Women to Be Sold who did Not Survive the Caravan Journey 2500 Years Ago Found in the Middle of the Negev Desert
A team of researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority has made a remarkable discovery in the arid lands of the Negev Desert: a 2,500-year-old funerary complex that sheds new light on ancient trade routes and, specifically, on the possible trafficking of women at the time. The site, discovered near the Tlalim junction, contains dozens of […]
Posted inMedieval Archaeology
A Large Byzantine Pilgrimage Hostel Complex Found in the Ancient City of Nessana in the Negev Desert
A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is conducting excavations at the Nessana site, located in the southwestern Negev desert on the border between Israel and Egypt. This settlement, which reached its peak during the Byzantine and early Islamic periods (6th-7th centuries AD), has become a focal point for archaeologists seeking to […]
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Scientists Discover the Base of a 100-Meter-High Star-Shaped Dune in Morocco Dates Back 13,000 Years
Scientists have finally solved the mysterious absence of star-shaped sand dunes in the geological record of Earth’s history, managing to date one of these dunes back thousands of years. This study, conducted by scholars from the universities of Aberystwyth, Birkbeck, and UCL, is the first to pinpoint just how long it took for a stellar […]
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Dzungaria, the Region where the Hyperboreans Could Have Lived, is the Place on Earth Farthest from the Sea
At the border between Kazakhstan and China, south of the Altai Mountains, there is an ancient pass called the Dzungarian Gate. Its geographical and historical significance is such that it has long been described as the only gate of the mountain wall that extends from Manchuria to Afghanistan, along 4,800 kilometers. Some researchers believe that […]
Posted inBronze Age Archaeology
Huge 4,000-year-old Fortification Discovered Surrounding the Khaybar Oasis in Northwestern Arabia
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of fortified settlements that inhabited the oases of northern Arabia between the 4th and 3rd millennia BC. A team of scientists from the CNRS research center and the Royal Commission for AlUla recently uncovered a fortification wall surrounding the Khaybar oasis in northwestern Arabia. The Khaybar oasis fortress, along with the […]
