Tombs

The Great Taboo, the 240 square kilometer area sealed for eight centuries where the tomb of Genghis Khan is believed to be

The national literary work par excellence of Mongolia is the Secret History of the Mongols, of which the author is…

Portrait of Genghis Khan on a hill in Mongolia / photo Vidor - public domain on Wikimedia Commons

How archaeologists found the origin of the legend of King Midas, who turned everything he touched into gold

One of the best-known legends of antiquity is that of the Phrygian king Midas, who turned everything he touched into…

King Midas in a frame from the TV series Once Upon A Time

When Cicero found Archimedes’ tomb in Syracuse.

Archimedes was probably the greatest mathematician of antiquity. He was born in the Sicilian city of Syracuse in 287 B.C.,…

Cicero discovering the tomb of Archimedes, by Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1787 / photo public domain at Wikimedia Commons