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The Mont Saint Michel was thought to have revealed all its secrets. Yet a group of historians and archaeologists, armed with the latest technologies, are taking advantage of a restoration project to …
Bird populations across an eerily quiet French countryside have collapsed, on average, by a third over the last decade-and-a-half, alarmed researchers reported on Tuesday. A starling finds grains in …
Discover the Neanderthal Man at Paris Musée de l’Homme . For this second major exhibition, the museum focuses on another human species that disappeared over 35,000 years ago, after living on the Eart…
A new study of prehistoric teeth published in the journal Paleo suggests a large carnivore may have scavenged on the remains of Neanderthals 65,000 years ago. Details of a partially digested tooth […
Research by a historian at the University of Southampton shows the term 'prisoner of war' was first used in the 14th century, around three centuries earlier than previously thought. Joan of A…
A team of scientists from the Centro Nacional de Investigacion sobre la Evolucion Humana (CENIEH), led by Jose Maria Bermudez de Castro, together with the French researcher Amelie Vialet, from the Na…
As early as the 13th century, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux sheltered a large Jewish community of around 70 families. Nestled in the heart of the medieval city, between the market square and the Episcopa…
Gallo-Roman remains are numerous in Portbail, located in north-western France. They bear witness to the occupation of the town in the first two centuries AD and each new construction site provides an…
A 15,000-year-old skeleton of a woolly mammoth, the extinct giant of the Ice Age, will be auctioned next month in the French city of Lyon. A complete mammoth skeleton is displayed before its auction …
The world's only particle accelerator dedicated to art was switched on at the Louvre in Paris Thursday to help experts analyse ancient and precious works. An expert sets the position of a small b…
