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2026
4 foto· Europa e MediterraneoBeyond Morbihan: Puy du Fou – When History and Reenactment Become a Thrilling Spectacle
When planning a trip—as has become our habit in recent years as the kids grow up—we always look for "support" destinations so we don't stay too single-minded with the theme of archaeology! But when you realize you are just two hours away from a park like Puy du Fou, you know you've hit the jackpot. Indeed, anyone who,...
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7 foto· Europa e Mediterraneo · MegalitismoJourney into Morbihan #4: The Stone Ocean of Carnac
Among the Grandeur of the Menhirs, Recent Geophysical Discoveries, the Saint-Michel Tumulus, and the Museum of Prehistory At long last… Carnac! We chose the pleasant town of Vannes as our base, and the 25-minute drive connecting us to the heart of Morbihan is delightful, winding through rolling hills, woodlands, and tr...
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7 foto· Europa e Mediterraneo · MegalitismoJourney to Morbihan #3: Locmariaquer and Gavrinis
In the megalithic landscape of Morbihan, stones were never static monuments. For roughly three thousand years (between the sixth and third millennia BCE), this region was a living landscape—a sacred theater shaped by successive elites, changing worldviews, evolving architectural styles, and genuine spiritual paradigm s...
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7 foto· Europa e Mediterraneo · MegalitismoJourney to Morbihan #2: The Splendor of Breton Megalithism Between Le Petit Mont and Erdeven
After a couple of days traveling—with a pleasant stopover in the Mayenne department—we arrive in the heart of southern Armorica to immerse ourselves in the landscape stretching between the Gulf of Morbihan and the Bay of Quiberon. We have thus arrived at one of the most complex and fascinating megalithic concentrations...
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6 foto· Europa e Mediterraneo · ArcheologiaExploring Lutetia, Comfortably by Bus!
Our journey to the land of French megaliths begins! We are taking advantage of this trip to enjoy a few days in the capital, always through the lens of ancient history. Little remains of ancient Lutetia , the pre-Roman Celtic settlement established by the Gaulish tribe known as the Parisii (from which modern-day Paris...
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2 foto· Europa e MediterraneoRoad to Morbihan (and Paris) looking for megaliths!
Megalithism is a building practice that appears to have emerged in Europe around the sixth millennium BCE. Megalithic cultures emerged in Western Europe during the Neolithic period and refers to that phase of human history which, after the last Ice Age , began to reclaim the European grasslands freed from the ice by ma...
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· Africa e Vicino Oriente · AntropologiaFear and the Origins of Human Consciousness
From the African Savannah to the Depths of Paleolithic Caves We came back home a few months ago, and something still rumbles in our mind. These months spent in the savannah began to melt with all the past archaeological environments we experienced, in Europe as in South America. If humanity evolved in Africa and remain...
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4 foto· Africa e Vicino Oriente · AntropologiaNgorongoro, Serengeti, Tarangire
Breathing the Landscape of Human Origins We have to make a necessary digression from our usual narrative. As we previously written, travelling to archaeological sites in Africa is not as simple as in Europe. Every logistical aspect becomes part of the research experience: how to reach a site, how to move within it, whi...
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4 foto· Africa e Vicino Oriente · ArcheologiaVisiting Olduvai Gorge from Karatu
Three months in Tanzania to explore Karatu and the cultural heritage of the Rift Valley Reaching the “Cradle of Humankind” is not so simple. Traveling to archaeological sites in Africa is not as easy as in Europe. There are no suburban trains stopping near a gorge that reshaped the history of humanity. No last-minute o...
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4 foto· Africa e Vicino OrienteDust, Colors, Memories
Explore Tanzania’s cultural heritage through Karatu, the Rift Valley, and its diverse tribes — where nature, humanity, and history intertwine.
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3 foto· Nord e Centro America · AntropologiaTotonaca people, the Hurricane and the Voladores: traditional techniques for controlling an atmospheric phenomena
An interview with Dr. Luisa Villani, postdoctoral researcher at UNAM, Institute of Anthropology in Mexico City. An intriguing research on themythical characters associated with atmospheric phenomena, such as Aktziní, the Hurricane and linked to the Dance of the Flyers- "Los Voladores".
Leggi · 5 min2023
- · Sud America e Ande · Antropologia
Qhapaq Ñan: Ongoing Reactivation Projects
Projects like the one near Portrero de Payogasta, close to Salta, Argentina, serve as prime examples of archaeological conservation and enhancement.
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