archaeology
-
The forest is not virgin (and never was)
When we think of the Amazon, what comes to mind? Dense forest. Giant trees. Untouched nature, far from human presence. For a long time, that is how we learned to imagine the largest tropical forest on the planet. But archaeology, ecology, and anthropology have been showing that this image is incomplete. The Amazon remains one…
-
Celts
I have written quite a bit about the Celts on this blog. But I realized I never explained who these peoples were and why they appear so often here. Egyptian culture is everywhere. Cinema, literature, documentaries, games, novels… Almost everyone has heard of the pyramids, Isis, Osiris, or Anubis. The Celts, on the other hand,…
-
Embroidery: the oldest in the world
The history of embroidery is older than any written memory. Among the stitches still used today, cross-stitch is often pointed out as one of the oldest techniques. But even before fabrics existed, early humans were already joining hides and leathers with natural fiber threads. Needles were made of bone, some up to 30,000 years old,…