The steppe bison: ancestor of the American buffalo
The steppe bison (Bison priscus) was one of the largest herbivores or plant-eaters in prehistory. This impressive colossus of the Ice Age, with a...
The Indiana Jones of ancient beer and wine
Wine and beer have been produced for thousands of years, the earliest evidence dating from c. 6000 BC in present-day Georgia. DNA studies have shown that the commonest grape,...
The first Playboy magazine
The Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum) is an archaeological museum in Turin, Northern Italy, which specialises in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology. Its collection comprises more than 37,000 artifacts...
Rock Paintings of Shulgan-Tash Cave, Russia
Shulgan-Tash Cave (also known as Kapova Cave) is located in the Southern Ural Mountains of Russia. The cave, which contains large halls, galleries, deep...
The cave hyena – dustbin of the steppes
Today the hyena is Africa’s most common large carnivore, so you might be surprised to learn that these animals once lived in Europe during...
Menhirs off the beaten track in Brittany
The great thing about Brittany is that – apart from the well-known menhir highlights such as Carnac and Locmariaquer – you can also come...
A visit to the menhir fields of Brittany
In the always sunny Brittany (except when it rains) there are many so-called Alignements, places where ancient menhirs stand in rows. The most famous...
Terracotta sculptures from Africa’s first Iron Age culture
In 1936 the terracotta head of a monkey was found in a tin mine in the Plateau region of central Nigeria, near the village...
Cave lions: predators from the icy Steppes
Cave bears, cave lions, cave hyenas – it sounds as if ice age predators liked to live in caves. But that’s not completely true....
Cave lion cubs Boris and Sparta
For a select group of people the north of Russia is a real goldmine. Many thousands of years ago this area was home to...
