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A solar disc in gold dated by Stonehenge's time revealed to the public

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For the first time, an old solar disk of the Bronze Age, of Monkton Farleigh (Wiltshire, England), was exposed to public view in Wiltshire Museum.
Only one of six solar disk discovered so far, and one of the oldest metal objects found in Britain. It was made around 2400 BC, shortly after the sarsen stones were erected at Stonehenge. It is supposed to represent the sun.


The solar disc was found in 1947 in the burial mound of Monkton Farleigh, just 32km from Stonehenge, during excavations conducted by Guy Underwood.
This solar disk is a thin sheet embossed in gold with a cross in its center surrounded by a circle. Between the cross and the circle there are little dots that glow in the sunlight. The disc is pierced by two holes that had to be used to secure it to a garment or a hairstyle; and it had to be used in pairs.
According to museum director David Dawson: "We have the finest collections of Bronze Age Britain and we are delighted to present this extremely rare solar disk through the generosity of donors ..."

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Roman Architecture

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The characteristic monuments of Roman architecture were built in the period from the fourth century BC to the fourth century AD. It reached its peak especially at the beginning of the imperial period, in the reigns of Augustus and the other Great Emperors during the Pax Romana (27 av. J.-C.- 180). In the reign of Augustus, the Roman cities grow, the roads are built and the waterworks were inaugurated to provide the city with water. This proliferation is allowed by the wealth of the Empire, through conquests and by the relatively stable political situation of that period, which lasted over 200 years.
Roman architecture is influenced primarily by two civilizations that preceded : the Greeks and Etruscans.The classical Greek influence is rather limited to aesthetics, for example by the columns (3 types: Corinthian, Ionic, Doric), materials, and by the types of monuments, like the agora (Roman Forum) and theaters . Etruscan influence, in turn, see you in the type of urban planning, such as sewage systems and technical knowledge on bridges, roads, tunnels, vaults (engineers). In addition, it is possible to see this influence in the trend toward gigantism and axiality of Roman architecture.


Some famous roman buildings
  • Coliseum
It also known as the Roman Colosseum, it's the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium). It was build in the 70s AD.It's considered as the largest amphitheatre built in the Roman empire. Originally capable of seating 50,000 spectators, it was once used for gladiatorial combat.

  • Pantheon
Or "Shrine of all the Gods" is a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to the seven deities of the seven planets in the state religion of Ancient Rome, but which has been a Christian church since the 7th century. It is one of the best-preserved of all Ancient Roman buildings.





  • Arch of Titus
The Arch of Titus (Latin: Arcus Titi) is a Roman triumphal arch erected in Rome by the Emperor Domitian in 81 AD. BC to celebrate the victories of his brother Titus during the Jewish war between 66 and 73 AD. AD The arch is dedicated after the death of Titus.




  • Mausoleum of Hadrian
The Mausoleum of Hadrian was started by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in 130 and completed by Antoninus Pius in 139, on the right bank of the Tiber near the pons Ælius1. It is still visible at present, since it corresponds to the Castel Sant-Angelo.

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Excavations to find the tomb of Nefertiti have been executed in Luxor

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Excavations to find the tomb of Nefertiti have been executed in Luxor

A British Egyptologist, who says that the famous Queen Nefertiti would have been buried in a secret chamber of the tomb of Tutankhamun, the legendary pharaoh buried in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, arrive at the end of September in Egypt to check his theory, have announced Monday, September 21 the authorities.
Nefertiti was the wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaton, who has converted his kingdom to monotheism. The tomb of this beautiful queen, who exercised an important political and religious role in the fourteenth century BC, was never discovered.
Nicholas Reeves arrive in Luxor on September 28 to present "an outline of his theory" and participate with the Minister of Antiquities, Mamdouh Al-Damati and Egyptologists ministry "to a field review, within the tomb [ of Tutankhamun], " according to a statement. 


Some murals could be concealing two doors
According to a study carried out in 2015 by Mr. Reeves - Egyptologist at the American University of Arizona - the murals in the burial chamber of Tutankhamun could conceal the unknows two doors.
According to him, one of these inputs would lead to "the burial chamber inviolate the original owner of the tomb - Nefertiti." While the other input lead to "an unexplored storage room" which is dated by the era of Tutankhamen, who died at the age of 19 in 1324 BC after a short reign of nine years. He said the death "unexpected" of the child king has forced officials to reopen the tomb of the Queen, ten years after his death, for the tomb of the young pharaoh had not yet been dug.

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