Etiket: Prehistory
Go further than anything you know, are you tempted? Heading for prehistory!
“Did you know that in the third millennium BC, the south of Touraine was home to one of the largest flint knapping sites in Western Europe, whose productions were exported…
The National Architecture Days are stopping off at the National Museum of Prehistory in Les Eyzies this weekend
The National Museum of Prehistory currently houses the largest collection of prehistoric artefacts in Europe: for more than 7 million preserved objects, the exhibition has around 12,500, allowing you to…
the new temporary exhibition at the National Museum of Prehistory in Les Eyzies
What do metal oxides look like? How were they chosen, taken from nature and then worked by prehistoric man? What are the technological differences in their work to obtain and…
Aurélien Mauplot is in artist residency at the National Museum of Prehistory in Les Eyzies
Brad Gravina directed the last excavations carried out at the Abri du Moustier, in Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère September 10, 2022 Engineer in charge of the Early and Middle Palaeolithic collections at the…
The National Museum of Prehistory of Les Eyzies participates in the European Heritage Days
A free and free access is offered to you for two days to discover or rediscover the collections of the National Museum of Prehistory and its exhibits. Guided tour by…
Neanderthal fossils have taken over the National Museum of Prehistory, in Les Eyzies
1,800 pieces are permanently presented in the halls of the National Museum of Prehistory of Les Eyzies. Huge, right? Yes, although… 7 million pieces are still sleeping in the reserves,…
The gestures of prehistory
From April 17 until December 30, 2022, “Néandertal l’expo, une saison en Nouvelle-Aquitaine” can be discovered in Les Eyzies de Tayac at the Prehistory Interpretation Center. In the course, the…
Sophie Marvaud: Prehistory at heart.
Almost all of the stories that Sophie Marvaud tells us take place in prehistory. I’ve always been interested in it. About ten years ago, (…) I realized, while visiting prehistoric…
La Roque Saint-Christophe, a rich history after prehistory
La Roque Saint-Christophe is fully part of prehistory but it is difficult to evoke it without talking about the rest, without testifying to a very rich history also in the…
evocation of a sculpted bone whistle, until the beginnings of music in prehistory
Pascal Villesuzanne, guide at the Abri de Cap Blanc, talks to us about a subject close to his heart: music in prehistory. With regard to the site of Cap-Blanc, this…
Denis Peyrony, a native of Périgord, is the one who will promote prehistory to the general public.
First of all we can already say: finally a Périgourdin in this series devoted to prehistory in Périgord Indeed, Denis Peyrony was born in Dordogne and will become at the…
Create figurines and animals made of pine cones at the media library of the Prehistory Interpretation Center
A public reception center dedicated to Prehistory The Prehistory Interpretation Center is a 3,000 m2 reception structure. This building, dedicated to serving all audiences, revolves around three main areas: information,…
Tale on prehistory with “Rocmouth” the mammoth
Magali Fauvel Tale of prehistory stories, here with an instrument made of flint (offered by an archaeologist) © Radio France – Photo: Marlène Laroche Guaranteed wonder! This week “In the…
“Guess when I’m calling you?”, A children’s novel about prehistory
In Périgord, there are many prehistoric sites where archaeologists and even individuals have found prehistoric objects. Pauline and Nadia Coste, co-authors of this book, were particularly inspired by the universe…
Ant work for Carla Juliani, doctoral student at the National Museum of Prehistory
Some of the boxes from the Lunel-Vieil excavations – Photo: Marlène Laroche It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack! Carla Julianni doctoral student presents her work to us.…