INTERNATIONAL PRESALES

Recipes from prehistory

Upcoming October 2022 LOOKING FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESALES Since the dawn of time, food has been one of the primary concerns of humanity. Today, new techniques allow us to discover and understand facets of our ancestors hitherto totally unknown. This research is giving rise to new knowledge about their metabolism, their nutrition and their "cooking" techniques long before the advent of agriculture. They reveal that beyond simply providing the body with the energy to survive, food has in fact greatly contributed to making our species what it is today in the fields of anatomy, genetics, and our social habits. So what did our prehistoric ancestors eat? How did they prepare their meals, how did they store their food? So many questions that remain to be explored ...

Recipes from the neolithic era

Upcoming October 2022 Looking for international presales During the Neolithic period, how did the birth of agriculture and livestock cultivation bring about a revolution in our ancestors’ diet? Why, at first, did this abrupt change endanger the health of mankind? How would this new diet also have major consequences on the anatomical, genetic and cognitive evolution of humans? What role did the birth of culinary culture, of knowledge in the preparation and preservation of dishes, play in this process? So many questions that remain to be explored ...

Cosquer Cave, Prehistoric peoples and the sea

Upcoming December 2022 In the South-East of France, thirty years ago, a fabulous discovery was made: the Cosquer Cave. Today, the creation of an identical replica of this prehistoric gem is a true scientific adventure. Its opening is scheduled for 2022, near in Marseille and it will be an important event. The adventure surrounding this cave, which faces the sea and is adorned with paintings of marine animals, is unique in the world. It will give us the opportunity to conduct an unprecedented archaeological investigation into the occupation of the maritime region during Prehistory. Were our hunter-gatherer ancestors also fishermen? What role did marine resources play in exchanges between nomadic communities? Did the littoral zone already serve as navigation routes for them?

Destination Ancient Rome

Upcoming September 2023 LOOKING FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESALES Monuments, stadiums, roads, water systems, harbors... The builders of Rome invented the modern city. By what technical inventions and what genius of construction did they achieve this? Rome, the largest city in the world during antiquity with 1 million inhabitants. An unprecedented urbanization that created immense challenges : housing, food and water supply, transportation, urban organization, entertainment... Challenges taken up by genius builders! They were able to invent new construction techniques and devise measuring instruments and machines never seen before. With international scientists, let's discover the secrets of these engineers and builders of ancient Rome.

The glorious history of French cuisine

Upcoming June 2023 LOOKING FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESALES How did France become the country of gastronomy? During the 1900's, thousands of motorists took to the roads of France for the first time. And in particular on the Nationale 7 which links Paris to the French Riviera. At each stop, restaurants and inns opened to serve this new clientele. Thus were born true dynasties of cooks who would make France THE country of food.

The mystery of the Nazca lines

Upcoming January 2023 LOOKING FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESALES From the first explorations to the most recent discoveries of the archaeologists, we are going to try to lift the veil on the mystery of the Nazca lines.  It is one of the biggest enigmas of modern archaeology. A discovery which gave place to all kinds of theories since one century and which did not reveal all its secrets yet.  In Peru, to 350 km in the south of the capital, Lima, in the valley of Nazca, one can see from the sky of gigantic figures representing stylized animals, a hummingbird, a monkey, a spider, a whale, as well as spirals and lines of several kilometers long. These figures were nicknamed the "lines of Nazca". And all have not been discovered yet.  Who drew these lines? How and why? What represent these drawings and what is their meaning?

Mount Olympus, the house of Gods

Upcoming April 2023 LOOKING FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESALES Once, the residence of the gods in Greek mythology, Mount Olympus was celebrated by ancient peoples for its supernatural phenomena.Today, scientists are going to seek rational explanations of events which gave birth to myths, thanks to an exploration of the highest part of the mountain, towering 2917 meters above the Aegean Sea. At the top of this mountain, hidden from mortals by the clouds, the gods and goddesses feasted and contemplated Men. Thousands of years later, Mount Olympus has lost none of its aura. On the contrary, it still fascinates just as much! Expeditions are conducted in search of precious indicators to reconstruct the story of climatic events that have marked the last 10,000 years in this region of the Mediterranean. For the first time, an ice cave, never explored before, will be studied, encapsulating the memory of ancient climates. This human adventure will enlighten us to the origins of myths, such as Zeus’ lightning bolt: myth or reality?