This blog is a collection of fictional manuscrits found by some archaeologists in twenty-first century on the site of what is assume to be the location of Altana, a now-lost city, thriving during the middle ages. The digital transcriptions of the Altante manuscripts are made by a groups of students of the university of Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 for a research project linking archeology, history and anthropology. These testimonies are the only source to this day showing the existence of the mysterious town. This city, of great dimensions, would have possessed an important port. The manuscripts were found in a cave far from the sea, under the sand. Those manuscripts related the every day life of, as far as we can tell, four different townpeople. In these precious manuscripts you will find a magnificent testimony to the life of Freya, the dressmaker or even Clark the singer. However, despite the evidence of the authenticity of those manuscripts, they raise interrogations because of some of the things mentions in them: mentions of countries not yet discovered during the time at which it was written, and also mention of work of art from modern times.
We find interesting to talk about people who lived a long time ago. It wasn’t easy to agree on one idea but finally we have decided together to play characters in this blog because we think it’s an interesting way to play with fiction. We also love travel and think that imaginary travel counts just as much as real travel !
Furthermore, we think this blog could speak to everyone because it’s a bit like a story and it allows the reader to use their imagination. We write this blog to be more creative and offer our readers ways to escape, not to be afraid to create worlds and even, perhaps, to participate with their own manuscript if they feel like it.