History & Archaeology

“Fatfabrik” of the Neanderthals discovered

A dense accumulation of crushed and edited animal bones (green), mixed with tool fragments suggests that Neanderthals once systematically extracted fat from bones. ©...

Crisis in the grain memory

The Roman mosaic from the early 3th century shows farmers when plowing and sowing. AKG-Images / Erich Lessing Food supply in ancient Rome was a constant...

Pioneers of demography

Title page of the publication "London's Dreadful Visitation, OR, A Collection of All the Bills of Mortality" from 1665. AKG-Images / Middle Temple Library /...

New insights into the tomb of Otto of the Great

The Sarcophagus Otto of the Great after the marble deck plate. The wooden coffin can be seen inside. © State Office for the Preservation...

In the Stone Age Canu on a long journey

Seise in the Stone Age Canu: With this built-in, the research team has tried to cross the strong Kuroshio-sea stream between Taiwan and Japan....

The enlighteners and the weather

The 18th century was also the age of meteorology. The weather began with the systematic research and searched for physical laws behind the apparently...

The bearded brothers of the Cistercian

The inclusion of lay brothers who lived and worked in the monastery and allowed the choir goals to concentrate on their prayer duties was...

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