History & Archaeology

Did Vikings have stained glass windows?

Window glass fragments that come from the Viking Age. © CS Andersen, Moesgaard Museum / Museum of Archeology Gottorf Castle ...

Cave lion: prey and fur supplier to the Neanderthals

Artist's impression of Neanderthals dismantling a captured cave lion. © Graphics by Julio Lacerda, NLD What role did the mighty cave lion of the Ice...

Was Meret-Neith the first female pharaoh?

The tomb complex of Queen Meret-Neith in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Abydos © EC Köhler Around 4,900 years ago there lived a queen on...

On the trail of an imperial heart

View of the Memleben monastery. In the right half of the picture you can see the garden, under which the previous building of...

Grave of a heavily armed warrior

This man was buried around 1,300 years ago along with his impressive arsenal of weapons. © Christoph Bassler, City of Ingelheim ...

Mysterious church remains discovered

Reconstruction of the floor plan of the former church in the Soest district. © LWL/L. Cramer/E. Cichy ...

Warm period facilitated settlement of Siberia

Spread of early Homo sapiens across Eurasia and sample locations on Lake Baikal. © Ted Goebel ...

A new Indo-European language discovered

Location of the cuneiform tablet (right) in Boğazköy-Hattusha. Andreas Schachner/ German Archaeological Institute In the ancient Hittite capital of Boğazköy-Hattuša, archaeologists have discovered evidence of...

The oldest ship cannon in Europe

This ship's cannon dates back to the 14th century and was discovered on the seabed off the coast of western Sweden. © Bo...

Tracking in Stone Age rock art

View of depictions of human and animal tracks in the Doro !nawas Mountains of Namibia. © Andreas Pastoors ...

Archaeologists discover the oldest wooden structure in the world

Archaeologists excavating the Stone Age wooden structure at Kalambo Waterfall in Zambia. © Larry Barham/University of Liverpool ...

The Birth and Evolution of Airsoft: From Japan to the World

The realm of Airsoft unfolds as a multifaceted tapestry, steadily weaving its intricate threads into the fabric of modern recreation. For several decades, this...

Significant “snippets” of Meister Eckhart’s work

Finds from the Leipzig University Library show the oldest known textual evidence by Meister Eckhart. © Olaf Mokansky/Leipzig University Library ...

1,500-year-old gold treasure discovered in Norway

This is what the gold chain might have looked like when it was intact around 1,500 years ago. © Theo Eli Gil Bell/Museum...

On the trail of stolen property belonging to Jewish refugees

Historical photo of the loading of a container with moving goods in the port of Hamburg. © Gustav Werbeck/HHLA photo archive, Speicherstadtmuseum Hamburg ...

900-year-old octagonal tower discovered at Neuchâtel Castle

Remains of the well-preserved octagonal tower of Neuchâtel. © State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt/ Dirk Höhne ...

Mysterious Roman traces in Switzerland

View of the excavation site in the canton of Zug, sheltered under a tent. © ADA Zug, David Jecker ...

This is what Bonnie Prince Charlie looked like

Reconstructed appearance of Prince Charles Edward Stuart at the age of 24 - at this age he led the Jacobite Rising. © University...

Assyrian brick reveals plant DNA

The inscription identifies this mudbrick as the building block of the palace of the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (until 869 BC). © Arnold...

Everyday life and history of the medieval castle Landsberg

Double chapel of the medieval Landsberg Castle with excavated corner of the building (below) and walls of the earlier castle. © Donat Wehner/...

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