History & Archaeology

There were tools from whale bones earlier than expected

Between 18,000 and 17,500 years old large projectile tip of gray whale bones from the Duruthy rock undership in Land, France. © Alexandre Lefebvre ...

Cleaning smoke for body and mind

Dried seeds of the steppe motto (Peganum Harmala). Your ingredients have medical, cleaning and psychoactive effects. © Barbara Huber ...

Fragile like democracy

Flow text StD Mauritius Images / World Book Inc. America's independence began with discounts, the famous Liberty Bell had cracks. The bell as a symbol of...

Indispensable helpers in the background

Already in the Middle Ages, pilgrims and prelates, traders and rulers, warriors and prisoners of war were dependent on them alike: interpreters. And yet...

Strong Keltinnen on the trail

When Greek and Roman scholars write about Celts, they emphasize the peculiar appearance of women. Historians have held this ancient sources for a long...

Spectacular find in the Nineive palace

3D model of the relief discovered in Nineive: In the center, the Assyrian king Assurbanipal can be recognized, flanked by two deities. Founded fragments...

Oldest wooden spear in the world re -dated

These Stone Age wooden spear from Schöningen are considered the oldest wooden hunting weapons in the world. © Lower Saxony State Office for the...

Discovered lecture hall in the ancient high school in Agrigents

View of the newly discovered auditorium in the antique high school of agrigent. © Thomas Lappi, Monika Trümper/ Fu Berlin, Institute for Classical Archeology ...

China: Who created the Quina stone tools?

Some of the stone tools found in Longtan in southern Chinese. It assigns its shape and processing sequence to Central Paleolithic Quina technology. ©...

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