History & Archaeology

History & Archaeology

Ancient fortification was also a sanctuary

Remains of stairs at the base of the seasonal waterfall of Rabana-Merquly. © Rabana-Merquly Archaeological Project ...
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History & Archaeology

Earliest human presence in Europe dated

View over the Korolevo quarry in western Ukraine. The oldest evidence of early humans in Europe was found here. © Roman Garba ...
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History & Archaeology

Antique counterpart to barbed wire

The structure made of sharpened wooden posts was discovered in surprisingly good condition and was subsequently recovered. © Goethe University Frankfurt / Frederic...
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History & Archaeology

Mysterious foundations discovered on Fraueninsel

Aerial view of Frauenwörth Abbey with a visualization of the former Romanesque building. © BLfD Does the history of the famous Frauenwörth Abbey need to...
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History & Archaeology

Encyclopedia on the Nazi genocide of Sinti and Roma goes online

This historical photo from Asperg in Baden-Württemberg shows the deportation of Sinti and Roma to Poland. © Federal Archives R 165 Image-244-42/ CC-by-sa...
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Robert Koch, as his wife saw him

How did Hedwig Koch (here with Robert Koch in a photograph from 1908) look back on her marriage? AKG/Science Photo Library ...
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History & Archaeology

What was left of Doggerland

On the trail of the past: The modern reconstruction of a Neanderthal brings us closer to our ancestors. ENTER PROOF HERE ...
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History & Archaeology

“MeToo” already existed in the Middle Ages

Representation of the biblical story of Susanna, who is sexually harassed by two elders and falsely accused when she refuses. © Biblia Sancti...
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Medieval gauntlet discovered

This gauntlet discovered near Zurich dates back to the 14th century. © Canton Archeology Zurich During excavations near Zurich, archaeologists made a spectacular discovery: They...
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Component glue was already used by the Neanderthals?

The Neanderthals already made a composite adhesive from bitumen (dark) and ocher powder. © P. Schmidt ...
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“Bone jars” with exciting contents

This bone vessel (left) with a stopper was filled with henbane seeds (right) around 2000 years ago. Groot et al., Antiquity, doi: 10.15184/aqy.2024.5...
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Tracing the origin of the Easter Island writing

The wood of the Rongorongo tablet called “Échancrée” apparently dates from the 15th century. © Ferrara et al., Sci Rep, doi:1038/s41598-024-53063-7, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. It remains undeciphered...
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Oldest megastructure in Europe discovered

The Stone Age megastructure consists of closely spaced boulders that form a wall or embankment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. ©...
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Love and hate in “magical” papyri

This excerpt from a papyrus shows the Archangel Michael, who is accompanied by two angelic forces. © Elke Fuchs / Institute of Papyrology,...
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Ancient mobility as reflected in genetics

View of the remains of the necropolis of the city of Portus Ostiensis Augusti, which, as Rome's port, was symbolic of the empire's extensive...
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The “Third Reich” in your own life story

Responsible for denazification in American-occupied Württemberg-Baden: Special Minister Gottlob Kamm (second from left), here on March 27, 1947 in the state parliament. AKG / picture...
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On the trail of a Poseidon sanctuary

Representation of the previously discovered remains of the approximately 30 meter long temple from the 6th century BC. © ÖAW-ÖAI/Marie Kräker ...
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Slavery in picture books

Slave train on the coast of Guinea, frontispiece from Joachim Heinrich Campe's “Little Children's Library” series. Digital copy of the Berlin State Library – PK ...
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Historians find previously unknown Nazi deportation photos

Two of the photos discovered in the Dresden archive of Jewish people waiting in Breslau to be deported by the National Socialists. ©...
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Oldest human fossils north of the Alps

The Ilsenhöhle is located under Ranis Castle in Thuringia; Right: Two stone blades found in the cave. © Tim Student, TLDA /...
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