History & Archaeology

Battlefield prison island

On May 2, 1946, a failed breakout attempt developed into the “Battle of Alcatraz”. The Coast Guard and Marines arrived and the...

From the Holy Land to the Lower Rhine

Linn Castle owes its floor plan, which is still exceptional in the region, to the enthusiasm of a young crusader for Byzantine...

The man with 100 hands

In the 4th century B.C. A whole series of momentous changes took place in Rome in the 4th century BC. At the...

D-Day in Morocco

Foreign legionnaires from all countries, colonial troops from West Africa, German poison gas, international supporters and weapons, imperial cooperation: the Rif War...

A round pool for the river god

View of the water temple of Pelusium. © Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities The ancient city of Pelusium played an important role...

Buried fortune

Eight golden coins with Roman portraits and Latin inscription. picture alliance / dpa / Friso Gentsch The Kalkriese region northeast of Osnabrück...

A poor princess as a good match

The Palatinate emerged from the Thirty Years' War as a battered and impoverished principality. Charles I Ludwig, the father of Elisabeth Charlotte...

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