History & Archaeology

History & Archaeology

On trail of mammoth using isotope patterns in a tusk

Artist's impression of mammoths observed by early inhabitants of Alaska. © Julius Csostonyi The relationship between humans and mammoths in sight: Using isotope patterns in...
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History & Archaeology

On the trail of the secret of the naked giant

Aerial view of the Cerne-Abbas giant. Wirestock/iStock He measures around 60 meters and “excitedly” swings a club: a study now sheds light on what the...
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History & Archaeology

Urbanism on the Amazon as early as 2,500 years ago

Hidden beneath the canopy of the Amazon rainforest lie the remains of extensive settlement areas. © FG Trade/ iStock ...
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The explosive start of the Battle of the Somme

Contemporary photograph of the explosion at Hawthorne Ridge on July 1, 1916. © Ernest Brooks On July 1, 1916, a spectacular series of explosions initiated...
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Adventure in the land on the Nile

On October 15, 1842, the expedition members hoisted the Prussian flag on the Great Pyramid. bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Jana Helmbold-Doyé ...
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Deep insights into old family relationships

The new method has uncovered, among other things, two relatives whose remains were once buried 1,500 kilometers apart in Eurasia. © Ringbauer &...
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History & Archaeology

Hundreds of Pueblo culture petroglyphs discovered

High above the rock dwellings of the Pueblo culture, archaeologists have discovered previously unrecognized rock art. © Palonka et al./Jagiellonian University ...
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Early city dwellers wisely ate fertilized peas

The so-called Trypillia mega-settlements in today's Ukraine and Moldova are considered to be the oldest city-like settlements in Europe. Artistic representation © Susanne...
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History & Archaeology

Ecosystem in oil shale

The Messel Pit fossil site near Darmstadt provides unique insights into a warm period 48 million years ago. Today, paleontologists not only look for...
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History & Archaeology

Curse tablet discovered in medieval latrine

Archaeologists discovered this curse tablet from the 15th century in a latrine during an excavation at the town hall construction site. When unrolled,...
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History & Archaeology

Hunters and gatherers built the world’s oldest fortress

One of the earliest fortified settlements in the world once lay on the headland: the Stone Age fortress Amnaya I. © Nikita Golovanov ...
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Suffering baboon posture in ancient Egypt

These skulls come from baboons that lived in the 1st millennium BC. had to eke out a sad existence. © Bea De...
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History & Archaeology

Historical boardwalk discovered

Drone view of the excavation on Würzburger Straße in the Burgfarrnbach district of Fürth. © Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation ...
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The long silence of West German historians

Raul Hilberg with the paperback edition of his work “The Destruction of European Jews” in Berlin in 1992. AKG / Henning Langenheim ...
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History & Archaeology

The history of letter writing

A letter says more than a text message and writing letters has a tradition that goes back thousands of years. © Studio Annika,...
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History & Archaeology

Anglo-Saxon pagan temple discovered

Drone shot of the archaeological excavations, on the left the foundations of a temple, in the middle the former fortification moat of the royal...
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History & Archaeology

Egyptian art – unearthed in Scotland

This nearly 4,000-year-old sculpture is the highlight of the 18 Egyptian artifacts found in the ground next to Scotland's Melville House. © National...
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History & Archaeology

Beaver hunting 400,000 years ago

Roar-tailed rodents were apparently targeted by Middle Pleistocene humans in what is now Germany. © Christopher Jones/iStock ...
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Magdeburg: Remains of a large Ottonian building discovered

View of the remains of the Ottonian apse wall discovered in Magdeburg, to which a base made of plaster mortar is attached at the...
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History & Archaeology

Ancient city archives uncovered

Lumps of clay with various seal stamps once sealed archived documents made from papyrus or parchment. © Asia Minor Research Center ...
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