History & Archaeology

History & Archaeology

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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History & Archaeology

“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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Parts of Hadrian’s Aqueduct discovered

Newly uncovered section of Hadrian's Aqueduct, which supplied drinking water to the ancient city of Corinth. © Greek Ministry of Culture ...
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Dental problems reflected in “Stone Age chewing gum”

A piece of chewed birch pitch (middle) from the Swedish site of Huseby Klev with casts depicting the upper and lower tooth profile. ...
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Archaeologists uncover sex chromosome abnormalities

A look at an excavation in England where a medieval person with an XXY chromosome anomaly was found. © Oxford Archaeology ...
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A Bronze Age desert fortress

This is what the fortified oasis of Khaybar might have looked like in the Bronze Age. © Khaybar Longue Durée Archaeological Project, M....
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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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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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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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