History & Archaeology

History & Archaeology

Oldest depictions of net fishing in Europe

This slate slab from the Stone Age site of Gönnersdorf shows a fish trap. The fish was first engraved and then given a network...
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History & Archaeology

Pompeii dead: DNA reveals errors in previous attribution

Casts of people buried in Pompeii. © Archeological Park of Pompeii Around 2,000...
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History & Archaeology

How seals became the first writing

These Mesopotamian clay tablets bear symbols of the proto-cuneiform script, the preforms of which also appear as motifs on seal cylinders. © CDLI -...
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History & Archaeology

Regensburg: A city administration in the Nazi era

View of Regensburg today. © DERO2084/ iStock How does a city administration...
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Pompeii: Small house – great art

This fresco from the newly discovered house depicts a scene from the mythological story of Phaedra and Hyppolytus. © Parco Archeologico di Pompei ...
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Laser scanning reveals large Mayan city

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a sprawling Mayan city in the Mexican rainforest. © Marcello Canuto / Tulane University ...
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History & Archaeology

On the trail of early sedentary behavior

View of the Svinjarička Čuka site during the excavations in 2024. © M. Börner/ÖAI/ÖAW ...
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Mysterious Silk Road cities in sight

LIDAR data illustrates former building structures in the city of Tugunbulak. ©SAIElab/J.erner/M.Frachetti Astonishingly...
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Celtic burial chamber discovered

Reconstruction of the burial mound with a representation of the burial chamber and the robbery tunnel. © State Office for Monument Preservation in the...
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History & Archaeology

A charivari from late antiquity?

Late antique belt pendant in the grave and drawing of the ensemble. © Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation ...
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AI helps detect new Nazca earth images

This human figure is around 18 meters tall and is one of the Nazca geoglyphs that have now been rediscovered with the help of...
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History & Archaeology

Ancient Egyptian splendor brought to light

Restoration work in the central room of the Edfu Temple. In the foreground you can see a replica of the barge that was once...
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History & Archaeology

Tracing violence among Vikings

A broken skull testifies to interpersonal violence in Viking communities. © Lisa Mariann Strand ...
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History & Archaeology

Neanderthal line was isolated for 50,000 years

This close-up shows the jaw and teeth of the Neanderthal "Thorin" discovered in France. © Ludovik Slimak ...
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History & Archaeology

Suicides and “revenants” on the Galgenberg

Burial of a man with stones on his upper body on the former Galgenberg in Quedlinburg. © State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology...
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Roman camp discovered at 2200 meters altitude

View of the ancient camp site, high in the Swiss Alps © Andrea Badrutt, Chur ...
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A 2,500-year-old astronomy observatory

These coins and small objects were found in the observatory of the Temple of Buto. © Egypt Supreme Council of Antiquities ...
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Tracing post-Roman transformation

Representation of the wedding of the Queen of the Lombards with the Duke of Turin in 590. © Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain ...
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Altar stone came from Scotland

The altar stone of Stonehenge now lies across two larger sarsens. © English Heritage ...
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History & Archaeology

Saqqara: Did water help build the Pyramid of Djoser?

The Djoser pyramid and its surroundings were part of a complex water system. © Paleotechnic, Landreau et al./ PLOS ONE, CC by 4.0 ...
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