History & Archaeology

How the Romans maintained their aqueducts

The Gallo-Roman city of Divona Cadurcorum was once supplied by a 20-mile-long, partially canalized aqueduct system. © Cees Passchier. ...

How climate change shaped early hominin life

Only climate changes shifted the distribution areas of the Neanderthals and Denisovans so much that they were able to interbreed. © Axel Timmermann...

Bronze Age arrowhead made of meteorite iron

The arrowhead made of meteorite iron from the Bronze Age settlement of Mörigen. © Bernisches Historisches Museum Collection/ Thomas Schüpbach ...

Origins of the Indo-European language family

Spread of the Indo-European language family across Eurasia. © P. Heggarty et al./ Science (2023) Almost half of the world's population speaks an Indo-European language,...

Targeting the Habsburg secret service

Colonel Alfred Redl was a notorious spy before the First World War. Source: Wikimedia Institutionalized, clandestine "reconnaissance": A historian examines how the modern concept of military...

Benjamin Franklin and the art of banknote printing

American Colonial Banknotes from the early 18th century. © University of Notre Dame US founding father Benjamin Franklin is best known today as the inventor...

Place of worship discovered in the Netherlands

A sacred place for burials, sacrifices and mysterious rituals: Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old cult and burial site in the Netherlands. The main elements...

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Roman mausoleum discovered in London

View of the remains of the mausoleum with the central mosaic. © MOLA Traces from the time when the metropolis on the Thames was still...

Nördlingen: 3000 year old bronze sword discovered

Bronze Age octagonal sword from Nördlingen, © Archäologie-Büro Dr. woidich Archaeologists have made a rare find during excavations in the Nördlinger Donau-Ries: In a Bronze...

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