History & Archaeology

History & Archaeology

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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