History & Archaeology

History & Archaeology

How Horse Racing Became A Popular Sport

There are few sports that can boast a more illustrious history than horse racing. The sport has been around for over a thousand years,...
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History & Archaeology

Oldest Runestone discovered

This stone slab with Norse runic characters is almost 2000 years old. © Alexis Pantos, Kulturhistorisk Museum/ University of Oslo ...
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History & Archaeology

Relative Marriage in the Bronze Age Aegean

The depiction of a Minoan goddess holding chains of DNA instead of snakes serves as a symbol for the study. © Eva Skourtanioti ...
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History & Archaeology

Headless dead in Neolithic mass grave

Neolithic mass grave in Vráble. © Prof. Dr. Martin Furholt, Prehistory and Early History/University of Kiel ...
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History & Archaeology

Surprising shipwreck from Elizabethan era found

An archaeologist examines the remains of the wreck. © Wessex Archaeology A relic from the Elizabethan era: archaeologists report on a 450-year-old shipwreck that was...
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History & Archaeology

Medieval pendant turns out to be a reliquary

The pendant is decorated on the outside with images of Jesus and Mary. © Sabine Steidl / LEIZA ...
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History & Archaeology

Bronze Age wishing well discovered

Among other things, the archaeologists discovered numerous bronze clothing pins at the bottom of the well. © Marcus Guckenbiehl ...
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History & Archaeology

How did the “Black Prince” die?

Portrait of the "Black Prince" Edward von Woostoock. © Christine_Kohler/ iStock Prince Edward of Woodstock, who came from the Plantagenet family, is considered one of...
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History & Archaeology

Huns: Radicalized by Drought?

19th-century artist's impression of a Hun attack. © Club/iStock Greed for gold and power mobilized the Huns for their notorious raids through the Roman Empire,...
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History & Archaeology

HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY ON HISTORY

The modern school has been undergoing reform for many years, and every teacher feels it very much. Along with new approaches to the education...
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History & Archaeology

A Roman post in Paderborn?

The amphora shards found are examined by an expert. © LWL/ Michalski Shards of wine amphorae, pig bones and the traces of a well: finds...
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History & Archaeology

Archaeologically valuable waste

Flint splinters from Schöningen, which were created as "waste" when sharpening knife-like tools. In the middle is a ruler three centimeters long. ...
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History & Archaeology

Mexico: Aztec solar observatory discovered

Sunrise behind Mount Tlaloc and its stone walkway. © Ben Meissner The Aztecs apparently used a sophisticated combination of natural landmarks and structures to synchronize...
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History & Archaeology

Infection-plagued early Middle Ages

The team was able to identify three different infectious agents in the remains of this person. ©Isabelle Jasch-Boley ...
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History & Archaeology

Encrypted letter from Charles V decrypted

Coded passage of Charles V's letter. © Bibliothéque Stanislas For almost 500 years, historians have puzzled over the contents of a letter that Emperor Charles...
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History & Archaeology

Owl depictions made by children?

Left: An engraved Chalcolithic slate. The openings in the upper part may have served to insert real feathers. On the right is...
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History & Archaeology

The “Lost” Chapel of Westminster Abbey

This is what the east side of Westminster Abbey might have looked like in the late 15th century. © Stephen Conlin ...
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History & Archaeology

Amazingly well-travelled pewter

A diver examines remains of the Uluburun Bronze Age merchant ship. © Cemal Pulak/Texas A&M University ...
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History & Archaeology

Ötzi did not die in the glacial depression

Photos of where Ötzi was found and the remains of his fur hat.© Office for Archeology, Autonomous Province of Bozen/ Walter Leitner/ Andreas Lippert ...
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History & Archaeology

New clues to the location of the Varus Battle

Finds of Roman non-ferrous metal objects. © Christian Grovermann, Battle of Varus in the Osnabrücker Land ...
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