History & Archaeology

How Roman roads shaped today’s prosperity

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THEN Podcast, Episode 62 – Why a Third Pope Was Elected at the Council of Pisa

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Amazingly well-preserved Roman heating

A look into the cavity structures of the antique underfloor heating. © Marcel Zanjani/LVR Office for the Preservation of Archaeological Monuments in the...

How Nazi Propaganda Dehumanized Jews

Images and texts from the Third Reich in the Topography of Terror exhibition.© hanohiki/ iStock In the Third Reich, the National Socialists not only used...

Early testimony of the alphabet

Characters from the early stages of alphabet development form a sentence on this 3,700-year-old "lice comb." © Dafna Gazit/ Israel Antiquities Authority ...

Spectacular wreck discovered

Huge proportions, two gun decks and wood from 1627: underwater archaeologists have identified a shipwreck near Stockholm as the long-sought “Äpplet” from the 17th...

The oldest grave in Northern Germany

Excavation of the Mesolithic tomb. © ALSH Archaeologists have discovered the oldest grave in northern Germany in the Duvenseer Moor in Schleswig-Holstein. They are 10,500-year-old...

Insights into the social structure of Neanderthals

Neanderthal father with his daughter. © Tom Bjorklund How did the Neanderthals live together? How big were their groups and what role did family relationships...

How Stone Age people used plants

Aerial view of the "Aghitu-3" site. © Soseh Aghaian, NAS Sequence analyzes complement shovel and brush: Genetic methods have diverse potential in archeology, a study...

How long humans and Neanderthals coexisted in Europe

Stone knife of the last Neanderthals in south-western Europe. © Igor Djakovic How long did modern humans and Neanderthals live side by side in Europe...

Unique testimonies from 500 years of newspaper history

Historical newspaper printing works. © ilbusca/ iStock Historical newspapers reflect the history of their era in a special way. A real treasure in this respect...

Palatium of the Royal Palace of Helfta discovered

The foundation walls of a magnificent medieval building come to light. © Saxony-Anhalt State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archeology, Robert...

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