History & Archaeology

Cleaning smoke for body and mind

Dried seeds of the steppe motto (Peganum Harmala). Your ingredients have medical, cleaning and psychoactive effects. © Barbara Huber ...

Fragile like democracy

Flow text StD Mauritius Images / World Book Inc. America's independence began with discounts, the famous Liberty Bell had cracks. The bell as a symbol of...

Indispensable helpers in the background

Already in the Middle Ages, pilgrims and prelates, traders and rulers, warriors and prisoners of war were dependent on them alike: interpreters. And yet...

Strong Keltinnen on the trail

When Greek and Roman scholars write about Celts, they emphasize the peculiar appearance of women. Historians have held this ancient sources for a long...

Spectacular find in the Nineive palace

3D model of the relief discovered in Nineive: In the center, the Assyrian king Assurbanipal can be recognized, flanked by two deities. Founded fragments...

Oldest wooden spear in the world re -dated

These Stone Age wooden spear from Schöningen are considered the oldest wooden hunting weapons in the world. © Lower Saxony State Office for the...

Discovered lecture hall in the ancient high school in Agrigents

View of the newly discovered auditorium in the antique high school of agrigent. © Thomas Lappi, Monika Trümper/ Fu Berlin, Institute for Classical Archeology ...

China: Who created the Quina stone tools?

Some of the stone tools found in Longtan in southern Chinese. It assigns its shape and processing sequence to Central Paleolithic Quina technology. ©...

Bones of the real “Schinderhannes” identified

The portrait shows the "Schinderhannes". Genetic analyzes now also enabled the determination of his actual eye, hair and skin color- as well as the...

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