History & Archaeology

The messages of the eternal deaths

Archaeologists and scientists work closely together as mummy researchers. Modern analysis methods provide completely new insights. Sometimes they support the knowledge of archeology, sometimes...

Instruments of the world

It all started with the French Revolution. Countless nobles had to flee in front of their furor. Back they left their possessions - also...

Foreign and gourmet

Already during his lifetime, Lucius Licinius Lucullus was famous for his wealth, its firm, its chosen taste and his style -forming villas. What one...

The Babylonians and the moon

In the old Babylon it was up to the court astrologer to observe, interpret, interpret and make predictions. Lunar eclipses in particular were considered...

Coexisted as ahead and early man

These 13 fossil teeth from Ledi-Geraru are between 2.6 and 2.8 million years old and come from two different hominine species. © Brian Villmoare/...

Napoleon’s legal legacy

In addition to war and violence, which he brought all over Europe, Napoleon's ambiguous rule also includes the fact that his legal reforms meant...

Nazi era: heroes, victims-but hardly any collaborators?

During the Nazi era there were not only perpetrators, victims or heroic resistance-many people were collaborators. But how do people in Europe remember this...

The greatest artist in history

The director of the Louvre, Vivant Denon, traveled to Napoleon's campaigns throughout Europe and confiscated works of art. According to Napoleon, it was not...

“My God, what did we do”

Robert A. Lewis, co-pilot of the "Enola Gay", scribbled these words into his notebook on the morning of August 6, 1945. Minutes earlier, the...

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