History & Archaeology

History & Archaeology

Ancient Oldowan stone tools discovered

Various Oldowan stone tools from Nyayanga. © TW Plummer, JS Oliver, and EM Finestone/ Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project ...
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History & Archaeology

How Poker Has Evolved Over The Last Decade

Poker has experienced a seismic shift in popularity over the past decade. Once considered to be mostly played by professional gamblers, it is now...
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History & Archaeology

Largest collection of cuneiform texts digitized and published

A tablet with a Babylonian text fragment in cuneiform. © LMU 300,000 lines of text from ancient Mesopotamia, including previously unknown versions of the Epic...
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History & Archaeology

Neanderthals hunted giant elephant bulls

Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser next to the reconstruction of a male Eurasian forest elephant. © Lutz Kindler, LEIZA ...
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History & Archaeology

Insight into mysteries of mummification

Artist's impression of mummification in ancient Egypt. © Nikola Nevenov What substances were used in embalming, how were they used and where did they come...
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History & Archaeology

Vikings: With horse & dog across the North Sea

Excavations at a Viking burial mound in England. © Julian Richards, University of York. Supposedly they only stole their mounts after landing in England. But...
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History & Archaeology

Iraq: Sumerian ‘tavern’ discovered

Excavations in Lagash, in front the area of ​​the tavern with oven, refrigerator and benches. © Lagash Archaeological Project ...
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History & Archaeology

Violence in early peasant societies

Map of north-west Europe showing archaeological sites with evidence of violence-related injuries on Neolithic skeletons (red) and cases with evidence of collective violence (blue)....
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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,...
Ben Phillips -
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...
Alan Cannon -
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...
Alan Cannon -
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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