History & Archaeology

History & Archaeology

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...
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Exotic soldiers fighting for Greeks

A mass grave discovered in the remains of the city of Himera. © C: Stefano Vassallo, Soprintendenza Archeologica di Palermo ...
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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...
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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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Why so many Stasi files remain unread

Countless Stasi files have been preserved from the GDR era. © MPG; Chris Stermitz/ Pixabay ...
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History & Archaeology

AI decodes ancient manuscripts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh4xuZc-4So This makes information from historical documents more easily accessible: The University of Innsbruck reports on the platform "transcribus“, which uses artificial intelligence to written...
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History & Archaeology

Laurels for the pioneer of paleogenetics

Svante Pääbo is fascinated by the genomes of the representatives of the human family tree. © Karsten Möbius, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary...
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Beer from 1885 tasted and analyzed

In the focus of science: Germany's oldest surviving beer. © Barre Private Brewery After almost 140 years, it still tasted good and revealed secrets: scientists...
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History & Archaeology

Earliest evidence of opium consumption worldwide

Vessels in a Tel Yehud Bronze Age tomb and a Cypriot base ring vessel. © Assaf Peretz, Clara Amit/ Israel Antiquities Authority ...
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History & Archaeology

Early high-tech glue manufacturing

In order to get sticky tar from yew leaves, they have to be heated. © Patrick Schmidt ...
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History & Archaeology

On the trail of Anglo-Saxon migration

These three skeletons, discovered in Cambridgeshire, are of early medieval women, each with varying proportions of Aboriginal and Anglo-Saxon heritage. © Duncan Sayer,...
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History & Archaeology

Cynical mass murderers instead of mere followers

While orchestrating the deaths of thousands upon thousands of people, Franz Stangl presented himself as a jovial dandy in a snow-white uniform. ©...
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Violent boasting 4000 years ago

The rock tomb of Anchtifi of Hefat with a total of 30 pillars from the late 3rd millennium BC. BC is located south...
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History & Archaeology

Andean mummies reveal brutal murders

Male and female pre-Columbian mummy from southwestern Peru. © AM Begerock, R Loynes, OK Peschel, J Verano, R Bianucci, I Martinez Armijo, M...
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History & Archaeology

On the trail of a medieval murder

The skeletal remains were used to reconstruct the faces of an adult male (left) and a child (right) who were among the 17 victims....
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History & Archaeology

A whaler at the end of the world

Only a few beams and planks remain from the 19th-century shipwreck. © U. Sokolowicz In Patagonia, archaeologists have discovered a shipwreck that turns out to...
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History & Archaeology

On the trail of anatomical crossing clues

Early anatomically modern humans (left) and Neanderthals. © Gleiver Prieto, K. Harvati It is well known that we are a bit Neanderthals: the traces of...
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History & Archaeology

1400-year-old folding chair discovered

The remains of the folding chair's iron frame were recovered in the block. © BlfD Archaeologists report an unusual grave find in Middle Franconia: In...
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History & Archaeology

Pyramids of Giza: Nile arm helped transport stones

When the pyramids were built, the side arm of the Nile reached as far as the Giza plateau. © Alex Boersma/PNAS ...
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History & Archaeology

Seasonally dated destruction

View of the excavation area with the remains of the city of Nysa-Scythopolis. © German-Israeli Tell Iẓṭabba Excavation Project ...
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