History & Archaeology

Archimedes Palimpsest: Lost page tracked down

The recovered page 123 of the Archimedes palimpsest. © Blois, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Inv. 73.7.52. Photography IRHT-CNRS In the ninth century, a...

Archbishop and folk hero

When Makarios Kykkotis became Archbishop of Cyprus, he immediately committed himself to the course of his predecessors: Cyprus should be separated from...

Iron Age ritual on the Bruchhauser stones?

Archaeologists made these Iron Age finds on one of the Bruchhauser stones: quartz, tapping stone, hatchets and a stone slab used for chopping....

“Make your calculations with heaven, Vogt…”

“… you have to go, your clock is running out.” Friedrich Schiller put these words into the mouth of the Swiss national...

Humanity in all its facets

The German Hygiene Museum in Dresden, once founded as a place to educate people about healthy living, today offers deep insights into...

Film diva and inventor

Hollywood marketed her as “The World’s Most Beautiful Woman.” But Hedy Lamarr was not only beautiful, but also smart. During World War...

Matings between humans and Neanderthals were gender specific

The Neanderthals left traces of DNA in our genome - albeit with noticeable gaps. © gorodenkoff/ iStock Early modern humans repeatedly interbred with Neanderthals. Most...

A massacre of women and children 2,800 years ago

2,800 years ago, 77 people, mostly women and children, were murdered in the Carpathian Basin, but were then carefully buried. © Linda Fibiger et...

A Bronze Age princely tomb in Normandy

These flint arrowheads are typical grave goods of the Armorican burial mound culture for high-ranking dead. © Emmanuelle Collado/ INRAP Archaeologists have discovered a Bronze...

A Viking-era mass grave with a “giant”

Archaeologists uncovering the mass grave from the Viking Age. © Cambridge Archaeological Unit/David Matzliach The English city of Cambridge lies in a border area that...

A Roman Mithras sanctuary in Regensburg

Excavation area of ​​the Roman Mithras sanctuary in Regensburg. © ArchäoTeam Regensburg Extraordinary archeological find: Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Roman Mithras temple...

Elephant bones from the time of Hannibal’s campaigns

The bone unearthed in Spain initially puzzled scientists because it did not come from a native animal. © Agustín López and Rafael Martínez During excavations...

Surprising find under a Neolithic grave

Aerial photo of the Neolithic trapezoid ditch; the late medieval earth stable can be seen in the southeast. © State Office for Monument Preservation...

Earliest genetic diagnosis of rare disease

To analyze the DNA, the researchers take samples from the double grave. © Adrian Daly By examining two skeletons that were more than 12,000 years...

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