History & Archaeology

Assyrian brick reveals plant DNA

The inscription identifies this mudbrick as the building block of the palace of the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (until 869 BC). © Arnold...

Unveiling the Essence of Character Archetypes in Storytelling

The art of storytelling has been honed over centuries, with character archetypes emerging as indispensable tools within this craft. These archetypes offer a scaffold...

How climate change shaped early hominin life

Only climate changes shifted the distribution areas of the Neanderthals and Denisovans so much that they were able to interbreed. © Axel Timmermann...

Origins of the Indo-European language family

Spread of the Indo-European language family across Eurasia. © P. Heggarty et al./ Science (2023) Almost half of the world's population speaks an Indo-European language,...

Targeting the Habsburg secret service

Colonel Alfred Redl was a notorious spy before the First World War. Source: Wikimedia Institutionalized, clandestine "reconnaissance": A historian examines how the modern concept of military...

Benjamin Franklin and the art of banknote printing

American Colonial Banknotes from the early 18th century. © University of Notre Dame US founding father Benjamin Franklin is best known today as the inventor...

Place of worship discovered in the Netherlands

A sacred place for burials, sacrifices and mysterious rituals: Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old cult and burial site in the Netherlands. The main elements...

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