Aqueduct pillars testify to the unfinished building project of the Romans in Armenia. (Image: Artaxata project)
It is the most eastern structure of its...
When the young, self-confident watchmaker Pierre-Augustin Caron appeared at the royal court for the first time, no one could have guessed what turns his...
Aerial view of Los Morteros hill in northern Peru. (Image: Ana Cecilia Mauricio Llonto)
In northern Peru, archaeologists have discovered the oldest adobe monumental...
Trans-Eurasian languages ​​are spoken in parts of Asia, but also in Turkey (Image: janrysavy / iStock)
Languages ​​such as Japanese, Turkish, Korean and Mongolian probably...
Major eruptions brought about abrupt climate changes. And that may have contributed to the downfall of powerful empires.
In the pre-industrial period, volcanic eruptions...
Ruins of the Byzantine winery in Yavne. (Image: Assaf Peretz / Israel Antiquities Authority)
In Israel, archaeologists have discovered the remains of a huge...
In November 1952 Rudolf Slansky and 13 other functionaries of the Czechoslovak Communist Party were charged with conspiracy in Prague. The process was...
View of the Montafon valley and excavations at the western end of the Knappagruaba. (Image: Rüdiger Krause / Goethe University Frankfurt)
Ores were mined...
Photograph of Sitting Bull and his lock of hair. (Images: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Eske Willerslev)
Sioux chief Tatanka-Iyotake, better known as...