History & Archaeology

Adapted to walking and climbing

Artist's impression of the now known skeleton parts of the A. sediba lady "Issa". The newly discovered parts of the lower back are...

More than 41,000-year-old jewelry discovered in Poland

The ivory pendant, made from a mammoth tusk, is the oldest piece of jewelry found in Europe to date. About ten years ago, scientists found...

Mysterious cave location

View of the cave entrance (Image: DAI). In the top right section, the head of a statuette of the ancient goddess Meter-Cybele can...

Extinction of mammoths and other large grazers led to more wildfires

It proves how important grazers are even today in our ongoing fight against fire. Between 50,000 and 6,000 years ago, many of the world's largest...

Eldest man-made jewelry of Eurasia

Two views of the ivory pendant. (Image: Antonino Vazzana - BONES Lab) An oval mammoth ivory pendant adorned with dots is the earliest known...

With Neanderthals the milk teeth came through earlier than with us

This allowed them to chew solid foods quite early to meet the energy needs of their slightly larger brains. Normally, the first milk teeth erupt...

Napola: British private schools were the model

British private schools like Eton College here were models for the Napola. (Image: Jun Zhang / iStock) The Napola boarding schools of the Third...

Aqueduct evidences imperial failure

Aqueduct pillars testify to the unfinished building project of the Romans in Armenia. (Image: Artaxata project) It is the most eastern structure of its...

New start with verve

Many museums have used the lockdown period to become more digital. Will virtual cultural enjoyment replace personal museum visits in the future? ...

Oldest monumental building made of adobe bricks discovered

Aerial view of Los Morteros hill in northern Peru. (Image: Ana Cecilia Mauricio Llonto) In northern Peru, archaeologists have discovered the oldest adobe monumental...

How Trans-Eurasian Languages ​​Spread

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...

Volcanic eruptions rocked Chinese dynasties

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...

Slave room discovered

View into the former bedroom of three slaves in a villa near Pompeii. (Image: Parco Archeologico di Pompei) Insight into the world of life...

Discovered the largest wine factory in the Byzantine world

Ruins of the Byzantine winery in Yavne. (Image: Assaf Peretz / Israel Antiquities Authority) In Israel, archaeologists have discovered the remains of a huge...

Rare slave room found in Pompeii

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a slave room in Pompeii. This Roman city was destroyed in AD 79 by the eruption of...

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