History & Archaeology

Vikings in America exactly 1000 years ago

Reconstruction of a 1000 year old Viking building at the archaeological site of L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. (Image: Glenn Nagel) It is well...

Unlike living relatives, this bizarrely large extinct sloth was not a strict vegetarian

Surprisingly, he occasionally feasted on a piece of tender meat. The six present-day sloth species are all relatively small, vegetarian and especially very lazy arboreal...

Vikings set foot in America 1000 years ago

It was already known that the Normans arrived on the American continent before Columbus. But now we also know better when. Although Christopher Columbus...

Longhouses of the earliest farmers discovered

Reconstruction of a linear ceramic longhouse. (Photo: M. Steffen / State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional Council) Near Tübingen, archaeologists discovered...

Unlike living relatives, this bizarrely large extinct sloth was not a strict vegetarian

Surprisingly, he occasionally feasted on a piece of tender meat. The six present-day sloth species are all relatively small, vegetarian and especially very lazy arboreal...

Interesting mining food 2700 years ago

An archaeologist looks at a layer of accumulated mine debris in the Hallstatt salt mine. (Image: D. Brander / H.Reschreiter / NHMW) Food produced...

China: Oldest mint in the world discovered

Long before such copper coins, there was a standardized currency in China in the form of spade coins (Image: SimoneN / iStock) The first minting...

Prehistoric ski discovered in melting ice

The ski complements a similar one that was already discovered in 2014. Together they form the best-preserved pair of skis known to us...

Controversial Trachilos Prints Turn Out Even Older Than Thought

The human-like footprints found on Crete are believed to be at least 6 million(!) years old, according to new research. In 2017 scientists announced that...

Surprisingly exotic grave goods

Exotic hunting scenes adorn an ivory comb that is around 1500 years old. (Image: BlfD) During excavations in Bavaria, archaeologists came across surprising finds...

Censored text made visible in secret correspondence

Overwritten passage in a letter from Marie Antoinette dated January 1792. (Image: CRC) During the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, maintained a...

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