History & Archaeology

“Scrap” with purchasing power

Metal fragments like these finds from the Tollensetal in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania could have served as money in the late Bronze Age. (Photo: Volker...

How Angkor has developed

Angkor Wat temple. (Image: RM Nunes / iStock) Using archaeological excavation data, historical reports and maps, and modern laser scanning results, researchers have modeled...

The oldest burial in Africa

Reconstruction of the dead child and its bones. (Photo: Fernando Fueyo, Jorge González / Elena Santos) When did our ancestors begin to bury their...

“Pestilence” turns out to be paratyphoid

Lübeck was apparently struck by a paratyphoid epidemic in the 14th century. (Photo: Dirk Rieger, Hanseatic City of Lübeck) What pathogens were behind the...

Voices of the Holocaust survivors in focus

David P. Boder (center) was the first to record the testimonies of displaced persons. (Image: IIT Chicago / Paul V. Galvin Library) In 1946,...

Vulnerable to crises due to social tensions

The Pueblo Indians are famous for their impressive settlement structures. (Image: Mesa Verde National Park, MEVE 11084) Droughts have so far been considered to...

The beginnings of Viking metallurgy

Vikings were producing various metal alloys as early as the 8th century. (Image: homostock / iStock) The manufacture of metal alloys played an important...

12,000 years of human imprint

Traditional land use often promoted biodiversity, researchers say. (Image: Alder Ellis) Early on, there were hardly any uninhabited regions - humans changed the earth's...

Digital atlas of the Hanseatic era

The interactive Viabundus map shows the long-distance trade routes and placemarks in the Hanseatic economic area between 1350 and 1650. (Image: www.viabundus.eu) Which trade routes...

A look at a milestone in space travel

In April 60 years ago, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to fly into space. The German Aerospace Center is dedicating a video...

A fetus in the bishop’s tomb

The bishop's mummy in his coffin. (Image: Gunnar Menander) In 1679 the Swedish bishop Peder Winstrup was buried in the cathedral of the city...

Saga of Hope

In his new book “The Healing of the World”, Ronald D. Gerste tells vividly and true to life about the revolutionary events and scientific...

Modern brain is younger than expected

Skulls early representatives of the genus Homo - with an even smaller, ape-like brain (left) and a more modern brain. (Image: M. Ponce...

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