History & Archaeology

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...

A foreign construction complex in Tikal

Lidar analyzes have uncovered the traces of an approximately 1800 year old citadel near the center of Tikal. (Image: Thomas Garrison / PACUNAM) Mysterious...

It’s now official: the infamous Vinland map is fake

The map – which suggested that the Vikings already visited the New World before Columbus – appears to date not from the fifteenth, but...

The “Giant of Segorbia” and the Reconquista

The "Giant of Segorbia". (Image: University of Huddersfiel) The DNA of a man from medieval Spain sheds new light on the radicalism with which...

Primeval form of poultry farming?

Are cassowaries ancient human farm animals? (Image: Andy Mack) Millennia before the domestication of chickens and the like: residents of the island of New...

New references to the origin of the Etruscans

Etruscan sculpture from the 3rd century before Christ. (Image: Daderot / CC0) The Etruscans formed a high culture in northern central Italy in...

Footprints Prove Humans Walked Around America 23,000 Years Ago

The footprints are the first undisputed evidence that humans were already found in the Americas during the so-called Last Glacial Maximum. Researchers write that in...

Did milk make you mobile?

Tartar served as a source of information for studying the Bronze Age diet. (Image: Egor Kitov, Samara Valley Project) Traces in the tartar have...

From the Judas kiss to whistleblowing

The Judas kiss from the Bible is considered the ultimate betrayal. (Image: ZU_09 / iStock) Regardless of whether it is regicide, whistleblowing or shouts...

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