History & Archaeology

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...

Bodies of 25 Crusaders Discovered in Lebanon

The bodies give us a unique insight into what happened during the bloody battle for the Lebanese city of Sidon. During the Crusades – which...

Lost text of antiquity discovered

Analysis of a parchment with hidden remains of writing: Modern image processing methods make the original Greek text (red) visible. It was erased...

One of the best-preserved skeletons ever discovered in Pompeii

Even tufts of hair and parts of the ear have stood the test of time. “Pompeii continues to amaze,” said Dario Franceschini, Italy's culture minister....

Huge Neanderthal toolbox discovered in Italy

It concerns 98 different tools, including those made from elephant bones. The 'tools' were excavated between 1979 and 1991 at a site referred to as...

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