History & Archaeology

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...

First civilization in America was not averse to politics

It is often thought that the hunters and gatherers did not like levels of government and the associated negotiations. But an archaeological site...

Michelangelo’s shoes reveal he was small in stature

Michelangelo was a great artist, but a rather short man, researchers write. The works of Michelangelo Buonarroti are world famous. But we know very...

Scientists may have discovered the oldest works of art on Earth

These are hand and footprints that may have been left by the children of Denisovans between 169,000 and 226,000 years ago. Several years ago, researchers...

How often were there cousin-cousin parents?

The researchers looked for evidence of parental kinship in DNA obtained from human remains. (Image: MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology) Today it is considered the...

The slave trade also brought epidemics

With the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, the slave trade began. (Image: Grafissimo / iStock) When the Europeans conquered the New World, they...

An elephant island in sight

Ludwig Morenz in front of an illustration of the hieroglyph for the Elephantine island in the Nile. (Photo: Volker Lannert / Uni Bonn) Elephantine...

The Brandenburg Evangelistary

Around the year 1210, highly specialized illuminators in the archbishopric city of Magdeburg created an Evangelistary on behalf of the Premonstratensians of the newly...

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