History & Archaeology

New look at the oldest Europeans

Skull from Zlaty kun and tooth from a human fossil from the Bacho Kiro cave. (Photo: Marek Jantač / Rosen Spasov, MPI-EVA Leipzig) Our...

Ritually destroyed weapons

Parts of the new finds from the years 2018 to 2020 (Image: LWL-Archäologie für Westfalen / Hermann Menne) Bent, blunted and smashed: archaeologists have discovered...

A salt factory from the Neolithic Age

Excavations at the Neolithic salt works. (Image: Antiquity) In a coastal town in the north of the English county of Yorkshire, archaeologists have discovered...

Iron Age warriors got down duvets for the afterlife

Decorated helmet of one of the dead warriors in the ship's grave. (Image: NTNU University Museum) Around 1300 years ago, high-ranking warriors in Scandinavia...

Philosopher’s manuscript from the ashes of Vesuvius

With the help of modern technology, so-called hyperspectral images of the charred papyrus fragments are created, which illustrate traces of text. (Image: Kilian...

What the roof tiles of ancient Chinese temples reveal

Examples of the two types of tile end piece decoration. (Image: Kanazawa University) Ancient Chinese magnificent buildings are known for their curved and ornate...

Antikythera Mechanism planet indicator unraveled

New reconstruction of the Antikythera Mechanism (Image: 2020 Tony Freeth) The Antikythera Mechanism, discovered in an ancient shipwreck in 1901, is considered to be the...

Secret of constant blaze of color revealed

Fermented wool prevented the Pazyryk carpet from fading, according to analyzes of fiber samples embedded in epoxy resin. (Image: FAU / Dr. Andreas...

“Faustina” returns to her homeland

The "Faustina" baptized antique woman's head. (Image: Universalmuseum Joanneum / B. Schliber-Knechtl) In 1967 the artistically crafted marble head of a woman was found...

Sealed letter “virtually” opened

The “virtual unfolding” of this letter provided an insight into written communication and its form at the end of the 17th century. (Image:...

Neanderthals: indication of language skills

Reconstruction of the hearing system in a modern human (left) and a Neanderthal man (right). (Image: Mercedes Conde-Valverde) How did our archaic cousins ​​communicate...

Archaeologists discover a Roman float

The four-wheeled ceremonial carriage at the site. (Image: Parco Archeologico di Pompei) In recent years, excavations in a suburb of ancient Pompeii have repeatedly...

Dated rock painting through wasp nests

This picture of a kangaroo was made in northwest Australia over 17,000 years ago. (Image: Illustration: Pauline Heaney) Researchers have identified a two-meter-tall kangaroo...

Wine production also flourished under Islamic rule

Amphora made in Palermo in the 9th to 11th centuries. (Image: University of York) When Sicily fell under Islamic rule in the ninth century,...

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