History & Archaeology

Pre-Columbian imports from Europe

These glass beads made in Venice reached northern Alaska before 1492. (Image: Courtesy of American Antiquity, January 2021) Even before America's discovery, Venetian glass...

“Dress rehearsal” discovered for Stonehenge?

Stonehenge may have been built on the pattern of older stone circles in Wales. (Image: luxizeng (/ iStock) The stone circle at Stonehenge in...

Stone Age snail horn sounds after 18,000 years

Prehistoric shell of the sea snail Charonia lampas. (Image: C. Fritz / Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Toulouse) People made music as early as the...

Why the second wave was worse

Army members during the Spanish flu in a Swiss hospital. (Photo: A. & G. Zimmermann, Geneva / Archives for Medical History, University of...

Finds at the Porta Westfalica

Among the finds from the Migration Period are a brooch with two stylized animal figures (left) and a cast needle in the shape of...

New look at a historical riddle

The rescue team found only the tattered tent, some skis and nine bodies. (Image: Djatlov Memorial Foundation) 62 years ago, a ski expedition set...

Guano as a fertilizer for the Atacama

Sea bird guano on a coastal island off Peru. (Image: LisaStrachan / iStock The Atacama Desert in western South America is one of the...

Shipwrecked ivory reveals secrets

The precious cargo of the 16th century ship "Bom Jesus" also included over 100 elephant tusks. (Image: National Museum of Namibia) Where did the...

Ritual bath discovered from the time of Christ

Levels of the ritual bath in Gethsemane. (Image: Yaniv Berman / Israel Antiquities Authority) The Garden of Gethsemane at the gates of Jerusalem is...

Tracking down historical fake news

Vinícius Freitas searches libraries and archives for images that show alleged Jewish host sacrifices and ritual murders. (Image: University of Würzburg) A research project...

Baboons indicate the legendary land of Punt

Apparently baboons were introduced into Egypt from a region northwest of the Horn of Africa during the New Kingdom period - presumably this was...

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