History & Archaeology

History & Archaeology

THEN Podcast, Episode 13: George Sand and the Battle for the Republic

The French writer George Sand (1804–1876) wrote bestsellers about the failure of love and the struggle of women for recognition. In real life...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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Nabataean wall paintings in view

Reconstruction of the painting in the painted cave of Wadi as-Siyyagh. Each wall in the room was designed with different geometric patterns. ...
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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...
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History & Archaeology

THEN podcast, episode twelve: Big stink in London

In the mid-19th century, London grew rapidly. The drinking water was taken from the Thames, which was also a sewer. Cholera was...
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History & Archaeology

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...
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History & Archaeology

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...
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Misappropriated gravestones discovered

Gravestones once built into a wall: traces of the long and important history of the Jews in Mainz. Image: MWWK / Piel) Archaeologists have...
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History & Archaeology

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...
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AT THEN podcast, episode eleven: Dictator Marcos leaves the Philippines

At the end of February 1986 the long-time dictator Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines - he had not only lost large parts of the...
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Buried adorned with elk teeth

A total of 90 elk teeth were discovered in a dead person from the burial ground on the island of Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov. ...
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History & Archaeology

Why Japan’s wine production stopped before it really started

Winemaking had an extremely short history in Japan. (Image: Tsuguharu Inaba) In Edo Period Japan, wine was only produced for five years - and...
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Possibly the oldest representation of animals in the world

Image of a Sulawesi pustular pig in the Leang Tedongnge cave. (Image: Maxime Aubert) Indonesia is known for its ancient cave paintings. Now...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Antique snack bar reveals the Romans’ fast food preferences

View of the counter of the antique food stand. (Image: Parco archeologico di Pompei) Even in Roman times, people satisfied their hunger at food...
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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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