History & Archaeology

DAMALS podcast, episode ten: the almost never-ending story of the Eurotunnel

On January 20, 1986, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President François Mitterand announced the construction of a tunnel under the English Channel....

Board games – popular 400 years ago

Chess pieces from the Augsburg Art Cabinet. (Image: Greger Sundin) Whether on holidays or to pass the time in lockdown: board games are a...

Ancient DNA reveals prehistory of the Caribbean

Early exchange in the Bahama Archipelago (Image: Merald Clark / SIBA) The first humans began to settle on the Caribbean islands around 6,000 years ago....

Christmas tree decorations as a mirror of the zeitgeist

Christmas decorated tree at the end of the 19th century. (Image: cu / iStock) Whether golden balls, tinsel or edible delicacies: the decorations on...

Phoenician fortifications discovered in Spain

Exposed part of the fortification trench (Image: INAPH) Around 3,000 years ago, the Phoenicians' shipping routes and trading bases reached as far as the Iberian...

5000 year old “place name sign” identified

The inscription made of four hieroglyphs, carved in stone (Image: Ludwig Morenz) "Domain of the Horus King Scorpio": Experts have identified a rock inscription near...

Emperor Franz Joseph I.

Emperor Franz Joseph I relied on micro-management and bureaucracy (Image: ÖNB) Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria left around a quarter of a million documents...

A covered up massacre in sight

Historical depiction of the storming of a fortified property in the English Civil War. (Image: duncan1890 / iStock) Atrocities in the context of the...

Insight into the end of a polar explorer

Researchers analyzed this roughly three millimeter blob in Jørgen Brønlund's diary. (Image: Kaare Lund Rasmussen / SDU) Tragedy in the cold of Greenland: The...

Master and slave died together

Outlines of the two dead preserved in ashes. (Image: Parco archeologico di Pompei) In Pompeii, archaeologists have discovered another testimony to the dramatic events...

Stay true to the museums!

In the MuseumsGuide 2020/21 we present a number of attractive museums and their exhibitions. Let yourself be inspired and visit one or the...

Hundreds of first editions of Newton’s Principia tracked

First edition of Isaac Newton's Principia. (Image: Caltech Archives) Isaac Newton founded classical physics in 1687 with his main work "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica"....

Monkey skeleton with a sad story

The remains of an unusual pet from the Middle Ages were found in the backfill of a latrine. (Image: Philippe Saurbeck, Archaeological Soil...

Was hunting also a woman’s business?

Artist's impression of a huntress in South America 9000 years ago. (Image: Matthew Verdolivo, UC Davis IET Academic Technology Services) Finds in Peru contradict...

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