History & Archaeology

Digital atlas of the Hanseatic era

The interactive Viabundus map shows the long-distance trade routes and placemarks in the Hanseatic economic area between 1350 and 1650. (Image: www.viabundus.eu) Which trade routes...

A look at a milestone in space travel

In April 60 years ago, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to fly into space. The German Aerospace Center is dedicating a video...

A fetus in the bishop’s tomb

The bishop's mummy in his coffin. (Image: Gunnar Menander) In 1679 the Swedish bishop Peder Winstrup was buried in the cathedral of the city...

Saga of Hope

In his new book “The Healing of the World”, Ronald D. Gerste tells vividly and true to life about the revolutionary events and scientific...

Modern brain is younger than expected

Skulls early representatives of the genus Homo - with an even smaller, ape-like brain (left) and a more modern brain. (Image: M. Ponce...

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...

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