History & Archaeology

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...

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...

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