Lübeck was apparently struck by a paratyphoid epidemic in the 14th century. (Photo: Dirk Rieger, Hanseatic City of Lübeck)
What pathogens were behind the...
The Pueblo Indians are famous for their impressive settlement structures. (Image: Mesa Verde National Park, MEVE 11084)
Droughts have so far been considered to...
Vikings were producing various metal alloys as early as the 8th century. (Image: homostock / iStock)
The manufacture of metal alloys played an important...
Traditional land use often promoted biodiversity, researchers say. (Image: Alder Ellis)
Early on, there were hardly any uninhabited regions - humans changed the earth's...
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...
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...
Excavations at the Neolithic salt works. (Image: Antiquity)
In a coastal town in the north of the English county of Yorkshire, archaeologists have discovered...
105,000 year old calcite crystals from the Kalahari. (Image: Jayne Wilkins)
So far, the coastal areas of Africa have been considered the hotspots of...
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...