History & Archaeology

Foreign and gourmet

Already during his lifetime, Lucius Licinius Lucullus was famous for his wealth, its firm, its chosen taste and his style -forming villas. What one...

The Babylonians and the moon

In the old Babylon it was up to the court astrologer to observe, interpret, interpret and make predictions. Lunar eclipses in particular were considered...

Coexisted as ahead and early man

These 13 fossil teeth from Ledi-Geraru are between 2.6 and 2.8 million years old and come from two different hominine species. © Brian Villmoare/...

Napoleon’s legal legacy

In addition to war and violence, which he brought all over Europe, Napoleon's ambiguous rule also includes the fact that his legal reforms meant...

Nazi era: heroes, victims-but hardly any collaborators?

During the Nazi era there were not only perpetrators, victims or heroic resistance-many people were collaborators. But how do people in Europe remember this...

The greatest artist in history

The director of the Louvre, Vivant Denon, traveled to Napoleon's campaigns throughout Europe and confiscated works of art. According to Napoleon, it was not...

“My God, what did we do”

Robert A. Lewis, co-pilot of the "Enola Gay", scribbled these words into his notebook on the morning of August 6, 1945. Minutes earlier, the...

Everything just individual offender?

Bavarian Interior Minister Gerold Tandler at a press conference on September 28, 1980 shortly after the Oktoberfestattary. AKG-Images / picture-alliance / Frank Leonhar A new study...

The invisible backbone of diplomacy

A ambassading procession accompanied by Ottoman dignitaries on the hills of the Pera district in Istanbul (1725). AKG images A look at everyday life in the...

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