History & Archaeology

History & Archaeology

A life for city, church and empire

1000 years ago, Burchard von Worms (around 965–1025), one of the most important scholars of high medieval canon law, died. But the work of...
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History & Archaeology

Propaganda instead of frontline action

As a specialist in “internal advertising” in a defense company, many an advertising specialist was able to avoid being drafted during the Second World...
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History & Archaeology

Neanderthals practiced selective cannibalism

These Neanderthal bone fragments from Goyet Cave bear traces of cannibalism. © Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences / Scientific Reports Not only did the...
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History & Archaeology

Heroes of the Arena

From the beginning of the Roman Republic to the end of Late Antiquity, there was hardly a greater pleasure for the Romans and most...
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A rare Roman cremation grave with gold offerings

This gold bangle belonged to a Roman-era dead man buried in a rare "bustum" cremated grave. © Anne Viero/ INRAP In France, archaeologists have discovered...
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Enigmatic foot belonged to primitive Australopithecus species

These 3.4 million year old jaw fragments and bone pieces come from the prehuman Australopithecus deyiremeda. © Yohannes Haile-Selassie/Arizona State University In 2009, researchers in...
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History & Archaeology

Wine press documents the beginnings of wine production in Israel

One of the oldest wine presses in the world, discovered during an excavation in Israel. © Yakov Shmidov, IAA In northern Israel, archaeologists have unearthed...
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History & Archaeology

The white gold

akg-images / Liszt Collection Historical objects are full of stories. Here we take a look at one of each. In this issue: a Ming...
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History & Archaeology

Muslim necropolis discovered at the bottom of Lake Issyk Köl

Kristina Guseynova from the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences with part of an ancient jug. © Elizaveta Romashkina Archaeologists have...
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History & Archaeology

12,000 years of female figures bear witness to Stone Age change

This small clay figure of a woman with a goose is 12,000 years old and comes from a settlement of the Natufian culture in...
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History & Archaeology

Grave field illuminates the beginnings of the Bavarians

The “Bavarian Princess” in her richly furnished grave near Bad Füssing © Office of Archeology Neupert, Kozik & Simm A burial ground in Bad Füssing,...
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Hidden cavities in the Menkaure pyramid

The Pyramid of Menkaure, here in the foreground, is the smallest of the three pyramids at Giza. © oversnap/ iStock The pyramids of Giza are...
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History & Archaeology

Digital map shows Roman road network

Many Roman highways were marked by milestones, such as a recently discovered milestone in Cilicia, Turkey. © Itiner-e In ancient times, Roman roads were important...
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History & Archaeology

A monumental Mayan building as a cosmogram

Topography of the Mayan monumental structure Aguada Fénix in Mexico. © Takeshi Inomata/University of Arizona The approximately 3,000-year-old Mayan site of Aguada Fénix in Mexico...
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Detector finds Saxony’s oldest coin

This Celtic gold coin discovered near Leipzig from around 2,200 years ago is the oldest coin discovery in Saxony. © State Office for Archeology...
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Archaeologists discovered a warning letter from Assyria to the king of Judah

This cuneiform fragment, which is around 2,700 years old, comes from a warning letter from Assyria to the Kingdom of Judah. © Eliyahu Yannai/City...
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The museum with properties

The border region in the south of Austria with Italy and Slovenia is a European literary stronghold, and its center is the Musil Museum...
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History & Archaeology

From monastery to orphanage

The use and conversion of the “Monastery of Adelheid” in the Freiburg suburb of Günterstal shows what different purposes a huge building complex built...
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History & Archaeology

What diseases were common in Napoleon’s army?

Napoleon and his army retreating from the Russian campaign in 1812. © historical; Barbieri et al./Current Biology During the retreat from French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's...
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Detector finds silver treasure from Roman times

These silver coins, which are around 2,000 years old, are part of the discovery made by a detectorist in the Hildesheim district. © Bartels,...
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