History & Archaeology

History & Archaeology

Field post from the Seven Years’ War

These letters were written to French sailors during the Seven Years' War - but never reached their addressees. © The National Archives /...
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History & Archaeology

Election campaigning the Roman way

Election campaign inscription on the wall of the building in Pompeii. © Parco archeologico di Pompei During excavations in Pompeii, archaeologists discovered an ancient election...
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Medieval prosthetic hand discovered

An x-ray reveals the structures of the prosthetic hand in the corroded lump. © Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation ...
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Munich: traces of early settlement discovered

Drone view of the excavation area in Feldmoching with traces from Celtic and Roman times. © 3Archaeologists / BLfD As is well known, the Munich...
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Earthquake reveals colored snake head sculpture

This Aztec colossal sculpture of a snake head was discovered after an earthquake in Mexico City. © LANCIC/UNAM ...
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Why Europeans have less Neanderthal DNA than Asians

Skull of a Neanderthal.© Halamka/ iStock Although Neanderthals were primarily found in Europe, more of their DNA has been preserved in the genomes of today's...
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Europeans once ate aquatic plants

These teeth apparently once chewed seaweed. © Nat Commun, doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41671-2, License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Today they are more common on the Asian menu, but seaweed and...
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History & Archaeology

The Role of Music Centers in Nurturing Musical Talent and Collaboration

Greetings and welcome to the Music Centre, a place dedicated to fostering a profound connection with the world of music. Our mission transcends boundaries...
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Prehistoric ape gets a face

Skull of “Pierolapithecus catalaunicus” shortly after discovery (left), after the first preparation (middle) and after the virtual reconstruction (right). © David M. Alba,...
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Prototype aircraft catapult uncovered

View of the remains of the RAE Mark III aircraft catapult from the early days of the Second World War uncovered at Harwell. ...
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Did Vikings have stained glass windows?

Window glass fragments that come from the Viking Age. © CS Andersen, Moesgaard Museum / Museum of Archeology Gottorf Castle ...
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Cave lion: prey and fur supplier to the Neanderthals

Artist's impression of Neanderthals dismantling a captured cave lion. © Graphics by Julio Lacerda, NLD What role did the mighty cave lion of the Ice...
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Was Meret-Neith the first female pharaoh?

The tomb complex of Queen Meret-Neith in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Abydos © EC Köhler Around 4,900 years ago there lived a queen on...
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History & Archaeology

On the trail of an imperial heart

View of the Memleben monastery. In the right half of the picture you can see the garden, under which the previous building of...
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History & Archaeology

Grave of a heavily armed warrior

This man was buried around 1,300 years ago along with his impressive arsenal of weapons. © Christoph Bassler, City of Ingelheim ...
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Mysterious church remains discovered

Reconstruction of the floor plan of the former church in the Soest district. © LWL/L. Cramer/E. Cichy ...
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Warm period facilitated settlement of Siberia

Spread of early Homo sapiens across Eurasia and sample locations on Lake Baikal. © Ted Goebel ...
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A new Indo-European language discovered

Location of the cuneiform tablet (right) in Boğazköy-Hattusha. Andreas Schachner/ German Archaeological Institute In the ancient Hittite capital of Boğazköy-Hattuša, archaeologists have discovered evidence of...
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The oldest ship cannon in Europe

This ship's cannon dates back to the 14th century and was discovered on the seabed off the coast of western Sweden. © Bo...
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Tracking in Stone Age rock art

View of depictions of human and animal tracks in the Doro !nawas Mountains of Namibia. © Andreas Pastoors ...
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