History & Archaeology

Laser scanning reveals large Mayan city

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a sprawling Mayan city in the Mexican rainforest. © Marcello Canuto / Tulane University ...

Suicides and “revenants” on the Galgenberg

Burial of a man with stones on his upper body on the former Galgenberg in Quedlinburg. © State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology...

Severe plague epidemics in the Stone Age?

Genetic traces of plague pathogens were discovered in dead bodies from Neolithic burial sites in southern Scandinavia. © Karl-Göran Sjögren. ...

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