History & Archaeology

History & Archaeology

Early mixing of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals

This is what the early Europeans who roamed Thuringia and the Czech Republic around 45,000 years ago might have looked like. Researchers have now...
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History & Archaeology

Hunting equipment reveals weaponry from the Neolithic period

Three Neolithic arrows recovered from Los Murciélagos Cave: arrow shafts made from reeds and wood (top) and details of bound tendon fibers, feathers and...
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News about the production of the Nebra sky disk

The Nebra Sky Disk – a unique work of art from the early Bronze Age. © Juraj Lipták/State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology...
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History & Archaeology

Footprints provide evidence of co-existence of early hominins

This 3D reconstruction shows the 1.52 million year old footprint of a Paranthropus boisei amidst bird tracks and, at the top left, a crosswise...
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Was there a rock sanctuary in Athribis?

Access to the north tower of the temple pylon in Athribis, in which the archaeologists discovered a chamber and reliefs of gods in the...
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Archaeologists find oldest alphabetic characters

These characters, carved into a 4,400-year-old clay tablet, could be the oldest evidence of alphabetic writing. © Glenn Schwartz/Johns Hopkins University ...
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Bes vessels contained hallucinogenic drugs

Egyptian Bes vessel and its computer reconstruction. © Cassidy Delamarter Until now, archaeologists...
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History & Archaeology

Oldest depictions of net fishing in Europe

This slate slab from the Stone Age site of Gönnersdorf shows a fish trap. The fish was first engraved and then given a network...
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History & Archaeology

Pompeii dead: DNA reveals errors in previous attribution

Casts of people buried in Pompeii. © Archeological Park of Pompeii Around 2,000...
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History & Archaeology

How seals became the first writing

These Mesopotamian clay tablets bear symbols of the proto-cuneiform script, the preforms of which also appear as motifs on seal cylinders. © CDLI -...
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History & Archaeology

Regensburg: A city administration in the Nazi era

View of Regensburg today. © DERO2084/ iStock How does a city administration...
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History & Archaeology

Pompeii: Small house – great art

This fresco from the newly discovered house depicts a scene from the mythological story of Phaedra and Hyppolytus. © Parco Archeologico di Pompei ...
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Laser scanning reveals large Mayan city

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

On the trail of early sedentary behavior

View of the Svinjarička Čuka site during the excavations in 2024. © M. Börner/ÖAI/ÖAW ...
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History & Archaeology

Mysterious Silk Road cities in sight

LIDAR data illustrates former building structures in the city of Tugunbulak. ©SAIElab/J.erner/M.Frachetti Astonishingly...
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Celtic burial chamber discovered

Reconstruction of the burial mound with a representation of the burial chamber and the robbery tunnel. © State Office for Monument Preservation in the...
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History & Archaeology

A charivari from late antiquity?

Late antique belt pendant in the grave and drawing of the ensemble. © Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation ...
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History & Archaeology

AI helps detect new Nazca earth images

This human figure is around 18 meters tall and is one of the Nazca geoglyphs that have now been rediscovered with the help of...
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History & Archaeology

Ancient Egyptian splendor brought to light

Restoration work in the central room of the Edfu Temple. In the foreground you can see a replica of the barge that was once...
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Tracing violence among Vikings

A broken skull testifies to interpersonal violence in Viking communities. © Lisa Mariann Strand ...
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