Richard von Weizsäcker: Die Rede
Am 8. Mai 1985 nannte Bundespräsident Richard von Weizsäcker das Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs eine "Befreiung". Er prägte damit Deutschlands Erinnerungskultur bis heute.
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._hi_halde_Kybernetik: Die Erfindung der Gegenwart
Der Mathematiker Norbert Wiener schuf vor 75 Jahren die Kybernetik – und damit eine neue Sicht auf die Welt. Ohne sie gäbe es weder Internet noch künstliche Intelligenz.
Eugenik : Die Menschenzüchter
Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts versuchen europäische Forscher, die Thesen Darwins auf den Menschen zu übertragen. Es ist die Geburt einer grausamen Ideologie.
s GenetikMonroe-Doktrin: "Amerika den Amerikanern!"
1823 richtete US-Präsident James Monroe eine Botschaft an Europa: Mischt euch auf dem Doppelkontinent nicht ein! Die Monroe-Doktrin prägt die US-Außenpolitik bis heute.
VSASpanien und Frankreich: Jawort auf neutralem Boden
Eine Hochzeit besiegelt 1660 den Frieden zwischen Spanien und Frankreich. Die Ehe war ein übliches Mittel, um politische Gegner zu vereinen. Nur manchmal nicht für immer.
GAG432: Ein bitteres Heilmittel
Benjamin Siegert und die Erfindung von Angosturabitter
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The Guardian view on archaeology and writing: the world-building power of small thoughts | Editorial
Editorial: A cold Roman soldier is promised new socks, while his commander’s wife invites her peers to party: mundane texts offer priceless historical insights
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Anglo-Saxon cemetery found in excavations for Viking Link
The burials in the cemetery deliberately focus on an earlier Bronze Age ring ditch and indicate the funerary landscape was long established.
Grecoroman stone-cut tombs found in Bahnasa, Egypt
The Spanish archeological mission succeeded in uncovering a number of tombs dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras.
Reading genetic information of ancient Teotihuacans
Teotihuacan was one of the largest metropolitan centers in ancient Mesoamerica in the pre-Columbian era. Six ancient individuals unearthed from the Teotihuacan between the third and seventh centuries ...
The serpent of eternal life - Archaeology Wiki
The contrast between the Christian and the ancient Greek religion becomes most evident in the different symbolic meaning attached to various things, such as the snake.
First ever scientific study on First World War crater reveals new details on its history
The spectacular explosion of the mine at Hawthorn Ridge—a fortified German front-line position in the First World War—marked the beginning of the Battle of the Somme, and remains one of the best-known ...
New discoveries at Saqqara by an Egyptian-Japanese team
The mission completed the excavation of a rock cut tomb, further architectural remains and burials in Saqqara.
Linguistik: Uralter Körpercode
Die alten Sprachen der Andamanen führen womöglich zur Wurzel der Sprachentwicklung
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Automatic text recognition for ancient cuneiform tablets
A new artificial intelligence (AI) software is now able to decipher difficult-to-read texts on cuneiform tablets.
Rethinking the Poros Wall Hoard from Late Bronze Age Mycenae
Dr Stephanie Aulsebrook (University of Warsaw) will discuss "Context and Content: Rethinking the Poros Wall Hoard from Late Bronze Age Mycenae".
New type of settlement from the Wari State time found in Peru
An architectural complex of large dimensions, consisting of a two-story building and a courtyard with warehouses from the time of the Wari State.
Old Dongola wall paintings in Top 10 discoveries of 2023
This spring, media in Poland and abroad covered the discovery of magnificently preserved, unique paintings in Old Dongola, Sudan.
Conceptualising sacred languages and their visual inimitability
The final programme of the conference has been issued.
Coins offer insight into monetary circulation in ancient Egypt
Thousands of previously ignored small coins discovered in Marea, a city near Alexandria, have been examined by numismatists.
Viking dentistry was surprisingly advanced
The study examined 3,293 teeth from 171 individuals among the Viking Age population of Varnhem in Västergötland, Sweden.
Earliest evidence for domestic yak using archaeology, ancient DNA
In a study an international team of researchers report archaeologically and genetically confirmed evidence for domestic yak.
China deciphers ancient rituals
Scholars of China's Tsinghua University have deciphered five documents recorded on bamboo slips dating back to the Warring States period.
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North America’s first people may have arrived by sea ice highway
A growing number of archeological and genetic finds suggests that people made their way onto the continent much earlier than believed.
Theoretical approaches to Ancient Greek Religion
The deadline for the receipt of all abstracts is the 11th of February 2024.
Archaeologists unravel the mysteries of Pueblo culture
Prof. Radosław Palonka has been investigating historic sites and customs of the 3000-year-old Pueblo culture.
Inscription on a Naxian-style sphinx statue deciphered
This paper gives a translation of an inscription around the base of a bronze sphinx statue from the 3rd century Roman Province of Dacia.
The tomb of Wahibre-mery-Neith discovered in Abusir
The Abusir tomb can be most probably dated to late 26th Dynasty or early 27th Dynasty (early fifth century BC).
Kourion Urban Space Project (KUSP) 2022 Excavation Season
The excavation of Building 4 is part of a long-term archaeological investigation of the ancient city of Kourion.