Tag: Archeology and human history
Archeology: cloth made of oak
A researcher solves the mystery of a stone age find made of fabric. The textile was therefore not imported into what is now Turkey, but obtained from local plants .source…
What was good in 2021 – vulture, wetness, digital and ancient – Bavaria
Everywhere you look, people complain, scold and protest. But despite Corona, not everything was bad in 2021. Even the rainy and cool weather had its good sides. The forests –…
Cheese and its place in human history – knowledge
When Odysseus and his companions entered the Cyclops’ cave, they could hardly believe their eyes: baskets full of cheese were piled in front of them, and next to them were…
Greeks used lignite 3300 years ago – knowledge
Tiryns: a huge castle complex on a 300 meter long and up to 30 meter high limestone cliff near the port city of Nauplion in the Peloponnese. According to legend,…
Munich: Historical skeletons found in the west of Munich – Munich
The spherical vessel as a grave goods is stored directly next to the skull. The head looks a bit sunken, and the fingers and hand bones are porous. Otherwise the…
Mythology: mysterious fire-breathers
Dragons and dragon-like creatures are probably the most famous mythical creatures. For thousands of years they have heralded the human fear that nature will strike back at some point. .source…
Parthenon Frieze: Lending to Athens – Culture
The Archaeological Museum in Palermo, Italy, lends a fragment of the Parthenon frieze of the Acropolis to Athens. This is how the German-speaking one reports Greece Newspaper and refers to…
Archaeologist Boivin is supposed to vacate positions as MPG director in Jena – knowledge
Did archaeologist Nicole Boivin bullied her staff? Or is she the victim of a campaign herself? Difficult to say, opposite versions of their history are circulating. The director at the…
Theater of War: Exhibition “Salamis 480” in Munich – Culture
Plop, the Persians couldn’t swim. When their ships were rammed by the Greeks, they fell into the water in the strait near the island of Salamis, close to Athens and…
State Criminal Police Office Munich: With an app against art smuggling – Munich
When the elderly gentleman from the southern Italian province of Taranto got off the train at around 10:30 in the evening at Munich Central Station on January 21, almost two…