Tag: archeology
Prehistory – News from the Iron Age – District of Munich
More than 2000 years ago, the area of today’s Kirchheim seems to have been a good place to live: archaeologists repeatedly unearth traces of prehistoric settlements when they examine the…
Holes in Stonehenge: What Resurfaced Samples Reveal – Knowledge
What if someone were to drill a hole in one of Stonehenge’s mighty piers today? And not in a hidden place and not with the small drill, but across a…
Archeology: sensational find near Alexandria, ancient wreck discovered – knowledge
The discovery of an approximately 2000 year old wreck of an ancient galley near the Egyptian city of Alexandria is a sensation in three respects: On the one hand, wrecks…
Trade in the Roman Empire: How Archaeologists Explore Ancient Sea Lanes – Knowledge
Aelius Aristides was impressed. “(To Rome) is brought here, from every land and sea, whatever the seasons let grow and bring forth all countries, rivers and lakes as well as…
Pest afflicted people 5000 years ago – knowledge
People were infected with the plague pathogen 5000 years ago. Researchers from Kiel identified the genetic material of the Yersinia pestis bacterium in a man who at that time lived…
When a museum acquires a fake in archeology with full knowledge of the facts
Hirtius’ fake urn. – Department of the North – Ancient Forum of Bavay The Bavay Ancient Forum bought a fake Roman antiquity. The urn will be studied before it is…