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Where did Troy get his gold from

From the Aegean to Mesopotamia to the Caucasus - the gold trade bloomed over long distances around 4500 years ago. Now experts solved the riddle about the origin of the precious metal.

Dachshunds also performed at the Colosseum

The ideas in the Rome Colosseum were bloody and also cost many animals their lives. A rather unexpected four -legged friend was among the species.

How cleverly the Stone Age people cooked

Experts extracted the recipes of the Stone Age from charred food scraps. Apparently, Neanderthals and modern people used sophisticated cooking techniques - and liked bitter foods.

Oral bacteria reveal Stone Age diet

The genetic material in ancient tartar reveals the diet in prehistoric Italy. The data shows when cereals came on the menu – and meat suddenly disappeared.

Freedom, equality, sisterity

In the France of the Sun King, a woman had freed herself from the constraints of her time. Madeleine de Scudéry, who was born 415 years ago today, lived as a writer from her works, unmarried and free.

Ötzi thaws several times

For decades, it was believed that the ice mummy was covered by ice and snow for 5300 years. Recent glaciological studies now suggest a different conclusion.

Prints of a precious fossil discovered

The original was destroyed by German bombs. Fortunately, casts had been made beforehand that could finally be assigned.

The day a man prevented a nuclear world war

On October 27, 1962, the world was about nuclear war. It was only decades later it became known that the Soviet officer Wassili Archipow had averted a nuclear attack on the US navy at the last second.

The cannabis release in Germany is closer

The federal government has presented a key document on how cannabis legalization should be regulated. In the future, adults should be allowed to buy 20 to 30 grams with impunity.

The cult of the beheaded hawks

Archaeologists have dug up a shrine with headless falcon skeletons in the port city of Berenike. Apparently, around 1600 years ago, a puzzling nomadic people brought victims.

"We invite everyone to become a collector"

Are we facing a new Earth Poche in Man? The Berlin Natural History Museum calls up citizens with their own exhibits at a museum of the Anthropocene.

Nobel Peace Prize for human rights activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

The committee has dedicated the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to three laureates. Two organizations and the detained Belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatsky were honored.

Elitist party islands in Northern Europe

Crannogs are artificial island settlements in northern European lakes. DNA traces in the sediments show that the elite of society met there more than 6000 years ago.

King Cheops's building team

It is the oldest labeled Papyri Egypt-the approximately 4600 year old fragments from Wadi al-Judeclares on the Red Sea. The texts document the work of a building team, the limestone shipped from Tura to Giseh. The stone material was used to build the large pyramid of King Cheops.

"In times of crisis, people are more susceptible to esotericism"

Whether healing stones or horoscopes: The market with the supposedly supernatural is booming. But harmless can quickly become dangerous, say the authors Katharina Nocun and Pia Lamberty.

EU recommends mandatory testing for Chinese travellers

In view of the many corona coaches in China, there is growing up to new virus variants in Europe. Although experts are skeptical about whether entry restrictions are really necessary, Germany introduces the obligation to test.

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