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Medieval Weapon Enthusiasts Killed With Crossbows
A quaint Bavarian hotel has become the scene of a murder mystery with medieval links. When hotel employees found the dead bodies of three people the scene was described as something akin to a scene from “Game of Thrones.” All three were found impaled by crossbow arrows or bolts.
Alicia McDermott - 15/05/2019 - 01:18
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Climate Change Did Not Cause the Demise of Neanderthals
... in Italy and scholars from the University of Innsbruck in Austria, where the isotopic analyses were carried out. The ...
ashley cowie - 24/07/2020 - 02:55
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Mature Looking Mummy Portrait Was Actually Just A 4-Year-Old
Scientists have recreated the face of a 2000-year-old Egyptian boy, using CT scanning and 3D imagery technologies.
ashley cowie - 22/09/2020 - 02:55
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Ancestry Shock: Britain Got Half its Genes from France!
... Medical School in the US and the University of Vienna in Austria. The DNA of 793 Bronze Age individuals in Britain was ...
ashley cowie - 26/12/2021 - 22:00
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King Louis XIV Had At Least 20 Mistresses (Video)
... legitimate offspring from his marriage to Maria Teresa of Austria. Faithfulness to his wife was never a priority for ...
Robbie Mitchell - 22/10/2023 - 16:57
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Charlemagne: How He Changed History Forever (Video)
... territories, including France, northern Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, and more. His ...
Robbie Mitchell - 18/01/2024 - 19:54
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DNA Study Reveals Cultural Truths About Avar Warriors
... in Leipzig, Germany and other institutions in Hungary , Austria and the United States worked to combine DNA data ...
Nathan Falde - 25/04/2024 - 22:42
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From farming to sedentary lifestyles - how 6,000 years has transformed the human body
... tibiae (shin bones), of skeletons from Germany, Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic and Serbia. Her results show that ...
aprilholloway - 08/04/2014 - 03:14
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How a Two Headed Bird of Prey Ruled Ancient Mesopotamia and Hatti
Several infamous empires of the early modern period and current modern periods bore curious insignia. The Byzantine, Austrian, and Russian Empires all adopted the symbol of a mythical creature, a double-headed eagle, to show off their imperial control of such vast lands. But the reality is that the double-headed eagle’s origins are far from modern: They trace to one of the most ancient of societies, that of Mesopotamia.
Carly Silver - 24/01/2019 - 13:59
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Puma Punku: This Ancient Andean Site Keeps Everyone Guessing
Puma Punku is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in Bolivia that is steeped in wonder and mystery. The architecture found in the ruins astounds archaeologists and historians and has inspired advanced ancient civilization and ancient alien theories.
Alicia McDermott - 14/06/2019 - 21:49
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Archaeologists discover 300 burials in ancient Merovingian necropolis
... control much of modern-day France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the Low Countries. During the Early Middle Ages, ...
aprilholloway - 03/08/2014 - 03:52
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Golubac Fortress: The Best Preserved Medieval Fortress in Europe
Golubac Fortress is a medieval fortified city located in the northeastern part of modern day Serbia. This fortress is situated at the very entrance of the Djerdap Gorge, which is known also as the Iron Gates, on the section where the Danube River is widest.
dhwty - 29/02/2016 - 03:45
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The Znojmo Catacombs: A Maze of Tunnels Where No Enemies Escaped Alive
The Znojmo Catacombs are a series of subterranean passageways located beneath the city of Znojmo, in the Czech Republic. The underground tunnels were built to protect and shelter people in times of war, and inbuilt traps, such as inescapable pits and choke points, ensured no invaders would escape the catacombs alive.
dhwty - 26/11/2016 - 14:49
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Pfahlbaumuseum, Germany: 5000 Years of Incredible History Preserved on Alpine Lakes
... of them in Switzerland with the rest in Germany, France, Austria, Italy and Slovenia, lying deep in lakes or buried on ...
Michelle Freson - 22/11/2018 - 01:56
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The Rise and Fall of the Habsburg Empire (Video)
... from Swiss origins, they expanded their dominion from Austria to encompass territories across Europe, even ...
Robbie Mitchell - 23/02/2024 - 23:00
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Evidence From Ötzi Tells Us He Came From a Caring Bunch Who Dabbled in Medicine
... was discovered by some German tourists in the Oetz Valley, Austria, in 1991. A new study published in the International ...
Joanna Gillan - 12/09/2018 - 17:54
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Two Intact Chamber Tombs Dating Back 3,300 Years Unearthed in Greece
... Professor of Archaeology at the Universities of Graz in Austria and Trier of Germany, Konstantinos Kissa. The tombs ...
Ed Whelan - 12/08/2019 - 16:55
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The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History
... of the fighting waged by France against England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia, and the immediate consequences of the ...
ancient-origins - 08/08/2020 - 02:31
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Bronze Age Money: Early Metal Artifacts May Be Europe’s First Currency
... throughout the region now occupied by Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic. The bronze objects are ...
Nathan Falde - 21/01/2021 - 18:01
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Ice Age Hunters’ DNA Reveals The Origins Of Farming
... from 167 ancient bodies from Anatolia , Greece , Serbia, Austria and Germany have been analyzed using new deep ...
ashley cowie - 13/05/2022 - 23:00