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First Swedish City was Metropolis of Viking-Era Immigrants

... of the dead. The tests were conducted by researchers from Germany, Turkey, and Sweden. Viking Camp Complete with ... of the researchers, some of the dead originally came from Germany and Ukraine. Maja Krzewinska of Stockholm University ...

Ed Whelan - 02/09/2018 - 14:03

45,000-Year-Old Weapons Discovered In Sri Lankan Cave

... in South Asia. An international team of scientists from Germany, Australia, and Sri Lanka studied artifacts recovered ... study’s co-author, Michael Petraglia, of the MPI-SHH in Germany, said the evidence of “ projectile technology , ...

ashley cowie - 14/06/2020 - 18:16

A New Find of the ‘Oldest Message in a Bottle’ Was Part of a German Experiment

... his surprise , “Incredibly, an archival search in Germany found Paula's original meteorological journal and ... 1906 and found in 2015 on a beach in Amrum, an island in Germany. Like the message in a bottle found in Australia, ... to study ocean currents. However, the bottle found in Germany was one sent out by George Parker Bidder III, a ...

Alicia McDermott - 09/03/2018 - 01:53

Silver and Gold: The Legend of the Christmas Spider and Tinsel

... famous folktale that originated in Europe somewhere around Germany and Ukraine. Although there isn’t a clear time of ... The only region that did not follow this superstition was Germany, though they considered only black spiders not to be ...

Lex Leigh - 25/12/2022 - 13:52

A Snapshot of Our Mysterious Ancestor Homo erectus

... exhibit at the Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Herne, Germany. ( CC BY-SA 2.5 ) The long legs and the fact that ...

ancient-origins - 13/02/2019 - 01:57

Krampus: The Terrifying Christmas Devil Who Punished Naughty Children

... Hel The Krampus tradition is popular in countries such as Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic. ... outlawed by the conservative and nationalist parties of Germany and Austria in the 1930s. The Rise of Krampus, the ...

Kerry Sullivan - 06/12/2022 - 21:55

From Mithraic Mysteries to Modern Mirth: Unraveling the Evergreen Christmas Tree Tradition

... in connection with Christmas at all until 1605 in Germany. Why Do We Put Up Christmas Trees? The Ancient Roots ... records state that in 1605, the people of Strasburg in Germany “set up fir trees in the parlors… and hang ...

Joanna Gillan - 24/12/2023 - 01:00

The Anglo-Saxon Conquerors: Creators of Medieval England

... from the island. Anglo-Saxon origins are from northern Germany. They ruled England until the 11th century, when the ... and Saxons as among the most warlike, powerful peoples in Germany. The lower classes included the free ceorls, who ...

Mark Miller - 12/12/2018 - 18:18

“Lion of the North” Gustavus Adolphus and the Thirty Years’ War: Victories and Downfall – Part II

... Adolf (King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden) waited in Werben, Germany, Johann Tserclaes, the Count of Tilly (Field Marshall ...

Cam Rea - 03/12/2016 - 02:10

Ötzi the Iceman Genes Trace to Early Anatolian Farmers, and He Had a Receding Hairline

... the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany, and one of the authors of the study. “The mummy ...

Sahir - 16/08/2023 - 16:00

Magical Landscapes: Monuments, Memories and Memorials

... " Back in the 1980s, on my first visit to Stuttgart, Germany, the man I was staying with took me walking with his ...

Nigel Pennick - 19/05/2020 - 00:26

40,000-BC Ivory Pendant is the Oldest Eurasian Jewelry, Says Study

... Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. Two radiocarbon dating tests were carried out for ... had previously been found in Geißenklösterle Cave in Germany and Tuto de Camalhot Cave in France, but ...

Nathan Falde - 25/11/2021 - 16:00

Nostradamus and Hitler: Could a 16th Century Physician See the Future?

... leader of the Nazi Party in 1920/1. He was the Fuhrer of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. Through his time in this role, he expanded Germany across Europe, taking over France and Poland , and ... charismatic individual which was why he was so popular in Germany. His parents were of a lower economic social ...

Kurt Readman - 07/06/2021 - 14:59

The Origin of Music

... made – a bone flute in the Hohle Fels cave near Ulm in Germany dating back 43,000 years. The five-holed flute has ... together with an airtight seal. The cave in southern Germany contains early evidence for the occupation of Europe ...

johnblack - 28/10/2013 - 09:12

The Three Hares Motif: A Cross-Cultural Symbol with Numerous Interpretations

... found in places such as Turkmenistan, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Germany, France, and England. The objects on which the Three ... (Window of Three Hares), Paderborn Cathedral, Germany. Photo source: Public Domain By Wu Mingren ...

dhwty - 02/04/2016 - 00:51

Kim Kardashian Unwittingly Helped Find Stolen Nedjemankh Sarcophagus

... it ultimately ended up at the Dionysos Gallery in Hamburg, Germany. It was the art gallery’s manager, Roben Dib, who ... return for their promise to get Nedjemankh’s coffin to Germany, one way or another. Once the coffin was there, Dib ... in 2020 and charged with a list of similar crimes in Germany, and as of now the status of his case is unknown. ...

Nathan Falde - 19/10/2021 - 18:53