While the German invasion of Poland in 1939 marks the official start of World War II, one of the early flashpoints was Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia four years prior. This introduced the threat of fascism to European peace and order by disrupting the colonial power balance in Africa, according to historian Andrew Denning of the […]
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The Hirschlanden Warrior, the oldest life-size anthropomorphic Iron Age sculpture north of the Alps
On November 5, 1963, an enigmatic stone sculpture dating back almost 2,600 years was discovered in Hirschlanden, now a district of Ditzingen in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg. It is a statue of a warrior measuring 1.50 meters in height and depicting the figure in an upright position and with clear signs of his high […]
Posted inStone Age Archaeology
Analysis reveals the 9,000-year-old shaman of Bad Dürrenberg was the great-great-grandmother of the child buried with her
In 1934, construction work for the spa gardens in Bad Dürrenberg, Germany, uncovered a remarkable double burial from the Mesolithic period, around 7,000-6,800 BC. The burial contained an adult female and an infant, placed in an unusual arrangement that suggested the woman held an important spiritual role. Recent reanalysis of this important archaeological find has […]
Posted inBronze Age Archaeology
Seven Bronze Age swords and a treasure with 6,000 silver coins unearthed in Germany
The State Office for Culture and Monument Preservation (LAKD) presented on Wednesday three valuable discoveries made last year by volunteer archaeologists in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. These include seven Bronze Age swords, 6,000 silver coins from the 11th century, and a treasure with a reliquary, also from the 11th century. During the presentation of the findings, Culture […]
Posted inMedieval Archaeology
Mysterious Drawings Found on the Walls of Questenberg Castle Dungeons in Germany
Questenburg Castle, constructed in the mid-13th century, exhibits numerous historical carvings and drawings in its tower. These drawings, believed to be mainly by prisoners, reflect everyday life, Christian and heraldic symbols, and geometric shapes from the late Middle Ages and early Modern Age.
Posted inClassical Archaeology
Two Small Temples, of a Type Never Seen Before, Found at the Haltern Roman Camp in Germany
Archaeologists from the Westphalia-Lippe region (LWL) have discovered the remains of two small Roman temples and a sacrificial pit at the site of the ancient Roman camp in Haltern (Recklinghausen district). The two rectangular cult buildings were only made of clay framework, explains Dr. Bettina Tremmel, a Roman expert from LWL. However, they followed the […]
Posted inBronze Age Archaeology
Archaeologists find King Hinz’s Hall, the Largest Meeting Hall of the Nordic Bronze Age
Archaeologists made an unparalleled discovery from the entire Nordic Bronze Age (2200 to 800 BCE) near the burial mound of King Hinz in Seddin, Brandenburg, Germany. There, the remains of the largest meeting hall of the Bronze Age have been uncovered, measuring 10 by 31 meters, a size unique for this period, at least in […]
Posted inModern Era
Christian Heinrich Heineken, the child prodigy who impressed Europe at just four years old
It is surprising that centuries ago, in times when access to education was practically restricted to the elites and pedagogy lacked the qualitative specialization developed today, child prodigies emerged with some frequency. In this sense, the 18th century, the Age of Enlightenment, gave birth to some very famous ones, with Mozart being the archetype of […]
Posted inModern Era
The German female athlete at the 1936 Berlin Olympics who turned out to be a man
A recent case is that of Caster Semenya, South African athlete twice Olympic champion and three times world champion in the middle-distance (800 meters, to be exact), who in medical analysis was found to have a chromosomal abnormality that makes her produce three times more testosterone than normal and have internal male sex organs, which […]
Posted inModern Era
Luz Long, the German athlete who befriended Jesse Owens and helped him win at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
On 13 July 1943, a death occurred in the British field hospital in Acate, in the Sicilian province of Ragusa (Italy), which did not particularly attract the attention of the staff. After all, it was an enemy, a Luftwaffe obergefreiter (lance corporal) who was badly injured in defence of the island during the Allied invasion […]
