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Mass Grave With Over 1,000 Skeletons Discovered In The Center Of Nuremberg, Germany
Archaeologists in Nuremberg were recently performing a routine survey ahead of construction when they came across a handful ...
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The Easter Bunny Is Not Pagan
Despite widespread claims, the Easter Bunny is not a relic of ancient pagan religion but a relatively recent tradition rooted ...
The Forward2d
In Germany, a Jewish family is reunited with a treasured family object — but also a sense of exile
For Gaby and Sonya Gropman, a trip to Munich to retrieve a kiddush cup represented a homecoming to a land where there is no ...
Artnet News4d
Rachel Ruysch’s Impossible Still Lifes Outsold Rembrandt—Now They Star in a Major Museum Show
A new exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art puts 17th-century artist phenom Rachel Ruysch back in the spotlight.
Interesting Engineering9d
Mysterious Thirty Years’ War camp, once home to 80,000 people, unearthed in Germany
Archaeologists have gained an unprecedented look inside a vast military camp from the Thirty Years' War, uncovering details ...
Kansas City Star10d
Unusual 17th-century military grave puzzled experts. But now, new clues are found
Archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 17th-century military camp in Germany. Some of the findings ...
Times Union12d
Grondahl: Charles Gehring translated arcane 17th-century Dutch to explain Albany's history
A facsimile of the 17th-century Dutch documents that Charles Gehring ... language that bore little resemblance to modern Dutch or German. Gehring was mesmerized by the history he held in his ...
BBC18d
Rare 17th Century baby memorial to be rehomed
The memorial contains an effigy of Anne and an inscription A rare memorial for a one-month-old baby who died in the 17th Century is being moved into public view after being rediscovered.
Couriermail18d
Race to save Sweden's 17th century warship in preservation project
showing off the new structure around the 17th century warship. Due for completion in 2028, in time to mark the 400th anniversary of the shipwreck, the cost of the project is estimated at up to 17. ...
The Peninsula19d
Race to save Sweden's 17th century warship in preservation project
Workers install a new metallic support structure for the 17th-century warship Vasa at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 8, 2025. Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP Due for completion ...