With the help of carbonate deposits, researchers have been able to reconstruct the development of the Roman water mills of Barbegal over time
German episcopal cities of Speyer, Worms, and Mainz to digitize their medieval manuscripts at the Mainz University Library
Researchers find indications of a patrilineal descent system for western Eurasian Bell Beaker communities: family relationships that link Britain to Altwies ‘Op dem Boesch’, Luxembourg
Hunting of straight-tusked elephants was widespread among Neanderthals 125,000 years ago; the study has been published in PNAS
Evidence from Bilzingsleben, in eastern Germany shows that early humans hunted beavers, 400,000 years ago, and had a varied diet than previously known
A 3,800-year-old extended family from the “Nepluyevsky” kurgan; 32 individuals from the burial site in the southern Ural region show patrilineality and patrilocality
Lost since 1362: Researchers discover the church of the sunken medieval trading place of Rungholt, in the North Frisian Wadden Sea in Germany
Descriptions and phrases used in the Revelation of John are similar in terminology to those appearing on curse tablets produced in antiquity and the associated sorcery rituals
Neanderthals hunted elephants: Earliest evidence found of humans killing elephants for food; the study is published in Science Advances
Mainz University contributes to recent discovery of the temple of Poseidon located at the Kleidi site near Samikon in Greece
