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Troy’s fall was partly due to environmental strain – and it holds lessons for today

Troy’s fall was partly due to environmental strain – and it holds lessons for today

Long before industry, ancient societies were already pushing their ecosystems to the brink

12.08.2025 5

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Stephan Blum

Who is Odysseus, hero of Christopher Nolan’s new epic?

Who is Odysseus, hero of Christopher Nolan’s new epic?

Odysseus is one of ancient literature’s most complex figures.

31.07.2025 4

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We can learn a lot from Troy’s trash

The excavation of Troy’s rubbish is yielding arhceological treasure: how ordinary people lived several millenia ago.

14.07.2025 5

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Uncorking the past: new analysis of Troy findings rewrites the story of wine in the early bronze age

Based on organic residues – imperceptible to the naked eye and detectable only at a molecular level – bronze age wine consumption must be...

27.03.2025 10

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Gladiator II: historians on the fate of the real Roman royalty featured in the film

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Gladiator II. Twenty-four years after Gladiator, Ridley Scott has returned with a sweeping sequel to...

15.11.2024 4

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Stephan Blum