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Here we bring to your knowledge the ‘Abstract‘ of Professor’s Richard Janko (University of Michigan) presentation on the topic “Linear B in Bavaria? From the Bernstorf treasure to the kingdom of Pylos”, during the 3rd meeting of the Mycenaean Seminar which took place on Thursday, 19th December 2013 in the British School at Athens. Continue reading “Mycenean Linear B in Bavaria?”
The foundations of a Roman building that is probably the oldest library in Germany have been uncovered in central Cologne in archaeological excavations during the construction of a new parish building for the Protestant church. Continue reading “Roman library found in the heart of Cologne”
A 13-year-old boy and an amateur archaeologist found a “unique” treasure on the German island of Rügen, that may have belonged to King Harald Bluetooth who brought Christianity to Denmark. Continue reading “King Harald Bluetooth’s treasure found?”
The timing of the Middle Pleistocene glacial-interglacial cycles and the feedback mechanisms between climatic shifts and earth-surface processes are still poorly understood. This is largely due to the fact that chronological data of sediment archives representing periglacial, but also potentially warmer climate periods, are very sparse until now. Continue reading “Germany was covered by glaciers 450,000 years ago”
