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I don't know who made these maps and based on which data but they appear to be correct.

A landmark new study published in Nature sheds unprecedented light on the people who lived along the old Roman frontier in southern Germany between 400 and 700 CE — and overturns some long-held assumptions about migration, marriage, and mortality in the post-Roman world. The Study at a Glance...

I came across this intriguing ceremonial hat dating from about 1000 to 800 BCE. Here is a close-up. It seems to have been used as a kind of calendar. Archaeologists seem to believe that it was used as a hat, but it could just as well have been used for display in a sort of temple.

I just came across this deep dive by EconomyUnpacked into Germany’s energy crisis, and honestly, the numbers are staggering. Whether you’re interested in geopolitics, economics, or climate policy, this is a must-watch that challenges the narrative of the Energiewende (Energy Transition). The...

Here is yet another study that found that Maghrebin immigrants cause vastly more crimes per capita than other nationalities, except when it comes to rapes, paedophilia and child pornography, for which Pakistani and Afghans are the most overrepresented. It shows once again how poorly integrated...

Frederick II is one of the most interesting Holy Roman emperors in history. In addition to being emperor he was king of Sicily and Southern Italy and at one point also king of Jerusalem. He led the only crusade (the 6th) that was successful almost entirely through diplomacy, with minimal...

This amazing building was built in the 1980s and was the largest convention centre in Europe at the time. It has been abandoned since 2014 but there are plans to rehabilitate it. It's really quite stunning, especially when you see all the engineering that went into it.

Potsdam is Germany's Versailles. Located Southwest of Berlin it became the seat of the Hohenzollern family, rulers of Brandenburg, then Prussia, then the whole of Germany. The city was carpet bombed by the British just a few days before the end of World War II and further disfigured by the...

I've been many times to Germany and travelled to all over the country. I even lived in the country one semester as an exchange student, but I'm still learning new things about German culture. There are 3,200 different registered bread varieties in Germany and the German bread culture was...

Ashton, an American woman from Illinois with a PhD in human geography, urban planning and architecture, who moved to Freiburg in Germany 5 years ago, decided to compare how much money someone would earn in the US vs Germany was a similar job and life situation once all the taxes, social security...

Another very high quality video by Ashton. The difference in system is mind-blowing.

The German economy is in crisis. After being dubbed the engine of Europe followed the 2007-8 financial crisis, it is now the slowest growing economy in Europe and many analysts predict that this is only the beginning of the country's economic woes. VisualEconomik underlines three main issues...

German and Japanese car makers are quickly losing market share in China. This appears inevitable Chinese car makers can produce cheaper electric cars that are as good or better than any others. German car makers have also been too slow to adapt to the EV market, trying to prolong the life of the...

Hello, my FTDNA Y DNA kit # is 369210, and Haplogroup # is J-FTC79873. I have been on FTDNA for years with no Y-DNA matches but one my brother. Bought the Big Y over a year ago with no matches. My biological surname is Engelhorn with solid paper trail in Germany back to the early 1500's. Rumor...

I was watching the map of European Y-DNA haplogroups and I realized there are places in the European great plain, places that were never colonized by the Romans. That have a lot of haplogroup J and E, particularly haplogroup E, which seems to be more widespread. Belarus is striking, since they...

In the Greco-Roman sources, there are two different lands with the name of Germania, one of them is in Iran and another one is the north of Europe, the interesting point is that the Iranian one was not mentioned after 5th century BC and the European one was not mentioned before 3rd century BC...

After a very modern-looking shoe, here is another amazing find from a Roman settlement near Frankfurt. National Geographic: This Golden Head Adds a Twist to Ancient Roman History "After nearly a decade of legal wrangling, a piece of ancient Roman sculpture worth almost U.S. $2 million has...

K13 oracle Admix Results (sorted): # Population Percent 1 North_Atlantic 36.72 2 Baltic 34.62 3 West_Med 15.81 4 East_Med 4.09 5 West_Asian 3.73 6 South_Asian 3.37 7 Red_Sea 1.66 Single Population Sharing: # Population (source) Distance 1 East_German 4.25 2 Austrian...

Living DNA announced in their blog that they have just launched a DNA research project aiming to map Germany’s genetic history. They are going to be working with Germany’s largest genealogy society, Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (CompGen). Together they are looking for individuals with four...

If there is one thing that distinguishes French and German speakers from English speakers or even other Europeans is their insistence on using formal vous or Sie instead of the informal tu or Du in any situation where two adults aren't on familiar terms (i.e. close friends or family). This...