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Tag: Archaeology

Projects

2 September 2019

St. Stephen’s Cathedral: new facets of its architectural history

The construction history of St. Stephen’s Cathedral stretching over 300 years has been fleshed out with additional important elements. With the support of the FWF, open questions about issues such as financing or religious objects that have vanished can now be answered thanks to a systematic evaluation of several thousand documentary sources. Continue reading “St. Stephen’s Cathedral: new facets of its architectural history”

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17 March 2017

“The cradle of civilisation is found in the Orient”

Von Margit Schwarz-Stiglbauer

The archaeologist Barbara Horejs on the vagaries of history, on why migrants from the Orient brought crop cultivation to Europe and why one should never assume that one’s own civilisation will last forever. Continue reading ““The cradle of civilisation is found in the Orient””

Portrait

5 February 2016

Migration leading to world power

Von Margit Schwarz-Stiglbauer

The Egyptologist Manfred Bietak on his discoveries along the Nile, on why western interventions have led to a radicalisation of the world of Islam and why he would like to see aptitude tests at universities. Continue reading “Migration leading to world power”

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