Humanities - History/Archeology
Cleopatra’s sister remains missing
CSI methods show: Skull from the collection of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology is not from Arsinoë IV. An interdisciplinary research team led by anthropologist Gerhard Weber from the University of Vienna, together with experts from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, has analysed a skull that was found in the ruins of Ephesos (Turkey) in 1929.
Lead pollution led to IQ decline in people in the Roman Empire
Ice cores from the Arctic made it possible to reconstruct lead pollution in ancient Rome.
Sharing is Caring: Central Europe’s First Farmers Lived in Equality
Genetic study also reveals long-distance travelling in Neolithic societies
Uni Graz and TU Graz use historical aerial photographs to study glacier retreat
The photographs taken by the US Air Force offer a unique opportunity to analyse the state of Austrian glaciers on a large scale after the end of the Second World War.
’Stone of Remembrance’ for radiooncology pioneer Leopold Freund
Leopold Freund (1868-1943) founded the "Vienna School of Radiotherapy", which laid the scientific foundations for today's radiation oncology. To commemorate him and his persecution under National Socialism, a "Stone of Remembrance" has now been placed in front of his home on Vienna's Graben.
