In the early 1900s, a curious boy grew up in an ordinary family in Munich. At age 10, he already buried himself in books about politics and religion. A bright future beckoned, before his life took a ...

The term "culture" has a bad reputation in archaeological research—and for good reason. In the early 20th century, the German ...

Watching an American icon like Indiana Jones battle Nazis in “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” it’s hard to believe that it was actually a German cultural institute which played a pivotal role in ...

An anthropology professor at the University of Pennsylvania could face discipline after he gave a Nazi salute during a virtual conference of the Society of Historical Archaeology last week. Robert ...

In this episode, we delve into the bizarre yet chilling reality behind Nazi archaeology. Inspired by Heinrich Himmler’s SS-backed Ahnenerbe Institute, the Third Reich sought to prove Germans were ...

A University of Pennsylvania professor is under fire for using a Nazi salute and hand gesture during a virtual archaeology conference — telling a colleague “Sieg heil to you,” startling video shows.

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