Cultures B1

In response to the execution of the German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd in Teheran, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has closed the three…

She still remembers her first German word well. „That was ‘tschüss’,“ says Lobna Alhindi. One of the volunteers from the…

By Yana Rudenko In the Ukrainian region of Zakarpattia, stone tools around 1.4 million years old have been found at…

By Youssef Kanjou It is not known exactly when and why people first began to make what is now known…

David Firschau and Yana Rudenko The Great State Exhibition in Stuttgart “The Hidden Land“provides a fascinating insight into the history…

By Youssef Kanjou Today, Syria is a country with a Muslim majority; in pre-Islamic times, most of the region’s inhabitants…

  By Ute Kaiser Her name is Roula, ‘pronounced with a rolling R’. Born in Damascus, the 22-year-old Syrian came…

By Bernhard Kirschner 2600 years ago, the Celts ruled the southwest of Germany. One of their centers was the Heuneburg…

By Oula Mahfouz From math to commerce to science and technology, numbers are indispensable tools in our daily lives. But…

By Oula Mahfouz Active assisted dying is prohibited in Germany. No one is allowed to administer a lethal drug to…

By Youssef Kanjou and Abdul Baset Kannawi Candles are considered one of the oldest methods of lighting in the history…

By Oula Mahfouz and Abdul Baset Kannawi Non-Muslims hardly know anything about Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (born around 556; died around…

By Michael Seifert and Youssef Kanjou We know nothing about the beginning of music. In the traditional myths of the…

In 2021, Tübingen-based coin researcher Stefan Krmnicek began publishing texts on ancient coins in tuenews INTERNATIONAL. Since then, nine articles…

By Sameer Ibrahim and Michael Seifert The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are among the largest rivers in the world and…

By Ute Kaiser Lobna Alhindi has recurring nightmares. In them, the Syrian woman sits in a rubber dinghy with her…

By Sameer Ibrahim The oud is a short-necked lute that is considered one of the most important musical instruments in…

By Ute Kaiser The very first time they meet, they make a statement: The rainbow flag is stuck to the…

By Michael Seifert A globally unique wooden stele from the Maori culture in New Zealand is currently on display to…

By Youssef Kanjou Archaeological monuments are threatened by natural disasters, floods, fires, earthquakes – often as a result of climate…

By Wolfgang Sannwald On the evening of November 9, many parliaments, cities, communities and people in Germany commemorate the night…

By Youssef Kanjou Communication between the East and the West began a very long time ago for various reasons, mainly…

By Oula Mahfouz and Michael Seifert Tourists who visit Andalusia in southern Spain to see the architectural and artistic remains…

By Youssef Kanjou There are many archaeological sites in Syria that are well-known among archaeologists and in tourism. This is…

By Oula Mahfouz Recently, many young people have enrolled at the German language institutes in the Syrian capital of Damascus—especially…

By Jonas Brachmann Today we will present a coin from ancient Samosata, a city in Roman Syria. Samosata was located…

By Abdul Baset Kannawi and Youssef Kanjou The two members of the editorial team and Syrian archaeologists report here on…

By Bright Igbinovia The start of Russia’s war of agression on February 24, 2022 has had continuing and serious effects…