“Israel's war against the terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip or Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine are in the news every day. How can wars be ended? A look at history. [...] “More than 3,200 years ago, the Egyptians and Hittites assured each other of their support in the treaty, but neither triumphed. This must have been preceded by many negotiations, as evidenced by extensive correspondence between the rulers,” said Achim Lichtenberger and Helge Nieswandt from the Archaeological Museum of the University of Münster in 2018.”

“Arms deliveries and sanctions have not brought peace to Ukraine. International talks were often rejected by Russia. “Precisely because Germany committed inconceivable crimes in Ukraine during the Second World War, it has a special responsibility to support the country now,” emphasized historian Prof. Ricarda Vulpius.”

“The immersive exhibition “The Last Days of Pompeii” spectacularly stages the ancient eruption of Vesuvius. But what about the facts? An archaeology professor does the check [...] Professor Lichtenberger combines his conclusion with a tip: "What you see here appeals to the emotions, arouses interest, conveys a feeling. It definitely has its value. [...] But if you really want to learn something about Roman life, you should go to the Xanten Archaeological Park”

“Sixty years of ‘Fischer Weltgeschichte’: the results of the then latest historical research also found their way directly onto the bookshelves of educated citizens because no general editor directed and supervised them. [...] As Olaf Blaschke reports in his study ‘Verleger machen Geschichte’ (2010), Gottfried Bermann Fischer had already harboured the idea of ‘creating a “world history” in keeping with our changed world’ during his exile.”