Andrej Abplanalp, Autor bei Swiss National Museum

10. April 2020

Nature | Tourism | 20th / 21st century | Culture | Article | Featured

A queen among the Green

40 years ago, the second Swiss Horticultural & Gardening Expo, ‘Grün 80’, attracted millions of Swiss people, and one queen: Queen Elizabeth II.

25. March 2020

Women in history | Middle Ages | Politics | Religion | Article | Featured

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Nuns – Powerful women in the Middle Ages

Medieval nuns – the phrase brings to mind a group of women living in seclusion behind convent walls, devoting themselves to their faith. But a look at history gives a very different picture.

20. March 2020

Middle Ages | Education | Economy | Article | Featured

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How the number 7 came to Europe

For a long time, we were very reluctant in our part of the world to accept the Hindu-Arabic numeral system. Even the mathematician Fibonacci had trouble convincing people to change their attitude. But the economic benefits were so great that all resistance was abandoned.