In Bronze Age Europe, an enormous amount of metalwork was buried in the ground and never retrieved. Patterns in the archaeological finds show that this was a deliberate practice: people systematically deposited valuable metal objects in specific places in the landscape, even in non-metalliferous regions. Although this practice seems strange and puzzling from our modern perspective, these patterns demonstrate that it was not simply a matter of irrational human behaviour. Instead, there were su...

Een spannend avontuur midden in Den Haag

Wanneer de moeder van Adam minister-president wordt, mag hij met de hele klas op bezoek in het Torentje. Maar dan komt minister Flappermuis binnenvallen met een noodgeval. Er is een hacker gesignaleerd en al snel ligt het hele land plat: zonder internet loopt alles in de soep!

Adam zou zo graag willen helpen, maar de kinderen worden streng in het oog gehouden door minister Flappermuis. Bovendien is Adam helemaal niet zo heldhaftig. Door alle ophef rake...

In Bronze Age Europe, an enormous amount of metalwork was buried in the ground and never retrieved. Patterns in the archaeological finds show that this was a deliberate practice: people systematically deposited valuable metal objects in specific places in the landscape, even in non-metalliferous regions. Although this practice seems strange and puzzling from our modern perspective, these patterns demonstrate that it was not simply a matter of irrational human behaviour. Instead, there were su...